BIO:  John M. Henry, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, North Codorus, Pg 159

JOHN M. HENRY was born in York County, September 10, 1856, to George Henry and Susanna (Martin) 
Henry, also natives of York County.  The father was a carpenter, then a farmer, and about 1860, 
became a merchant at Stoverstown.  John M. was reared a farmer, and was educated in the 
district school, and at York County Academy.  In the fall of 1877 he began teaching in North 
Codorus, and has taught each consecutive term since, with the exception of that of 1880, when 
he was the secretary of the Seven Valley Mutual Aid Association.  December 4, 1881, he married 
Barbara Alice, daughter of Samuel G. Hildebrand.  Mr. Hildebrand was also a school teacher, 
then a farmer, afterward a merchant, and is now a cigar box manufacturer.  Mr. and Mrs. Henry 
are members of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, and are the parents of one child, Robert Pattison.  
They own ninety acres of land at Stoverstown and the lot on which the church edifice stands was 
sold to the congregation by Mr. Henry.  Daniel M. Henry, brother of the above, was born in 
Stoverstown, November 2, 1860.  He was reared a farmer and was educated in the district and 
select schools of his native place, and has been teaching since 1882.  He is a member of St. 
Paul’s Lutheran Church.