BIO: John T. HENRY, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 244.
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  JOHN T. HENRY, merchant and postmaster, Cottage, Huntingdon county, 
Pa., was born in West township, April 13, 1852, son of Mordecai and 
Louisa (Thompson) Henry. His grandfather, John Henry, was of Scotch-
Irish descent, a carpenter and farmer in Barree and West townships. 
Mordecai Henry, father of John T., was born in Barree township, August 
31, 1818. He learned plastering, and afterwards he owned and cultivated 
a farm of 216 acres of land in West township, where he made many 
improvements on the place, and gave attention to stock raising. He was 
married in West township, to Louisa C., daughter of Joseph Thompson, a 
carpenter. They had five children: Joseph, of Davenport, Iowa; John T.; 
Anna; Richard, stock dealer and farmer on the old homestead; W. Scott, 
a miner of Colorado. His politics were Democratic; he served six years 
as justice of the peace, and was school director and supervisor, and 
held other township offices. He was a member of the Presbyterian 
church, in which he held various offices. He was universally esteemed 
and respected, and his death, on May 7, 1896, caused deep sorrow in the 
community.
  John T. Henry was educated in the public schools, and assisted his 
father on the farm until the age of twenty-seven, at which time he 
embarked in the mercantile business. For four years he continued in 
Barree township, meeting with fair success, after which he moved to 
Fairfield, and opened a general store. He also attended to repairing 
watches for six years. In 1893, he was appointed postmaster of Cottage. 
He was married in 1879, to Anna M., daughter of William Livingston, 
born in 1852, in Miller township. They have one child, Mordecai, born 
July 14, 1881, who assists in the store. Mr. Henry is a member of Lodge 
No. 837, I. O. O. F., of Petersburg. He is a Democrat, and has served 
six years as school director and one term as tax collector. He worships 
with the Presbyterian church. By his energy and thrift, he has 
succeeded well in business; he is respected and esteemed by his 
neighbors.