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Henley, Thomas J – Henry, Gustavus Adolphus

Henley, Thomas J

farmer, public official, congressman, was born in 1810 in Indiana.

He was member of the state legislature from 1832 to 1842; and was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1843 to 1849. In 1849 he emigrated to California; was a member of the first legislature of that state; was for seven years superintendent of Indian affairs for California; and subsequently appointed postmaster of San Francisco Francisco. congressman,

Henn, Bernhart

congressman, was born in New York. He moved to Iowa; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1849 to 1853.

HENNEGAN, B. K. He was acting governor of South Carolina in 1840.

Hennen, Alfred

lawyer, educator, was born Oct. 17, 1786, in Elk Ridge, Md.

For many years previous to his death he was professor of common and constitutional law in the university of Louisiana. He died Jan. 19, 1870, in New Orleans, La.

Hennequin, Alfred

educator, educator, dramatist, author, was born in 1846 in France. He is a dramatist and educator who beside several Anglo-French textbooks has published The Art of Playwriting.

Hennessy, John Joseph

Roman catholic bishop, was born July 19, 1847, in Ireland.

He received his education at the college of Christian Brothers of St. Louis, Mo. He has filled pastorates in various churches, and in 1866 he was consecrated Roman catholic bishop of Dubuque, Iowa.

Early in his ministry he founded the hospital of Mercy, at Davenport; and established the St. Joseph's college there in 1873 .

Henni, John Martin

archbishop, was born in 1805 in Switzerland. In 1836 he founded and edited for some time the Wahrheits-Freund, the first German Roman catholic paper published in the United States. He died Sept. 7, 1881, in Milwaukee, Wis. orator, author, was born in 1847 in Union

Henry, Alexander

explorer, author, was born in 1739 in New Jersey. He was a noted traveler in northwest America who published Travels and Adventures in Canada between 1760-76. He died April, 1824, in Montreal, Canada. of

Henry, Alexander

mayor Philadelphia, was born April 14, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1856-57 he served in the councils, and in 1858 was elected to the mayoralty; and by successive elections he served in the office until 1866, when he declined a renomination. He managed the affairs of Philadelphia during the civil war with great ability. He died Dec. 6, 1883, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Henry, Alfred H

clergyman, was born April 4, 1865, in East Homer, N. Y.

He attended the Northwestern university, and the Chicago College of Science. He has served several pastorates in Chicago, Ill., where in 1892 he was prominently connected with the work of securing better hours and Sunday rest-day for laboring men. He was pastor of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church of Omaha, Neb.; and is now pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Henry, Daniel M

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 19, 1823, in Dorchester county, Md. He was elected a representative in the legislature in 1846; and again in 1849. He was a state senator in 1869; and was elected a representative from Maryland to the forty-fifth and forty-sixth congresses.

Henry, Edward Lamson

artist, was born Jan. 12, 1841, in Charleston, S. C.

He has painted chiefly genre pictures. interiors, representing American colonial life, and historical pieces. The first picture by his hand that attracted attention was Railway Station of a New England Road.

Henry, Gustavus Adolphus

orator, state legislator, was born Oct. 8, 1804, in Cherry Spring, Ky. He achieved great reputation as a public speaker, and was known throughout the south as the eagle orator of Tennessee. He was in the Tennessee legislature in 1851; and was member of the confederate senate from 1861 till the close of the civil war. He died Sept. 10, 1880, in Clarksville, Tenn. a au-