Mason R. Henry

Birth Date

1810-05-28

Death Date

1891-03-06

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer. Woodford County, Kentucky, native. Married to Eliza Jane McGuffin Henry. Father of Rebecca A. Henry, Martha Henry, Zachariah B. Henry, Mary E. Henry, Laura Henry, Lucy Henry, Martha Henry, Newton Henry, Josephine Henry, and John C. Henry. Farmer in Woodford County in 1840. Owned sixteen enslaved persons in Woodford County in 1840. Farmer in Woodford County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Woodford County in 1850. Household owned an additional eighteen slaves in Woodford County in 1850. Farmer in Woodford County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Woodford County in 1860.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Northern District, p. 217 (pp. 14-15 of microfilm).
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 434B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 9 of microfilm.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, pp. 947-8.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, pp. 947-8.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Missouri, Lafayette County, Washington, p. 394A.
Find A Grave, "Capt Mason R C Henry (1810-1891)," Memorial 13317152, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13317152 (accessed March 12, 2020).

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