Charles Delano Henry

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Charles Delano Henry

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Birthplace: Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, United States
Death: July 18, 1928 (82)
Waterloo, Black Hawk, IA
Place of Burial: Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Henry and Mary Ann Henry
Husband of Florence Ida Henry
Father of Lou Henry Hoover, 28th First Lady of the United States and Jean Large
Brother of William D Henry and Addison Morgan Henry

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About Charles Delano Henry

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Charles was the father of First Lady, Lou Henry Hoover, wife of President Herbert Hoover. His daughter, Lou Henry Hoover met the future President while both were students at Stanford University. Her father, Charles, started life as a woolen mill operator and partner in mining interests, as a bookeeper in a bank and later established a bank in Monterey, California. His daughter married Herbert Hoover in Monterey,California. The Hoover's built a home on the campus of Stanford University which still stands today and is the home of the President of the University. She was buried in the family plot at Alta Mesa Cemetery, Palo Alto, California and re-interred in 1964 at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, Iowa, where she lays beside her husband. Charles Henry had one other daughter, Jean, who was the youngest of the sisters.

Charles Henry was the son of: William Henry, born Nov. 13, 1816, died March 1856, Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio and Mary Ann Dwyer, born 1828. They married in 1844.

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Charles Delano Henry's Timeline

1845
July 20, 1845
Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, United States
1874
March 29, 1874
Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States
1882
June 30, 1882
1928
July 18, 1928
Age 82
Waterloo, Black Hawk, IA
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Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, United States