William Wirt Henry b. 14 Feb 1831 Charlotte County, Virginia, USA d. 5 Dec 1900 Richmond, Virginia, USA: My Family History

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1831 - 1900 (69 years)

Name	William Wirt Henry [1]
Birth	14 Feb 1831	Charlotte County, Virginia, USA [1, 2]
	"Red Hill", Charlotte, Virginia, USA
Gender	Male
Death	5 Dec 1900	Richmond, Virginia, USA [1]
Burial	Richmond City, Virginia, USA [1]
Person ID	I10345	Bob Juch's Tree
Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

Father	John Henry, b. 16 Feb 1796 d. 7 Jan 1868 (Age 71 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Elvira Bruce McClelland, b. 23 Apr 1808 d. 1871 (Age 62 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	19 Oct 1826	Lynchburg, VA
Family ID	F1714	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Lucy Gray Marshall, b. 31 Jul 1832 d. 25 Jan 1922 (Age 89 years)

Marriage 8 Nov 1854 Charlotte County, VA [2]

Children

	1. Elizabeth Henry, b. 22 Oct 1855 d. 1857/1954 (Age 98 years) [natural]
	2. Lucy Gray Henry, b. 1840/1873 d. 1857/1954 (Age 81 years) [natural]
	3. Jr. William Wirt Henry, Jr, b. 1860 d. 1941 (Age 81 years) [natural]
	4. James Marshall Henry, b. 1840/1873 d. 1848/1951 (Age 78 years) [natural]

Family ID F4019 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 31 Dec 2022

Notes

BIOGRAPHY: Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 7, page 246
WILLIAM WIRT HENRY, A.M., LL.D. of Richmond, Virginia; Lawyer and Historian; b. at Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia, 14th February, 1831; d. 5th December, 1900; educated at the University of Virginia, which he entered in 1847 [p.246] and where he graduated A.M., 1850; admitted to the bar, 1853; he opposed secession in 1861 but joined his State's movement and enlisted in an artillery company commanded by Capt. Charles BRUCE, serving in North Carolina and Georgia; State Attorney for Charlotte County, removed to Richmond, 1873, and represented that city in the House of Delegates, 1877-1878, and the State Senate 1879-1880; was President of the Virginia Historical Society and the American Historical Association; Trustee of the Peabody Educational Fund; received the Honorary Degree of LL.D., from Washington and Lee University. Author of "Reply to Attack of Thomas JEFFERSON on Patrick HENRY'S Rescue of Captain SMTTH by Pocahontas;" "Patrick Henry the Earliest Advocate of Independence, " "The First Legislative Body in America;" "The Trial of Aaron BURR for Treason;" "The Westminster Assembly of Divines;" "The Life, Correspondence and Speeches of Patrick Henry," and of numerous magazine articles; m. 8th November, 1854, Lucy Gray MARSHALL, dau. of Col. James Pulliam and Elizabeth Edmunds (WATKINS) MARSHALL of Charlotte County, Virginia. Colonel MARSHALL was a soldier in the War of 1812.

[S54] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
[S700] Compiled by Virginius Cornick Hall, Jr., Portraits in the Collection of the Virginia Historical Society, (Name: (c)1981 by the Virginia Historical Society;).