Person:Fayette Henry (1)

Research Notes

1813: Death and Burial of Fayette Henry

• per Edith Pointdexter, "I have my doubts about Fayette being buried at Red Hill after I found that he died in the home of William Moncure in Richmond. (Moncure was an in-law of Fayette's sister Martha Catharina and probably a friend of Fayette.) That would have been a long way to transport a body in 1813."²

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Fayette Henry, in Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial website.

   [Last accessed 17 Oct 2012]
   5. Fayette born 9 Oct 1785 in Richmond, died 16 Mar 1813 at age 27 at home of William Moncure near Richmond; married 26 Mar 1807 to Anne Elcan, born 17 Feb 1790, died 1 May 1808 while on a visit to "Red Hill." Fayette inherited one half of “Long Island,” had just been elected to Virginia House of Delegates from Campbell Co., VA and had served one session.

2. ↑ Fayette Henry, in Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial website.

   RE: Mail from www.redhill.org
   Friday, August 6, 2010 12:26 PM
   From: "Edith C. Poindexter" <[email protected]>
   To: [email protected], "'Cole Poindexter'" <[email protected]>
   Cc: [email protected]
   
   Dorothea Henry had remarried and was not living at Red Hill in 1808 so it is
   possible that Fayette and Anne may have been living here for the birth of
   the child because of the remoteness of Long Island. The child, Fayette, Jr.
   was born on 12 Mar and Anne died on 1 May and the obituary suggests she was
   ill for some time. We do not have the death date of the child, but we think
   he died young. However the Hooper family thinks he lived for a number of
   years, raised by the Elcans. (Anne's mother was a Hooper.) I have my doubts
   about Fayette being buried at Red Hill after I found that he died in the
   home of William Moncure in Richmond. (Moncure was an in-law of Fayette's
   sister Martha Catharina and probably a friend of Fayette.) That would have
   been a long way to transport a body in 1813. It is also unlikely that Anne's
   body would have been transported to Elk Hall, so I have to assume she is at
   Red Hill. But, if Fayette, Jr. was raised by the Hoopers, then he could be
   at Elk Hall.
   
   If that is the case, then the graves at Red Hill could be Thomas Stanhope
   Henry, Sr. and Mary Gaines Henry and an infant. (Thomas Stanhope Henry, Jr.
   died in Texas sometime after 1930--I can't find his death date.)
   
   It is unfortunate for genealogists that obituaries in the 1800s gave no
   family data.
   
   I had some correspondence with the Hooper family a few years ago, and I will
   search that to see if there is any other pertinent information.