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Birth: Feb. 16, 1796 Charlotte County Virginia, USA Death: Jan. 7, 1868 Charlotte County Virginia, USA
Born and died at "Red Hill" Plantation; the son of Patrick Henry and Dorothea Spotswood Dandridge (both buried at this cem.); *see his mother's gravesite for his siblings.
John inherited 1/2 of the "Red Hill" Plantation upon the death of his father and built the first addition to the house. Occupation: running of the plantation.
He married on 19 Oct 1826 in Lynchburg, VA, Elvira Bruce McClelland (buried at this cem.); they had the following 8 children: Margaret Ann b. 1827 who married William Miller; Elvira b. 1828; William Wirt b. 1831 who married Lucy Marshall; Margaret Ann b. 1822; Dr. Thomas Stanhope McClelland b. 1822; Laura Helen b. 1836 d. 1856 (buried at this cem.) who married Dr. James W. Carter; Emma Cabell b. 1838 who married James Boswell Ferguson III; and John Henry b. abt 1840 who died at birth (buried at this cem.)
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Parents:
Patrick Henry (1736 - 1799)
Dorothea Spotswood Dandridge Henry (1757 - 1831)
Spouse:
Elvira Bruce McClelland Henry (1808 - 1875)
Children:
Margaret Ann Henry Miller (1827 - 1881)*
William Wirt Henry (1831 - 1900)*
Thomas Stanhope McClelland Henry (1833 - 1912)*
Laura Helen Henry Carter (1836 - 1856)*
John Henry (1840 - 1840)*
Siblings:
Martha Henry Fontaine (1755 - 1818)**
John Henry (1757 - 1791)**
William Henry (1763 - 1798)**
Anne Henry Roane (1767 - 1799)**
Elizabeth Henry Aylett (1769 - 1842)**
Edward Patrick Henry (1771 - 1794)**
Dorothea Spotswood Henry Winston (1778 - 1854)*
Sarah Butler Henry Campbell Scott (1780 - 1856)*
Martha Catharina Henry Henry (1781 - 1801)*
Patrick Henry (1783 - 1804)*
Fayette Henry (1785 - 1813)*
Alexander Spotswood Henry (1788 - 1854)*
Nathaniel West Henry (1790 - 1851)*
Richard Henry (1792 - 1793)*
Edward Winston Henry (1794 - 1872)*
John Henry (1796 - 1868)
Jane Robertson Henry (1798 - 1798)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Henry Cemetery Charlotte County Virginia, USA
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Created by: Alice P. Record added: Feb 05, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 17827173 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17827173
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1796 |
February 16, 1796
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Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia
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1827 |
October 4, 1827
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"Red Hill", Charlotte county, Virginia
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1829 |
July 2, 1829
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Red Hill, Charlotte, Virginia, United States
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1831 |
February 14, 1831
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Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia, United States
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1833 |
July 22, 1833
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Red Hill Plantation, Charlotte County, Virginia, United States
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1836 |
March 15, 1836
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"Red Hill", Charlotte county, Virginia
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1838 |
February 14, 1838
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"Red Hill", Charlotte county, Virginia
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1840 |
1840
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"Red Hill", Charlotte county, Virginia
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1868 |
January 7, 1868
Age 71
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Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia
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