Facts and Events
Enlisted in the Seventy-seventh Illinois Infantry in January, 1864 and was discharged in May of 1865. He was captured at Mansfield, Louisiana while serving in the expedition up Red River in 1864 and held prisoner until the end of the war. He received a pension of twenty dollars a month for disability incurred in the service.
Henry was a Republican and served as Commisioner of Highways, as a School Director and was Postmaster of Orchard Mines under President Harrison.
References
- ↑ History of Peoria County, Illinois.
- History of Peoria County, Illinois.
- History of Peoria County, Illinois.
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