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Henry, Mrs. Sarepta M – Hensler, Eliza

Henry, Mrs. Sarepta M

temperance reformer, author, poet, was born Nov. 4, 1839, in Albion, Pa. She is a temperance reformer of Evanston, Ill.; and the author of Victoria, with Other Poems; After the Truth; The Voice of the Home; Mabel's Work; Beforehand; and One More Chance.

Henry, Thomas

congressman, was born in 1785 in Ireland. He served in congress from Pennsylvania from 1837 to 1843. He died Feb. 27, 1849, in Beaver county, Pa.

Henry, Thomas Charlton

clergyman, author, was born Sept. 22, 1790, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a presbyterian clergyman of South Carolina; and the author of Consistency of Popular Amusements for Professing Christians; Moral Etchings from the Religious World; and Letters from an Anxious Believer. died Oct. 4, 1827, in Philadelphia, Pa.

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Henry, William

merchant, congressman, was born in New Hampshire.

He was elected a representative in congress from Vermont from 1847 to 1853.

Henry, William

inventor, jurist, was born May 19, 1729, in Chester county, Pa.

In 1758 he was commissioned justice of the peace, and in 1760 visited England.

He was chosen to the assembly in 1776, and the following year was elected treasurer of Lancaster county, Pa. He died Dec. 15, 1786, in Lancaster, Pa.

Henry, William

congressman, was born in 1757. He was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the continental congress from 1784 to 1786. He died April 21, 1827, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Henry, William Arnon

educator, author, was born June 16, 1850, in Norwalk, Ohio. In 1880 he was appointed professor of botany and agriculture in the university of Wisconsin; two years later was elected professor of agriculture; andin 1891 was appointed dean of the College of Agriculture. He is the author of Foods and Feeding, a hand-book for the student and stockman, which has had a wide circulation throughout the United States.

Henry, William Seaton

soldier, author, was born in 1816 in Albany, N.

Y. He was an officer in the United States army who published Campaign Sketches of the War with Mexico. He died March 5, 1851, in New York city.

Hensel, William Uhler

journalist, author, was born in 1851 in Pennsylvania. He is a politician and journalist of Lancaster, Pa.; and the author of Lives of T. A. Hendricks and Grover Cleveland.

Henshaw, Daniel

lawyer and journalist, was born May 9, 1782, in Leicester, Mass. He gave up law in order to undertake the editorship of the Lynn Record, which he conducted till its discontinuance, a period of fourteen years, after which he resided in Boston. He died May 9, 1863, in Boston, Mass.

Henshaw, Joshua Sidney

lawyer, author, was born Oct. 16, 1811, in Boston, Mass. He was a lawyer in Utica from 1848, but previously an instructor in the United States navy. He was the author of Incitements to Well Doing; Life of Father Mathew; United States Manual for Consuls; Around the World; and Philosophy of Human Progress. He died April 29, 1859, in Utica, N. Y.

Hensler, Eliza

singer, was born about 1835 in Boston, Mass. Her first appearance was at the Academy of Music, New York, at the age of fifteen. She then went to Lisbon, and became a favorite; and in 1869 married the ex-king of Portugal, Ferdinand, Duke of Saxe- Coburg-Gotha.

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