Mchenry, Ellen J
author, poet, was born Nov. 22, 1827, in Chardon, Ohio.
She is the author of an epic poem entitled Legend of the Wandering Jew, which was written twenty years ago, and many of the prophecies there predicted are now in course of rapid fulfilment. Her poems have appeared extensively in current literature and in several standard works. She is also the author of a prose work entitled Our Boys. In 1847 she married John McHenry, circuit judge of the first district court of New Orleans, La. They subsequently moved to California, and reside in the city of Berkeley. a