Mrs. J. K. HENRY DIES SUDDENLY
Prominent Chester Woman Suffers Heart Attack; Street Was Named For Her
Chester, S.C., Aug 29 -- Mrs. Sara Ella Hamilton Henry, 78, wife of Judge James Killough Henry, one of Chester's most prominent women, died at her home today of a heart attack. She lived only about 15 minutes following the attack. Her health had not been good lately and the past two days she had not felt well, but was not in bed.
Judge and Mrs. Henry several years ago gave the government the site on which the large Chester armory and drilling grounds are located. Chester honored this couple by naming the street on which the armory is located Ella street, for Mrs. Henry.
Mrs. Henry is survived by her husband, Judge James Killough Henry; seven children, Mrs. William Clark Miller, Dr. William John Henry and Albert Torbit Henry, all of Chester, Mrs. Albert McDonald Simpson of Charlotte, James Killough Henry Jr., of Columbia, Mrs. William Jenkins Woolsey of Waco, Tex., Mrs, Hugh Simpson Patton of Horsham, Pa., 17 Grandchildren, a brother, John Albert Hamilton of Marissa, Ill.
Mrs. Henry was a member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church and was interested in all phases of the church's activities and in the denomination's educational causes. She was a native of Marissa, Ill., being born March 14, 1863, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Hamilton of that place. Her forbears moved from Chester county to Illinois.
On February 7, 1938, Judge and Mrs. Henry celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary, which was largely attended, due to the wide popularity of the couple over the state. Mrs. Henry was graduated from the State Normal college of Carbondale, Ill. She married Judge Henry February 7, 1888.
Funeral services will be conducted at the home Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock, daylight saving time, by Dr. Joseph Lee Grier, pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, after which interment will be in the historic Old Purity cemetery near Chester.
In their younger years, Judge and Mrs. Henry befriended many young men after giving them a home in their home sometimes for a long period. Some of these young men from far away states will attend the funeral services.
~ The Charlotte Observer, Saturday, 30 August 1941 page 14
Sarah Ella Hamilton was a child of one of many former Chester District families who moved to the area around Marissa, St. Clair County, Illinois motivated by the hard feelings that slavery engendered and the religious belief that it was unconscionable practice for a Christian which many in the reformed movement fervently believed.
Ella's parents were John Carmichael and Margaret Meek Hamilton, the former being born in Chester and moved west as toddler and the latter also probably being of a branch of the Chester District Meek family.
Each is recounted nicely in the county heritage book, volume one, published in 1982. Ella was buried at Purity and in a short few months the body of her husband, Judge J. K. Henry, was placed in the adjoining grave.
The Henrys and family were members of the Chester ARP Church now located on Wylie Street near Purity Presbyterian Church which is the successor sanctuary to the Purity Meeting House, which burned down and now is the site, or quite near it, of the Old Purity picnic pavilion at Old Purity.
Prominent Chester Woman Suffers Heart Attack; Street Was Named For Her
Chester, S.C., Aug 29 -- Mrs. Sara Ella Hamilton Henry, 78, wife of Judge James Killough Henry, one of Chester's most prominent women, died at her home today of a heart attack. She lived only about 15 minutes following the attack. Her health had not been good lately and the past two days she had not felt well, but was not in bed.
Judge and Mrs. Henry several years ago gave the government the site on which the large Chester armory and drilling grounds are located. Chester honored this couple by naming the street on which the armory is located Ella street, for Mrs. Henry.
Mrs. Henry is survived by her husband, Judge James Killough Henry; seven children, Mrs. William Clark Miller, Dr. William John Henry and Albert Torbit Henry, all of Chester, Mrs. Albert McDonald Simpson of Charlotte, James Killough Henry Jr., of Columbia, Mrs. William Jenkins Woolsey of Waco, Tex., Mrs, Hugh Simpson Patton of Horsham, Pa., 17 Grandchildren, a brother, John Albert Hamilton of Marissa, Ill.
Mrs. Henry was a member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church and was interested in all phases of the church's activities and in the denomination's educational causes. She was a native of Marissa, Ill., being born March 14, 1863, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Hamilton of that place. Her forbears moved from Chester county to Illinois.
On February 7, 1938, Judge and Mrs. Henry celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary, which was largely attended, due to the wide popularity of the couple over the state. Mrs. Henry was graduated from the State Normal college of Carbondale, Ill. She married Judge Henry February 7, 1888.
Funeral services will be conducted at the home Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock, daylight saving time, by Dr. Joseph Lee Grier, pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, after which interment will be in the historic Old Purity cemetery near Chester.
In their younger years, Judge and Mrs. Henry befriended many young men after giving them a home in their home sometimes for a long period. Some of these young men from far away states will attend the funeral services.
~ The Charlotte Observer, Saturday, 30 August 1941 page 14
Sarah Ella Hamilton was a child of one of many former Chester District families who moved to the area around Marissa, St. Clair County, Illinois motivated by the hard feelings that slavery engendered and the religious belief that it was unconscionable practice for a Christian which many in the reformed movement fervently believed.
Ella's parents were John Carmichael and Margaret Meek Hamilton, the former being born in Chester and moved west as toddler and the latter also probably being of a branch of the Chester District Meek family.
Each is recounted nicely in the county heritage book, volume one, published in 1982. Ella was buried at Purity and in a short few months the body of her husband, Judge J. K. Henry, was placed in the adjoining grave.
The Henrys and family were members of the Chester ARP Church now located on Wylie Street near Purity Presbyterian Church which is the successor sanctuary to the Purity Meeting House, which burned down and now is the site, or quite near it, of the Old Purity picnic pavilion at Old Purity.
