Matthew H. Henry and Sybilla Kells

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Husband Matthew H. Henry ^{1 2}

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            AKA: W. H. Henry 1
           Born: 18 Aug 1838 - Armstrong Twp, Indiana Co, PA 3
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         Father: John Henry (      -1838) 2
         Mother: Margaret Miller (Abt 1803-1876) 2

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       Marriage: 5 Jul 1901 4

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   Other Spouse: Mary Jane Lowman (1843-1894) 1 - 14 Feb 1862 - Young Twp, Indiana Co, PA 3

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Wife Sybilla Kells ⁴

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           Born:  - Livermore, Indiana Co, PA
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         Father: Robert Kells (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Mary Cunningham (      -      ) 4

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   Other Spouse: John Ferguson (      -1895) 4

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew H. Henry

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He was born in the little log cabin on the homestead farm five months after the death of his father. His opportunities for acquiring an education were limited to the advantages afforded by the local school, which was two miles distant from the home. He grew up on the farm and worked it with his brother John until twenty-one years old, after which he spent two years with his widowed sister, Mrs. Blakley, in Young township, operating her farm. Returning to the homestead, he farmed that place with his brother John for one year, and then settled on the Alexander Gilmore farm (in Young township), where for a period of thirty-eight years he was engaged in general agriculture and stock raising. During twenty-five years of this time he was a dealer in all kinds of live stock, buying in western Pennsylvania and finding a market in Philadelphia and other near-by places. He shipped a carload of stock each week for a period of three years. In 1901 he retired from farming and located in Blairsville, where for five years he was engaged in the retailing of meat and other products. Then he turned over the business to his sons and lived retired in Blairsville. In 1896 he was elected county commissioner, which office he filled for three years. While a resident of Young township he filled the office of school director for six years, and was for eight years assessor of the township. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church and was elder of his church in Young township for nine years. He filled the office of elder in the Blairsville Church for four years. Mr. Henry was a stanch Republican, though not a politician in the ordinary meaning of the word.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 503.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 934.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 935.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 936.