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Leander Thayer Henry

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Leander Thayer Henry

Birth
Brooke County, West Virginia, USA
Death
13 Aug 1919 (aged 75)
Eolia, Pike County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Eolia, Pike County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Son of William Hugh Henry and Catherine Ann (McDowell) Henry

Husband of Sarah Margaret "Maggie" (Miller) Henry and Adaline "Addie" Virginia (Miller) Henry.

Leander first married Sarah Margaret "Maggie" (Miller) Henry on 10-14-1868 in St. Charles County, MO. Maggie's ancestors are German. She was born in 1847 in Missouri and died 1-24-1878 in Dardenne, St. Charles, MO, place of burial unknown).

Leander and Maggie had six children born in St. Charles, MO:
-Minnie Belle (b 10-1869)

-Lacey Glen (b 12-1870)

-Edna Mary (b 10-1872)

-Marcellus Watson (b 1-29-1874)

-Margaret (b 2-1876)

-Baby Boy (died in infancy).

Over a year later, Leander married Adaline "Addie" Virginia Miller (b 8-2-1857, d 6-26-1918), sister of first wife Maggie (Miller) Henry. Addie and Maggie are daughters of Jacob Miller and Elizabeth E. (Gill) Miller. Leander and Addie married on 5-13-1879.

Leander and Addie had nine children born in MO:
-Clarence

-Sarah Ruth (b 4-1878)

-Clara Ida (b 9-1881)

-Grover Cleveland (b 1-17-1884 Boone CO, MO)

-Alice Miller (b 10-1885)

-Effie Lee (Henry) Trail (b 5-3-1888, d 8-1-1949--Effie married Edward Garfield "Jack" Trail (b 8-24-1881 MO, d 6-1-1939), son of James Marion Trail (1854-1937) and Sarah W. Daniels (b 7-6-1856, d 12-16-1923, dau of Sam Daniels and Mary Annison). Effie's husband Edward Garfield "Jack" Trail has three siblings (W.S. Trail (1880-1955), Charley L. Trail (b 1891), James Lian Trail (b 1878) and Homer Trail (b 1886). Effie and Edward had a son Harold Marion Trail (b 6-29-1919 Caldwell, Canyon CO, ID, d 2-27-1997 Middleton, ID. Harold married __ Cahill, and they had three children, including Douglas Edward (b 9-3-1946 Boise, Ado CO, ID, d 1-1980, Alaska) (Sources for Effie (Henry) Trail: Ancestry.com, Roots Web: Street Ancestors Site)

-David Raymond Francis (b 10-1890)

-Baby Girl (died in infancy)

-Wallace Ryland (b 12-1895).

(Additional sources for the above information on marriages and children: Rootsweb - Missouri Pioneers by Barbara Lewellen and Family Researcher John Patrick Rose)

According to family researcher John Patrick Rose, son of Mary Frances (Henry) Rose and John Lawrence Rose, Leander enjoyed raising cattle as well as horses for riding and carriage.

The following biography of Leander and his family is excerpted from History of St. Charles County (on Rootsweb):

LEANDER T. HENRY (Farmer, Post-office, O'Fallon). Mr. Henry was a young man 21 years of age when he came to St. Charles County from Virginia in 1865. He was without means and went to work at farm labor by the month. Later along he returned to Virginia, but came back in 1867, and was married here the following fall, October 14. Miss Maggie Miller became his wife. She was a daughter of Jacob Miller. Mr. Henry shortly engaged in farming on his own account. January 24, 1878, he had the misfortune to lose his first wife by death. She left a family of five children: Minnie B., Lacey G., Edna M., Marcellus W. and Kittie. To his present wife Mr. Henry was married May 13, 1879. She was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth E. (Gill) Miller, a sister of his first wife. She was educated at Fairview Seminary. Three children have been the fruits of this union: Clarence (deceased), Clara and Cleveland, named for the next President of the United States. Mr. Henry rented land for about five years, and then was able to buy a tract of his own. He now has a good farm of 200 acres, a place in a superior state of improvement and cultivation, one of the choice farms in fact in the township. Mr. and Mrs. Henry are members of the Presbyterian Church.
Son of William Hugh Henry and Catherine Ann (McDowell) Henry

Husband of Sarah Margaret "Maggie" (Miller) Henry and Adaline "Addie" Virginia (Miller) Henry.

