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Rh the war with Mexico. He became 1st lieutenant, 7 July, 1838, captain, 18 May, 1846, and was bre- vet ted major, 23 Sept., 1846, for gallantry at Mon- terey. He was afterward on garrison and recruit- ing service till his death. Maj. Henry published "Campaign Sketches of the War with Mexico" (New York, 1848). — His son, Guy Vernor, soldier, b. in Fort Smith, Indian territory, 9 March, 1839, was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1861, and assigned to the 1st artillery. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant on 14 May, was on Gen. McDowell's staff at the battle of Bull Run, and was brevetted captain, 22 Oct., 1862, for gallantry in an action near Pocotaligo river, S. C. He com- manded a battalion in Hunter's advance on Charles- ton in 1863, was acting chief of artillery of the De- partment of the South in June of that year, and was made colonel of the 40th Massachusetts regi- ment on 9 Nov. He commanded a brigade in the Army of the James in 1864-'5, and received the brevets of lieutenant-colonel, 29 Sept., 1864, and brigadier-general of volunteers, 30 June, 1864, for his services before Petersburg. After the war he became captain in the 1st artillery, 1 Dec, 1865, and has since served chiefly on the frontier against hostile Indians. He suffered severely from frost- bites in the Black Hills expedition, and was wounded in the battle of Rose Bud Creek, Mon- tana, with Sitting Bull, 17 June, 1876. losing the use of one eye. On 26 June, 1881, he was promoted to major in the 9th cavalry, and is now (1887) sta- tioned at Omaha, Neb. He has published " Mili- tary Record of Civilian Appointments in the U. S. Army " (2 vols., New York, 1865-'71) ; " Army Catechism for Non-commissioned Officers and Sol- diers" (Salt Lake City, 1881); and "Manual on Target Practice " (Fort Leavenworth, Kan., 1884).

HENSHAW, John Prentiss Kewley, P. E. bishop, b. in Middletown, Conn., 13 June, 1792 ; d. near Frederick, Md., 19 July, 1852. He was gradu- ated at Middlebury in 1808, and spent a year at Harvard as a resident graduate. During a visit to his native place during this period, he was first deeply impressed by the truths of religion, and he subsequently became a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, although he had been educated as a Congregationalist. Shortly afterward Bishop Griswold appointed him a lay-reader, and by his zealous labors several congregations were estab- lished in different parts of Vermont. After study- ing theology and taking charge of a church at Marblehead, Mass., for a time, he was ordered dea- con on his twenty-first birthday. Soon afterward he was called to St. Ann's church, Brooklyn, N. Y., where he was ordained priest on his twenty-fourth birthday. Twenty-six years of his life were passed as rector of St. Peter's, Baltimore, Md., where he went in 1817. On his accession to the rectorship there were only 45 communicants, but at the close of his ministry the number had increased to 474, the whole number added during his incumbency being 900. He also baptized 1,018 persons, and S resented 506 for confirmation. During his resi- ence in Maryland, Dr. Henshaw (he received the degree of S. T. D. from his alma mater in 1830) ex- erted an important influence beyond the confines of his own parish and city, taking an active part in the erection of many churches, and the organiza- tion of several congregations. He was a devoted friend to the cause of missions, and performed valuable services in the conventions, both diocesan and general. He was repeatedly nominated as bishop of Maryland, but failed to receive a suffi- ciently large vote to secure his election. On the erection of Rhode Island into a separate diocese he was chosen its head in 1843, and made rector of Grace church, Providence. In 1848 his health be- gan to fail, and in 1850 he had a stroke of apo- plexy. In the summer of 1852 he was called to Serform episcopal functions in the diocese of faryland during Bishop Wittingham's absence in Europe, but was again stricken with apoplexy, this time fatally, after he had been engaged about two weeks in the discharge of these duties. Bishop Henshaw possessed a mind naturally clear, sound, and vigorous, trained to patient labor. He ranked high as a preacher, never reading his sermons, but composing them with care. He was also exceed- ingly happy as an extemporaneous speaker. He published many sermons, charges, and books, among which were " An Oration delivered before the Associated Alumni of Middlebury College" (1827): "Hymns" (5th ed., 1832); "The Useful- ness of Sunday Schools " (1833) ; " Henshaw's Sheri- dan," being " Lessons on Elocution," etc. (1834) ; "Theology for the People" (1840); "Memoir of Right Rev. Channing Moore, D. D." (1842) ; " An Inquiry concerning the Second Advent " (1842) ; " Lectures on the Terms Priest, Altar, etc.," and " The Work of Christ's Living Body " (1843).

HENSHAW, Joshua Sidney, author, b. in Boston, Mass., 16 Oct., 1811 ; d. in Utica, N. Y., 29 April, 1859. He was a descendant of Jonathan Belcher, and his name, which was originally Joshua Henshaw Belcher, was changed by an act of the Pennsylvania legislature in 1845. He became a teacher in ChaunceyHall institute, Boston, in 1833, and from September, 1837, till 1841 was instructor of mathematics in the U. S. navy. During this period he made a voyage in the frigate " Columbia," an account of which was published under the title "Around the World, by an Officer of the U. S. Navy" (New York, 1840). After resigning his professorship in the navy he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia, but in 1843 he was reinstated in his former post. From 1848 till his death he practised law in Utica. He published " Philosophy of Human Progress" (1835) ; " Incite- ments to Moral and Intellectual Well-Doing" (1836); "Life of Father Mathew" (1847); and "United States Manual for Consuls" (1849). A work on " Bible Ethics " was left unfinished.

HENSHAW, William, soldier, b. in Boston, Mass., 20 Sept., 1735; d. in Leicester, Mass., 21 Feb., 1820. He was one of the original settlers of Leicester, whither he removed in 1748. He was a lieutenant of provincial troops under Amherst in 1759, was lieutenant-colonel of Little's regiment at the siege of Boston, and took part subsequently in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, and Princeton. He left the service early in 1777. — His nephew, David, secretary of the navy, b. in Leicester, Mass., 2 April, 1791; d. there, 11 Nov., 1852, was apprenticed to a druggist in Boston at the age of sixteen, and carried on business on his own account from 1814 till 1829. He devoted his leisure to study, acquired note as a political writer, published pamphlets and review articles in advocacy of free-trade, and zealously supported the principles of the Democratic party. He was elected to the state senate in 1826 and to the house of representatives in 1839, after holding the post of collector of customs at Boston since 1830. He was active in promoting the earlier railroad enterprises in Massachusetts, and was interested in the construction of the Boston and Worcester, the Boston and Albany, and the Boston and Providence railroads. On 24 July, 1843, he was appointed by President Tyler secretary of the navy, but. after holding the office several months, was rejected by the senate, and