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**Henry married Mary Reed

**Children of Henry & Mary Reed-Cayou

*Benjiman Cayou
*Alfred Cayou

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**Henry Thomas Cayou, oldest son of Louis and Mary Anne Cayou,one of Orcas Island's most prominent citizens.

**Beginning in the 1890s, Reed Brothers Shipyard on Decatur Island, operated by Henry Cayou and his brother-in-laws William and Joseph Reed, built some 40 boats and worked on many more.

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**Henry, built the main house in 1913,Henry built the bed and breafast for his english bride, which is now a bed and breakfast called "the place at Cayou cove "in Deer harbor, Washington.

**Henry was a prominent citizen of the area serving for 27 years as a San Juan County Commissioner as well as helping organize the Orcas Power and Light Co.

**He was the foremost fisherman in the San Juan's, perhaps the State's most successful, with a fleet of boats and a cannery that ultimately employed over 300 island residents even throughout the Depression of the 30's.

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**As it had been for thousands of years, fishing, especially for salmon, was a mainstay. Many leaders of the burgeoning commercial fishery were of Salish descent. Henry Cayou (1869-1959) learned to fish from his Salish stepfather (or uncle depending on the source) and was reputed to have caught more fish in a lifetime than anyone in Washington. Cayou was also a leading politician, serving many years as a county commissioner. Several generations of the Chevalier family were noted purse seiners and reef netters. A fleet of small wooden reef net boats with tall ladder-like lookout towers was a familiar sight in the islands for many years. A few reef net "gears" still operate in the SanJuans and off Lummi Island.


**Salish Heritage

In the first years after San Juan County was formed, as under joint occupation, most settlers were Euro-American men who were either already married to Indian women or else married women from local Northern Straits Salish communities. Many island families were descended from these Indian-white marriages. The Cayous on Orcas, the Browns and Barlows on Lopez, the Chevaliers on Speiden and Stuart, and the Jones and Reeds on Decatur and Blakely, among others, played prominent roles in developing island industries.

**Produce and fish, along with passengers and mail, reached markets in Bellingham, Seattle, and other cities via the "mosquito fleet" of steamers that had been the primary transportation system for Puget Sound communities (mainland as well as island) since the 1850s. Often captained by islanders like Sam Barlow of Lopez, many boats serving the islands were built in the San Juans. Beginning in the 1890s, Reed Brothers Shipyard on Decatur Island, operated by William and Joseph Reed with their brother-in-law Henry Cayou, built some 40 boats and worked on many more. Friday Harbor's economy was boosted when Albert Jensen started the Jensen Shipyard there in 1910.

Henry Cayou later cleared and planted a homestead just south of the present Channel Road Bridge. Both tracts are visible on 1895 USCGS chart RN2229

**Across the slough from Deer Harbor on the west side of the harbor Henry Cayou , son of Louis, established a very prosperous salmon cannery. He had a reputation as the best fisherman and fish trap designer in Washington State.

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**Henri and his second wife, Elizabeth, lived here for nearly forty years, splitting their time between Cayou Cove and their farm on Waldron Island. Henri died at the age of 89.

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