Mrs. J. K. HENRY DIES SUDDENLY
Prominent Chester Woman Suffers Heart Attack; Street Was Named For Her
Chester, S.C., Aug 29 -- Mrs. Sara Ella Hamilton Henry, 78, wife of Judge James Killough Henry, one of Chester's most prominent women, died at her home today of a heart attack. She lived only about 15 minutes following the attack. Her health had not been good lately and the past two days she had not felt well, but was not in bed.
Judge and Mrs. Henry several years ago gave the government the site on which the large Chester armory and drilling grounds are located. Chester honored this couple by naming the street on which the armory is located Ella street, for Mrs. Henry.
Mrs. Henry is survived by her husband, Judge James Killough Henry; seven children, Mrs. William Clark Miller, Dr. William John Henry and Albert Torbit Henry, all of Chester, Mrs. Albert McDonald Simpson of Charlotte, James Killough Henry Jr., of Columbia, Mrs. William Jenkins Woolsey of Waco, Tex., Mrs, Hugh Simpson Patton of Horsham, Pa., 17 Grandchildren, a brother, John Albert Hamilton of Marissa, Ill.
Mrs. Henry was a member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church and was interested in all phases of the church's activities and in the denomination's educational causes. She was a native of Marissa, Ill., being born March 14, 1863, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Hamilton of that place. Her forbears moved from Chester county to Illinois.
On February 7, 1938, Judge and Mrs. Henry celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary, which was largely attended, due to the wide popularity of the couple over the state. Mrs. Henry was graduated from the State Normal college of Carbondale, Ill. She married Judge Henry February 7, 1888.
Funeral services will be conducted at the home Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock, daylight saving time, by Dr. Joseph Lee Grier, pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, after which interment will be in the historic Old Purity cemetery near Chester.
In their younger years, Judge and Mrs. Henry befriended many young men after giving them a home in their home sometimes for a long period. Some of these young men from far away states will attend the funeral services.
~ The Charlotte Observer, Saturday, 30 August 1941 page 14
Sarah Ella Hamilton was a child of one of many former Chester District families who moved to the area around Marissa, St. Clair County, Illinois motivated by the hard feelings that slavery engendered and the religious belief that it was unconscionable practice for a Christian which many in the reformed movement fervently believed.
Ella's parents were John Carmichael and Margaret Meek Hamilton, the former being born in Chester and moved west as toddler and the latter also probably being of a branch of the Chester District Meek family.
Each is recounted nicely in the county heritage book, volume one, published in 1982. Ella was buried at Purity and in a short few months the body of her husband, Judge J. K. Henry, was placed in the adjoining grave.
The Henrys and family were members of the Chester ARP Church now located on Wylie Street near Purity Presbyterian Church which is the successor sanctuary to the Purity Meeting House, which burned down and now is the site, or quite near it, of the Old Purity picnic pavilion at Old Purity.
Prominent Chester Woman Suffers Heart Attack; Street Was Named For Her
Chester, S.C., Aug 29 -- Mrs. Sara Ella Hamilton Henry, 78, wife of Judge James Killough Henry, one of Chester's most prominent women, died at her home today of a heart attack. She lived only about 15 minutes following the attack. Her health had not been good lately and the past two days she had not felt well, but was not in bed.
Judge and Mrs. Henry several years ago gave the government the site on which the large Chester armory and drilling grounds are located. Chester honored this couple by naming the street on which the armory is located Ella street, for Mrs. Henry.
Mrs. Henry is survived by her husband, Judge James Killough Henry; seven children, Mrs. William Clark Miller, Dr. William John Henry and Albert Torbit Henry, all of Chester, Mrs. Albert McDonald Simpson of Charlotte, James Killough Henry Jr., of Columbia, Mrs. William Jenkins Woolsey of Waco, Tex., Mrs, Hugh Simpson Patton of Horsham, Pa., 17 Grandchildren, a brother, John Albert Hamilton of Marissa, Ill.
Mrs. Henry was a member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church and was interested in all phases of the church's activities and in the denomination's educational causes. She was a native of Marissa, Ill., being born March 14, 1863, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Hamilton of that place. Her forbears moved from Chester county to Illinois.
On February 7, 1938, Judge and Mrs. Henry celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary, which was largely attended, due to the wide popularity of the couple over the state. Mrs. Henry was graduated from the State Normal college of Carbondale, Ill. She married Judge Henry February 7, 1888.
Funeral services will be conducted at the home Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock, daylight saving time, by Dr. Joseph Lee Grier, pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, after which interment will be in the historic Old Purity cemetery near Chester.
In their younger years, Judge and Mrs. Henry befriended many young men after giving them a home in their home sometimes for a long period. Some of these young men from far away states will attend the funeral services.
~ The Charlotte Observer, Saturday, 30 August 1941 page 14
Sarah Ella Hamilton was a child of one of many former Chester District families who moved to the area around Marissa, St. Clair County, Illinois motivated by the hard feelings that slavery engendered and the religious belief that it was unconscionable practice for a Christian which many in the reformed movement fervently believed.
Ella's parents were John Carmichael and Margaret Meek Hamilton, the former being born in Chester and moved west as toddler and the latter also probably being of a branch of the Chester District Meek family.
Each is recounted nicely in the county heritage book, volume one, published in 1982. Ella was buried at Purity and in a short few months the body of her husband, Judge J. K. Henry, was placed in the adjoining grave.
The Henrys and family were members of the Chester ARP Church now located on Wylie Street near Purity Presbyterian Church which is the successor sanctuary to the Purity Meeting House, which burned down and now is the site, or quite near it, of the Old Purity picnic pavilion at Old Purity.
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