John Newton Henry (1822 - 1906)

Born 28 Apr 1822 in Johnston, Trumbull, Ohio, United States

Husband of Diana (Merchant) Henry — married 20 Sep 1845 in New York, United States

Died 28 Nov 1906 at age 84 in Champlin, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

John Newton Henry born in Ohio, son of John and Polly (Jaqua) Henry.^[1]

John N. Henry 28 yrs, clergyman M. E., Diana 22 yrs Huldah 2 yrs, Hrriet A. 5 months, resided in 1850 in Gerry, Chautauqua, NY. ^[2]

Married in New York and served as a traveling Minister in Western Pennsylvania, and Western New York. Had family and while living in Forestville, New York enlisted in the Union Army (49th NY Vol Inf) in Buffalo, New York. Served the entire war in the 6th Corp, Army of the Potomac as a Hospital Seward. attended medical school in Buffalo, New York after war. Came to Minnesota in abt 1875 and after traveling around the State for a few years looking for the right place to live they finally settled in Champlin, Minnesota. He served as a minister and doctor until his death in 1906.

Sources

1. ↑ "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HPRP-DXPZ : 8 April 2020), John Newton Henry, 28 Nov 1906; citing Death, Minnesota State Department of Health, St. Paul.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DCQ9-6NB?cc=1401638&wc=95R9-PY4%3A1031313801%2C1033413401%2C1033432401 : 9 April 2016), New York > Chautauqua > Gerry > image 30 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Turn Them Out to Die Like a Mule: The Civil War Letters of John N. Henry" edited by John Michael Priest, publ 1995

• Family records, War department records and Church Records in Pennsylvania, and Minnesota.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91306616/john-newton-henry

• John Newton Henry and family papers, 1829-1939 Included are Henry's diary (1863) and letters (1861-1865) documenting his Civil War life with the 49th New York Volunteer Infantry; a few letters (1847-1860) mentioning the Methodist church in Pennsylvania and frontier conditions in Iowa; letters (1872-1881) describing his family's life at Vernon Center (Blue Earth County, Minn.); genealogical and reminiscent data on the Henry and Herrick families; and family memorabilia (1 box and 1 oversize folder in partial box) https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/collection/data/313829952