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Rh Lutheran ministers who came to America, settled in German town, Pa., about 1740. Nearly' all the male descendants have been Lutheran clergymen. Paul's father settled in North Carolina, but in 1760 the family were driven by the Catawba Indians to take refuge in western Virginia. The son grew up an expert hunter, and familiar with Indian warfare. About 1776 he listened to the preaching of Whitefield, and determined to enter the minis- try. After receiving a brief classical and theo- logical training from the Lutheran clergyman in Fredericktown, Md., he was licensed to preach by the synod, settled at New Market, Va., and was ordained in Philadelphia on 6 June, 1792. He es- tablished several churches in the vicinity of New Market and in Augusta county, Va., and Rowan county. N. C, where he labored subsequently. While in North Carolina he helped to form the synod there. In 1805 he returned to New Market, and made missionary tours through western Vir- ginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. He was a fervent speaker and writer, both in Eng- lish and German, and a man of earnest convictions, who roused much opposition by his insistence on the conservation of the original confessions and rites of the church. He published a work in Ger- man on " Baptism and the Lord's Supper " (1809 ; afterward translated into English) ; a German hymn-book (1810), and one in the English lan- guage (1816). in each of which were included many hymns composed by himself. He also issued a German catechism (1814), followed by one in Eng- lish, and was the author of a German satirical Seem entitled " Zeitvertreib." — His nephew. Moses [ontgomery, clergvman, b. in Pendleton countv, Va., 23 March, 1798;' d. in Richmond, Va., in 1864, became an itinerant minister of the M. E. church in Ohio in 1819, was for some time a missionary to the Wyandotte Indians, and preached in that state and in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama. He established a religious magazine, and associated himself in 1845 with Dr. McFerrin in the editorship of the " Christian Advocate " at Nashville. In 1847 he established the " Southern Ladies' Companion," which he conducted for eight years. He taught in Philadelphia and other places, and was thus engaged in Baltimore, Md., during "the civil war, but was sent within the Confederate lines. He published, among other books, a volume of " Masonic Addresses " (1848) ; " The Primary Platform of Methodism" (1851); "Analysis of Church Government " (1852) ; " Life of Bishop Bas- com " (1853) ; and " Primitive Episcopacy " (1856).

HENKLE, Eli Jones, physician, b. in Balti- more county, Md., 24 Nov., 1828. He received an academic education, taught three years, studied medicine, and was graduated at the University of Maryland in 1850. He practised medicine and pursued horticulture, and in 1863 was elected to the house of delegates. The following year he was a member of the State constitutional convention. He sat in the state senate in 1867, 1868, and 1870, and in the house of delegates in 1871 and 1873. In 1872 he was a member of the National Demo- cratic convention. In 1873-'4 he was professor of anatomy, physiology, and natural history in the Maryland agricultural college. In 1874* he was elected to the National house of representatives, and was returned in the two succeeding elections, serving from 1 Dec, 1875, to 3 March, 1881.

HENLEY, David, Revolutionary soldier, b. in Charlestown, Mass., 12 Feb., 1748 ; d. in Washing- ton, D. C, 1 Jan., 1823. He was appointed brigade- major to Gen. Heath on 15 Aug., 1775, and on 8 Jan., 1776, crossed from Cobble hill and set fire to houses in Charlestown that were occupied by Brit- ish soldiers. He was made deputy adjutant-gen- eral on 6 Sept., 1776, and commissioned colonel of a Massachusetts regiment on 1 Jan.. 1777. He was in command at Cambridge when the troops that had been captured at Saratoga were brought thither. Gen. Burgoyne brought charges of cru- elty against him for his treatment of the British prisoners, but he was exonerated by a court-mar- tial. After the war he held various posts under the government, and at the time of his death was a clerk in the war department. — His brother, Thomas, b. in Charlestown, Mass. ; d. on Ran- dall's island, N. Y., 24 Sept., 1776, also held the rank of major, served as aide-de-camp to Gen. Heath, and was accounted one of the best officers in the army. He lost his life in an attempt to re- capture from the British Randall's, then called Montressor's, island, on which, with Col. Jackson, he made a descent in flat-boats. He led the as- sault, fell at the head of his men, and was buried in Trinity church-yard.

HENLEY, John Dandridge, naval officer, b. in Williamsburg, Va., 25 Feb., 1781 ; d. in Havana, Cuba, 23 May, 1835. He was appointed a mid- shipman by President Washington, who was his maternal uncle by marriage, on 14 Oct., 1799, and was made a lieutenant on 3 Jan., 1807, and a com- mander on 24 July, 1813. At the battle of New Orleans he commanded the schooner " Carolina," and won the approbation of Gen. Jackson for the part that he contributed toward the victory of 8 Jan., 1815. He was promoted to a captaincy on 5 March, 1817. At the time of his death he was commanding the West India squadron. — His broth- er, Robert, naval officer, b. in Williamsburg, Va., 5 Jan., 1783 : d. on Sullivan's island, S. C, 7 Oct., 1828. entered the service as midshipman on 8 April, 1799, served under Truxton in the engagement with the French vessel " La Vengeance " on 1 Feb., 1800, became a lieutenant on 29 June, 1807, and a commander on 12 Aug., 1814, took part in Macdonough's victory on Lake Champlain in Sep- tember. 1814, when he commanded the brig " Eagle." and was promoted captain in 1825.

HENNEN, Alfred, lawver, b. at Elk Ridge, Md., 17 Oct.. 1786; d. in "New Orleans, La., 19 Jan., 1870. He was graduated at Yale in 1806, set- tled in New Orleans in 1808, and attained note at the Louisiana bar. He was one of the earliest Prot- estants in New Orleans, and a founder of the Pres- byterian church in that community. He accumu- lated the largest private library in the southwest, in the departments of both in law and literature. Several times he was offered a seat on the bench, but declined. For many years previous to his death he was professor of common and constitu- tional law in the University of Louisiana.

HENNEPIN, Louis, explorer, b. in Ath, Belgium, about 1640; d. in Holland after 1701. He entered the order of Recollets of St. Francis, and his fondness for travelling led him to Italy, where he remained several years. He was then sent to preach at Halles, in Hainault. and afterward passed into a convent in Artois. He was employed by his brethren to solicit alms at different places, among others in Dunkirk and Calais, where the stories related by old sailors stimulated his desire to visit distant countries. At the battle of Senef, between the Prince of Conde and William of Orange, he was present as regimental chaplain, and in 1673 he was ordered to Canada. After preaching at Quebec for a time, he went in 1676 to Fort Frontenac, where he founded a convent. When La Salle undertook his expedition to the west, he