Leander first married Sarah Margaret "Maggie" (Miller) Henry on 10-14-1868 in St. Charles County, MO. Maggie's ancestors are German. She was born in 1847 in Missouri and died 1-24-1878 in Dardenne, St. Charles, MO, place of burial unknown).

Leander and Maggie had six children born in St. Charles, MO:
-Minnie Belle (b 10-1869)

-Lacey Glen (b 12-1870)

-Edna Mary (b 10-1872)

-Marcellus Watson (b 1-29-1874)

-Margaret (b 2-1876)

-Baby Boy (died in infancy).

Over a year later, Leander married Adaline "Addie" Virginia Miller (b 8-2-1857, d 6-26-1918), sister of first wife Maggie (Miller) Henry. Addie and Maggie are daughters of Jacob Miller and Elizabeth E. (Gill) Miller. Leander and Addie married on 5-13-1879.

Leander and Addie had nine children born in MO:
-Clarence

-Sarah Ruth (b 4-1878)

-Clara Ida (b 9-1881)

-Grover Cleveland (b 1-17-1884 Boone CO, MO)

-Alice Miller (b 10-1885)

-Effie Lee (Henry) Trail (b 5-3-1888, d 8-1-1949--Effie married Edward Garfield "Jack" Trail (b 8-24-1881 MO, d 6-1-1939), son of James Marion Trail (1854-1937) and Sarah W. Daniels (b 7-6-1856, d 12-16-1923, dau of Sam Daniels and Mary Annison). Effie's husband Edward Garfield "Jack" Trail has three siblings (W.S. Trail (1880-1955), Charley L. Trail (b 1891), James Lian Trail (b 1878) and Homer Trail (b 1886). Effie and Edward had a son Harold Marion Trail (b 6-29-1919 Caldwell, Canyon CO, ID, d 2-27-1997 Middleton, ID. Harold married __ Cahill, and they had three children, including Douglas Edward (b 9-3-1946 Boise, Ado CO, ID, d 1-1980, Alaska) (Sources for Effie (Henry) Trail: Ancestry.com, Roots Web: Street Ancestors Site)

-David Raymond Francis (b 10-1890)

-Baby Girl (died in infancy)

-Wallace Ryland (b 12-1895).

(Additional sources for the above information on marriages and children: Rootsweb - Missouri Pioneers by Barbara Lewellen and Family Researcher John Patrick Rose)

According to family researcher John Patrick Rose, son of Mary Frances (Henry) Rose and John Lawrence Rose, Leander enjoyed raising cattle as well as horses for riding and carriage.

The following biography of Leander and his family is excerpted from History of St. Charles County (on Rootsweb):

LEANDER T. HENRY (Farmer, Post-office, O'Fallon). Mr. Henry was a young man 21 years of age when he came to St. Charles County from Virginia in 1865. He was without means and went to work at farm labor by the month. Later along he returned to Virginia, but came back in 1867, and was married here the following fall, October 14. Miss Maggie Miller became his wife. She was a daughter of Jacob Miller. Mr. Henry shortly engaged in farming on his own account. January 24, 1878, he had the misfortune to lose his first wife by death. She left a family of five children: Minnie B., Lacey G., Edna M., Marcellus W. and Kittie. To his present wife Mr. Henry was married May 13, 1879. She was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth E. (Gill) Miller, a sister of his first wife. She was educated at Fairview Seminary. Three children have been the fruits of this union: Clarence (deceased), Clara and Cleveland, named for the next President of the United States. Mr. Henry rented land for about five years, and then was able to buy a tract of his own. He now has a good farm of 200 acres, a place in a superior state of improvement and cultivation, one of the choice farms in fact in the township. Mr. and Mrs. Henry are members of the Presbyterian Church.


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