BIO:  REV. GEORGE CONRAD HENRY, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 704-705
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    REV. GEORGE CONRAD HENRY, pastor of the Memorial Evangelical Lutheran
  Church, at Shippensburg, Pa., was born Feb. 22, 1856, at Pine Grove,
  Schuylkill Co., Pa., son of Rev. E. S. and Sarah A. (Conrad) Henry.
    
    The ancestors of the Henry family came to Pennsylvania from Germany in the
  18th century. George M. Henry, the paternal grandfather of Rev. George C.,
  was born in York county, Pa., there married Lydia Strickhowser, and died in
  1866. They had five children.
    
    Rev. E. S. Henry was born Nov. 30, 1823, in York county, Pa., and was a
  graduate of Gettysburg College. In 1850 he entered the ministry at Newville,
  and in 1852 he became pastor of the Pine Grove Church, remaining with that
  charge until the time of his death in 1897. He married Sarah A. Conrad,
  daughter of Henry W. Conrad, who was a major in the war of 1812, and who
  afterward became a prosperous and influential citizen, a member of the
  Pennsylvania Legislature, and a patron of music. His two sons, Frederick W.
  and Victor L., were joint editors of the Lutheran Observer at Philadelphia,
  the leading journal of that
    
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  religious body, from 1865 to 1895. Mrs. Henry died at Pine Grove., in 1869.
    
    Rev. George Conrad Henry was prepared for Gettysburg College in both public
  and private schools at Pine Grove, graduating at this noted institution in
  June, 1876. He then entered the Theological Seminary, where he was graduated
  in 1879.
    
    The occasion of the celebration of Mr. Henry's twenty-fifth anniversary in
  the ministry, was commented upon in a most pleasing and appreciative manner
  by the Shippensburg Chronicle, and we are permitted to quote from this
  reliable article, as follows:
    
    "In 1878 Mr. Henry entered the ministry in Philadelphia as a licentiate,
  and was ordained to the holy office he now holds in September, 1879, in Zion
  Lutheran Church, Harrisburg, the oldest Lutheran Church in the Valley, and
  the one from which the late president, William Henry Harrison, received his
  nomination in 1840.
    
    "Rev. Henry became pastor of the Millersburg church that year, remaining in
  Lykens Valley three and one-half years. He then was transferred to the Iowa
  Synod, and he became pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, Des Monies, Iowa,
  in 1883, and served a pastorate there of twelve years.
    
    "On Nov. 1, 1894, Rev. Henry received a call from Memorial Lutheran Church,
  this place, to become their pastor, and has served this congregation
  faithfully for the past nine years, always responding to calls where duty
  demanded his presence. During his pastorate at Des Moines, the congregation
  of St. John's Lutheran Church built a beautiful church and parsonage on one
  of the most eligible lots in that city, the indebtedness being cleared off
  the buildings a few years ago by the congregation. Since Rev. Henry's
  pastorate here he has gained the confidence and love not only of his
  congregation, but the community in general. His church and Sunday-school are
  in a flourishing condition and are prospering under his guidance." That
  beautiful tribute is richly deserved.
    
    On June I, 1880, Rev. Henry married Henrietta Ulrich, of Reading, Pa.,
  daughter of Dr. D. A. and Henrietta (Nesbit) Ulrich, formerly residents of
  Reading. Two sons and one daughter have been born to this marriage, namely:
  Ruth C., a graduate of Irving College; Donald N.; and G. Harold. Rev. Henry
  is one of the trustees of Irving College at Mechanicsburg, and is a member of
  the board of trustees of the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. He is a
  valued contributor to a number of religious periodicals, and is a man of
  worth, learning and piety.