HENRY
HENRY
HENRY, Guy Vernor, soldier, was born in
Fort Sinitii, liuliaii Tirrilory. Mart-h 9. 1839; son
of Maj. William Seton and Arietta (Livingston)
Henry: grandson of Jndge Henry of Albany;
great-grandson of Daniel D. Tompkins, governor
of New Y'ork and
Vice-President of the
United States; and
also great-grandson
of the Hon. Smith
TlK)mpson(17G8-1843).
His father (1816-1851)
was a soldier in the
U.S. army dnring the
Mexican war and was
promoted captain and
brevetted major for
gallantry at Mon-
terey. Guy was grad-
uated at the U.S.
military academy in
May, 1861; assigned
to the 1st artillery as 2d lieutenant, May 6,
1861; promoted 1st lieutenant, May 14, 1861;
captain, Dec. 1, 1865; transferred to the 3d cav-
alry, Dec. 15, 1870; promoted major, 9th cav-
alry, June 26, 1881; lieutenant-colonel, 7th
cavalry, Jan. 30, 1892; transferred to the 5th
cavalry, Sept. 22, 1894; and to the 3d cavalry,
Oct. 19, 1895. He served in the civil war, begin-
ning with the first battle of Bull Run, where he
was an aide on General McDowell's staff. He
then went south with the expedition to Port
Royal under General Hunter and was conspicu-
ous at Key West, at Hilton Head and in the
battle of Pocotaligo, S.C. He commanded a bat-
talion in the advance on Charleston in 1863; was
acting chief of artillery in the bombardment of
Fort Sumter from June to November, 1863; and
was colonel of the 40th Massachusetts volunteers
from Nov. 9, 1863, to 1864, making himself con-
spicuous at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., June
1, 1864. He commanded a brigade in the Army
of the James from Oct. 28, 1864, to June 30, 1865,
when he was mustered out of the volunteer ser-
vice. In 1898 he was promoted colonel of the
10th U.S. cavalry (colored), and on June 21 was
advanced to the command of a brigade at Camp
Alger. He was brevetted captain, Oct. 22, 1862,
for services in action near Pocotaligo river, S.C.;
major, Feb. 20, 1864, for services in the battle of
Olustee, Fla., lieutenant-colonel, Sei)t. 29, 1864,
for services in front of Petersburg, Va.; colonel,
March 13, 1865, for services during the war;
bi-igadier-general, Feb. 27, 1890, for .services in
action against the Indians on Rosebud creek,
Montana, June 17, 1876, where he was severely
woimded: and brigadier-general of volunteers,
Oct. 28, 1864, for services during the campaign
in front of Petersburg, Va. He was the recipient
of a inedal of honor from congress " for note-
worthy and conspicuous gallantry while colonel
of the 40th Massachusetts volunteers, leading
the assaults of his brigade upon the enemy's
works at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864, where
he had two hoi'ses shot under him, one while
in the act of leaping over the breastworks of the
enemy." In 1898 as colonel of the 10th U. S.
cavalry he distinguished himself in the Santiago
campaign and commanded a brigade under
Genei'al Miles in the Porto Rico campaign. On
the cession of Porto Rico to the United States he
succeeded Gen. John R. Brooke as governor-
general, taking the post, Dec. 8, 1898, and relin-
quishing it -May 9, 1899. He was made a major-
general of volunteers in December, 1808, and
promoted brigadier-general in the regular army,
Oct. 11, 1898, to fill the vacancy caused by the
retirement of Gen. John J. Coppinger. He was
married in 1874 to Julia F., daughter of David D.
McNairof Dansville, N.Y. Their son, Guj- Ver-
nor, Jr., became a major in the 26th Massachusetts
infantry, and in 1900 was stationed in the
Pliilippines. On Oct. 18, 1899, General Henry
was assigned to the department of the ^Missouri
at Omaha, Neb., but his last illness prevented
his entering upon the new position. He is the
author of Military Records of Civilian Axtpoint-
ees in the United States Army (1869-73). He died
in New York city, Oct. 27, 1899.
HENRY, James, jurist, was born in Accomac county, Va., in 1731; of Scotch ancestry. He studied law at the University of Edinburgh and practised in Virginia, where he was married to Sarah Scarborough. He was a man of large means. He was a burgess from Accomac county in 1772; a delegate to the Continental congress, 1780-81; judge of the court of admiralty, 1782- 88; and judge of the general court from Dec. 24, 1788, until January. 1800, when he resigned. He had six children: Edward Hugh, who married first, Martha Catherine, daughter of Gov. Patrick and Dorothea (Dandridgc) Henry, and secondly, Elizabeth Washington, daughter of Dr. Valentine and Betty (Wasliington) Peyton; Samuel; John; Mary, who married John Wise, who afterward, by his second marriage, became the father of Henry A. AVise. governor of Virginia; Tabitha, and Sarah Elizalieth. Judge Henry died in Ac- comac county, Va., Dec. 9, 1804.
HENRY, John, senator, was born in Easton, ^Id., probal)ly in 17.50. He was graduated at the Collegeof New Jersey A.B., 1769, A.M., 1772, and became a practising lawyer in his native place. He was a delegate to the Continental congress, 1778-81 and 1784-87. Upon the ratification of the Federal constitution b}^ the convention of Maryland, April 28, 1788, John Henry and
