William Tell Henry (Nicholas County, KY, cabinet maker)
b. 1833-05-16 d. 1914-01-14
Nicholas County, Kentucky, cabinet maker. Kentucky native. Son of Richard D. Henry. and Rhoda Ogden Henry. Married to Nancy T. Hall Henry in Nicholas County on November 8, 1855. Father of Elizabeth Henry and Fanny Henry. Cabinet maker in Nicholas County in 1850. Cabinet maker in Nicholas County in 1860. Undertaker in Nicholas County in 1863. Provost marshal of Nicholas County. Member of Republican party. Member of Presbyterian Church.
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- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 473A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1 (Carlisle), p. 278
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film #000252392, p.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Nicholas County, KY, July 1863, p. 18, (Accessed via ancestry.com).
Perrin, William Henry, ed.. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. Chicago, IL, USA: O. L. Baskin, 1882, 748-49.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Film 7016161: All Counties, Boyle County Deaths, File #545.
Citation
Henry, William Tell. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207524 (November 12, 2026).
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