Henry was the son of Judge Moses and Margaret "Lane" Mordecai. He married Martha Ann Hinton 3 Sep 1845 in Wake Co., NC. They became the parents of four children.
Henry's father died in 1824 of malaria at age 39. His mother, Nancy, wanted Henry to have additional schooling, so in June of 1831 when he was 12 years old, he traveled with his two uncles, Alfred and George Washington Mordecai, who enrolled him in the experimental Round Hill School for Boys in Northampton, Massachusetts. While in school there, Henry contracted juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. He then joined his siblings in Richmond where he required intensive care which his aunt, Emma, provided, but he would never walk again without a limp. In 1842, Henry came of age and assumed the running of the Mordecai estate in Raleigh. Henry was a prosperous planter and a member of the North Carolina State Legislature. At Henry's suggestion in 1868, the remains of those family members who were first buried in the private burying ground on the land of his father, were removed to Oakwood Cemetery, which consisted of 32 acres purchased by the city from Henry.
Henry's father died in 1824 of malaria at age 39. His mother, Nancy, wanted Henry to have additional schooling, so in June of 1831 when he was 12 years old, he traveled with his two uncles, Alfred and George Washington Mordecai, who enrolled him in the experimental Round Hill School for Boys in Northampton, Massachusetts. While in school there, Henry contracted juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. He then joined his siblings in Richmond where he required intensive care which his aunt, Emma, provided, but he would never walk again without a limp. In 1842, Henry came of age and assumed the running of the Mordecai estate in Raleigh. Henry was a prosperous planter and a member of the North Carolina State Legislature. At Henry's suggestion in 1868, the remains of those family members who were first buried in the private burying ground on the land of his father, were removed to Oakwood Cemetery, which consisted of 32 acres purchased by the city from Henry.
Henry was the son of Judge Moses and Margaret "Lane" Mordecai. He married Martha Ann Hinton 3 Sep 1845 in Wake Co., NC. They became the parents of four children.
Henry's father died in 1824 of malaria at age 39. His mother, Nancy, wanted Henry to have additional schooling, so in June of 1831 when he was 12 years old, he traveled with his two uncles, Alfred and George Washington Mordecai, who enrolled him in the experimental Round Hill School for Boys in Northampton, Massachusetts. While in school there, Henry contracted juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. He then joined his siblings in Richmond where he required intensive care which his aunt, Emma, provided, but he would never walk again without a limp. In 1842, Henry came of age and assumed the running of the Mordecai estate in Raleigh. Henry was a prosperous planter and a member of the North Carolina State Legislature. At Henry's suggestion in 1868, the remains of those family members who were first buried in the private burying ground on the land of his father, were removed to Oakwood Cemetery, which consisted of 32 acres purchased by the city from Henry.
Henry's father died in 1824 of malaria at age 39. His mother, Nancy, wanted Henry to have additional schooling, so in June of 1831 when he was 12 years old, he traveled with his two uncles, Alfred and George Washington Mordecai, who enrolled him in the experimental Round Hill School for Boys in Northampton, Massachusetts. While in school there, Henry contracted juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. He then joined his siblings in Richmond where he required intensive care which his aunt, Emma, provided, but he would never walk again without a limp. In 1842, Henry came of age and assumed the running of the Mordecai estate in Raleigh. Henry was a prosperous planter and a member of the North Carolina State Legislature. At Henry's suggestion in 1868, the remains of those family members who were first buried in the private burying ground on the land of his father, were removed to Oakwood Cemetery, which consisted of 32 acres purchased by the city from Henry.
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