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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