EMANUEL HENRY
Emanuel
Henry is living retired in Derby after twenty-nine years close
association with farming interests of Warren township. Well directed
labor, untiring industry and firm determination have guided
and directed the activities of his career and have brought him
success and a comfortable fortune which enables him to spend
the declining years of his life in rest and retirement. He was born in
Pennsylvania, March 13, 1833, and is a son of Martin and
Wilhelmina Henry, also natives of that state, who afterward
moved to Ohio where their deaths occurred. Twelve children
were born to their union, of whom four still survive, as
follows: Mrs.
Catharine Winters of Ohio; Emanuel of this review; Caroline,
who resides in Ohio; and Jeremiah, of the same state. Of the deceased
members of this family, two, Martin and Eli, died while in the
army during the Civil war.
Emanuel Henry was five years of age when he moved with his parents to Richland county, Ohio, and he there grew to manhood, acquiring his education in the district schools. After laying aside his books he moved to Union City, where he was married and thence to Delaware county, Indiana. He turned his attention to farming there and remained until the fall of 1873, when he moved into Iowa, settling in Warren township, Lucas county. There for a period of twenty-nine years thereafter he remained active in agricultural pursuits, operating an excellent farm which he made productive and valuable by his own well directed and practical labors. In the course of years he accumulated a comfortable fortune and in1902 retied from active life, moving to Derby where he has since resided. He owns here a comfortable, well furnished, and modern home with beautiful grounds and is enjoying the fruits of his former period of toil and labor.
In
Darke county, Ohio, on the 11th of January, 1855,
Mr. Henry was united in marriage to Miss Barbara Dale, who was
born in Miami county, that state, December 3, 1835. She is a daughter
of Adam and Elizabeth (Howser) Dale, natives of Ohio, and
early settlers in Darke county.
Both have passed away, dying in Warren township, this
county, the father at the age of seventy and the mother at
seventy-six. Six
children were born to their union: Paul, deceased; Mrs. Henry, wife of the
subject of this review; Jacob, who resides in Ottumwa, Iowa;
Abraham, of Mystic, Iowa; John, who makes his home in Creston;
and Adam, of White Breast township. All the above children were born in
Ohio, the eldest in Miami county and the others in Darke
county. Mr. and
Mrs. Henry became the parents of nine children: Mrs. Elizabeth
Christy, who was born April 16, 1857, and who resides in
Hoisington, Kansas; Jacob, whose birth occurred October 6,
1859, and who makes his home in Warren township; Mrs. Mary
Catharine Magill, who was born February 3, 1862, and who has
passed away; Andrew, who was born January 5, 1864, and who
resides in Kansas; Mrs. Martha Decker, born February 27, 1866,
residing in Saskatchewan, Canada; Mrs. Emma Bowman, born
August 9, 1868, living at Promise City, Iowa; John William,
who was born July 23, 1870, and who has passed away; Emanuel,
Jr., born December 20, 1872, living with his parents in Derby;
and Frank, who was born April 19, 1877, and who died in
infancy. The
elder children were born in Indiana and Illinois and the
youngest one in Iowa. All
were reared in Warren township.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry have twenty living grandchildren,
eighteen of whom were reared in this part of the state.
Mr.
Henry is a member of the German Baptist church of Warren
township and he is a democrat in his political beliefs, taking
an intelligent interest in public affairs. By years of
incessant labor he has secured a comfortable fortune which
enables him to spend the last years of his life in retirement,
enjoying the peace and happiness which come from the
consciousness of worthy work well done and an upright life
well lived.