HENRY HARRISON PIKE was born in Prentiss County, Mississippi, son of CEPHAS JASPER PIKE and wife, MATILDA ANN SIMS. He married PEACHIE ARLEVIA FINCH, daughter of GEORGE WASHINGTON FINCH and wife, MARY ELIZABETH VANDEVENDER. Henry and Peachie married 12 Jan 1910 in Prentiss County, Mississippi at the home of Gilbert Howell by Rev. E. W. Shackelford. They had a son, GEORGE THURMAN PIKE, who was born 20 Nov 1910 in Prentiss County, Mississippi.
Henry farmed on the old Pike homestead. One day, he unhitched the mules and came to the house and told Peachie that they were moving to Booneville, where he became a grocer. They, then, moved to Corinth where he got a bookkeeping job with a grocery store. From Corinth, they moved to Texas in 1925. He worked for Borden's Creamery. After that, he worked for the Houston Cold Storage Company. The day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Henry was on his way to Bermuda Islands to help construct an air base. Returning home to Houston, he worked in Texas City, helping to construct the oil refinery that was later destroyed during an explosion of a ship, which in turn caused the explosion of the refinery. After this job was completed, he worked for the Texas Prison System as a guard at the Ramsey Unit. Up in age, he got a job as an elevator operator in the Second National Bank Building in downtown Houston and worked himself up into the managership of the elevator operation, when most men his age would have retired. He worked until he was 72 years old.
Henry was a master at doing arithmetic. He could work problems in his head without paper and pencil. He taught his grandchildren, who lived with him, their multiplication tables.
Henry farmed on the old Pike homestead. One day, he unhitched the mules and came to the house and told Peachie that they were moving to Booneville, where he became a grocer. They, then, moved to Corinth where he got a bookkeeping job with a grocery store. From Corinth, they moved to Texas in 1925. He worked for Borden's Creamery. After that, he worked for the Houston Cold Storage Company. The day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Henry was on his way to Bermuda Islands to help construct an air base. Returning home to Houston, he worked in Texas City, helping to construct the oil refinery that was later destroyed during an explosion of a ship, which in turn caused the explosion of the refinery. After this job was completed, he worked for the Texas Prison System as a guard at the Ramsey Unit. Up in age, he got a job as an elevator operator in the Second National Bank Building in downtown Houston and worked himself up into the managership of the elevator operation, when most men his age would have retired. He worked until he was 72 years old.
Henry was a master at doing arithmetic. He could work problems in his head without paper and pencil. He taught his grandchildren, who lived with him, their multiplication tables.
HENRY HARRISON PIKE was born in Prentiss County, Mississippi, son of CEPHAS JASPER PIKE and wife, MATILDA ANN SIMS. He married PEACHIE ARLEVIA FINCH, daughter of GEORGE WASHINGTON FINCH and wife, MARY ELIZABETH VANDEVENDER. Henry and Peachie married 12 Jan 1910 in Prentiss County, Mississippi at the home of Gilbert Howell by Rev. E. W. Shackelford. They had a son, GEORGE THURMAN PIKE, who was born 20 Nov 1910 in Prentiss County, Mississippi.
Henry farmed on the old Pike homestead. One day, he unhitched the mules and came to the house and told Peachie that they were moving to Booneville, where he became a grocer. They, then, moved to Corinth where he got a bookkeeping job with a grocery store. From Corinth, they moved to Texas in 1925. He worked for Borden's Creamery. After that, he worked for the Houston Cold Storage Company. The day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Henry was on his way to Bermuda Islands to help construct an air base. Returning home to Houston, he worked in Texas City, helping to construct the oil refinery that was later destroyed during an explosion of a ship, which in turn caused the explosion of the refinery. After this job was completed, he worked for the Texas Prison System as a guard at the Ramsey Unit. Up in age, he got a job as an elevator operator in the Second National Bank Building in downtown Houston and worked himself up into the managership of the elevator operation, when most men his age would have retired. He worked until he was 72 years old.
Henry was a master at doing arithmetic. He could work problems in his head without paper and pencil. He taught his grandchildren, who lived with him, their multiplication tables.
Henry farmed on the old Pike homestead. One day, he unhitched the mules and came to the house and told Peachie that they were moving to Booneville, where he became a grocer. They, then, moved to Corinth where he got a bookkeeping job with a grocery store. From Corinth, they moved to Texas in 1925. He worked for Borden's Creamery. After that, he worked for the Houston Cold Storage Company. The day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Henry was on his way to Bermuda Islands to help construct an air base. Returning home to Houston, he worked in Texas City, helping to construct the oil refinery that was later destroyed during an explosion of a ship, which in turn caused the explosion of the refinery. After this job was completed, he worked for the Texas Prison System as a guard at the Ramsey Unit. Up in age, he got a job as an elevator operator in the Second National Bank Building in downtown Houston and worked himself up into the managership of the elevator operation, when most men his age would have retired. He worked until he was 72 years old.
Henry was a master at doing arithmetic. He could work problems in his head without paper and pencil. He taught his grandchildren, who lived with him, their multiplication tables.
