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Edmund Walker Henry

Born 5 Jul 1791 in , Henry County, Virginia, United States of America

Ancestors

Son of John Henry and Susannah (Walker) White

Brother of Thomas White [half], Paulina (White) Beatie [half], Eleanor Rogers (White) Beatie [half], Rhoda White [half], John Adams White [half], Isabella White [half] and Rachel White [half]

Husband of Anne (Williams) Henry — married Sep 1815 (to 22 Jan 1855) in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, United States of America

Descendants

Father of John Henry, Martha Fontaine (Henry) Barnes, Patrick Henry, Edmund Henry, Richard Henry, Winston Henry, William Henry, Fayette Henry, Charles Henry, Lucy Anne (Henry) Peters, Nathaniel Henry, Virginia Henry and Letitia Henry

Died 22 Jan 1855 at age 63 in Marion County, Iowa, United States of America

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1 Biography
2 From Will of Patrick Henry
3 Citations
4 Acknowledgments
5 Sources

Biography

Edmund was born about 5 July 1791 in Henry County, Virginia, the only child of John and Susannah Walker Henry.

In September 1815, when he was in his mid-twenties, Edmund married Anne Williams in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, and they had seven known children, five sons and two daughters:

Patrick Henry
Martha (Henry) Fisher
Edmund Henry
Richard Henry
Fayette Henry
Virginia Henry
William Henry

Edmund died of unknown causes on 22 January 1855 in Perry, Marion County, Iowa, when he was in his mid-sixties,

Edmund was the grandson of Patrick Henry, the "Voice of the American Revolution."

Patrick Henry was Edmund's grandfather

Birth

Edmund was born in Virginia, on the 5th or 10th of January, 1791, on the day his father died (or five days after).

Moves

After his mother remarried Richard White of Tazewell County in 1798, he moved to southwest Virginia, then moved to Parke County, IN and then on to central Iowa about 1832, where he died in 1855 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Percy, Iowa.

Marriage

In 1815 he married Nancy Williams in Abingdon, Washington Co., VA, USA.

1830 census

The 1830 US census under Edmund Henry lists 8 males, 1 age 30-40 (Edmund, born 1791), 1 age 10-15 (son, John, born 1816), 3 age 5-10 (sons Patrick, born 1819; Edmund, born 1821; Richard, born about 1823), and 3 age 0-5 (sons Winston, born 1825; William, born about 1827; Fayette, born about 1828); and two females, 1 age 30-40 (Mary, born about 1790) and 1 age 10-15 (Martha, born 1818).^[1]

1840 census

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The 1840 census shows Edmund and his family in Parke County, IN, USA

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Abstract of 1840 census for Iowa Territory

The Henrys arrived in Iowa before winter.

1850 census

An 1850 census record from Marion County, Iowa,^[2] annotated by Mrs. Rita Wilson Beine, genealogist, 555 Forest Valley Rd, NE, Atlanta, GA lists an Edmund Henry, age 59, married to Anne, age 49, both born in Virginia, with the following children living in the home: Charles, age 20, farmer, born in Virginia; Lucy A, age 18, born in Illinois [notes from Mrs. Beine state that she was born in IN according to her DAR application]; Nathaniel, age 15, born in IN; Virginia, age 11, born in IN; Letitia, age 6, born in Iowa. This list of children is not consistent with other census records, so I have not added Charles, Lucy, Nathaniel, or Letitia to the children, but they might be. Mrs. Beine's notes further indicate that the family left Washington Co, VA on 13 Oct 1836 (based on an interview with Lucy) for Parke Co, IN, and left there for Iowa, first Van Buren Co (where Edmund, Jr. lived and farmed), then to Marion Co, IA between 1840 and 1850. For an image of the Edmund Henry family in the 1850 census for Marion County, IA, and a note pointing out problems, click here.

Death and burial

Edmund died in Swan, Marion County, Iowa, of unknown causes at the age of 63. He is buried a few miles west in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Percy, Marion County, Iowa.

Map of Iowa showing location of Swan and of Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Gravestone for Edmund Henry, 1791-1855

From Findagrave.com

Edmund Walker Henry

Birth: Jul. 5, 1791, Henry County, Virginia, USA; Death: Jan. 22, 1855, Swan, Marion County, Iowa, USA.

Son of John Henry & Susannah Walker, Grandson of Patrick Henry & Sarah Shelton. Husband of Nancy Williams. Buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetary in Percy, IA.

Family links: Parents: John Henry (1757 - 1791), Susannah Walker Henry (1760 - ____); Spouse: Nancy Williams Henry (1790 - 1875); Children: Patrick Henry (1819 - 1899).

Inscription: 63 years, 6 months and 17 days.

Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Red Rock, Marion County, Iowa, USA^[3]

From Will of Patrick Henry

The following is included in Edmund's grandfather's Last Will and Testament:^[4]

I give to my grand son Edmund Henry when he arrives to the age of Twenty one years and not before in fee simple the thousand acres of Land where his father died joining Perego’s line, Coles line, and the line of the Land intended for my son Edward decd— together with the negros and other property on the said one thousand acres of Land—But in case the said Edmund shall die under the age of twenty one years and without Issue then alive, I will the said Land slaves and other property to my six sons above mentioned equally in fee simple—

This is a reference to the Plantation Leatherwood, where Edmund's father, John, had settled following his traumatic experience at the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse, and where John lived until his death. We don't know exactly what happened to this plantation or the enslaved who went with it. We know that by 1815 Edmund was in Abingdon, VA, where he owned property, and by 1840 in Parke County, IN, before he moved to Iowa, sometime before 1850.