Martha Ann Henry

Brief Life History of Martha Ann

When Martha Ann Henry was born on 14 February 1839, her father, John Robinson Henry, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Maletta Sain, was 24. She lived in Howell, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Missouri, United States in 1870. She died on 8 April 1888, in West Plains, Ripley, Missouri, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in West Plains, Ripley, Missouri, United States.

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Washington W. Jenkins
1835–
Martha Ann Henry
1839–1888

Sources (5)

  • Martha Chandler in household of John M Henry, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Martha Ann Henry Jenkins, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Martha Chandlers in entry for W. W. Jenkins, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"

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World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

1857

Historical Boundaries 1857: Howell County created from Oregon County

Name Meaning

English, French, Walloon, and West Indian (mainly Jamaica and Haiti): from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements haim, heim ‘home’ + rīc ‘power, ruler’, introduced to England by the Normans in the form Henri. During the Middle Ages this name became enormously popular in England and was borne by eight kings. Continental forms of the personal name were equally popular throughout Europe. In the period in which the majority of English surnames were formed, a common English vernacular form of the name was Harry, hence the surnames Harris (southern) and Harrison (northern). Official documents of the period normally used the Latinized form Henricus. In medieval times, English Henry absorbed an originally distinct Old English personal name that had hagan ‘hawthorn’ (compare Hain 2) as its first element, and there has also been confusion with Amery. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. German Heinrich , and also their derivatives, e.g. Swedish Henriksson (see Henrikson ). Compare Henri .

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hInnéirghe ‘descendant of Innéirghe’, a byname based on éirghe ‘arising’.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Éinrí or Mac Einri, patronymics from the personal names Éinrí, Einri, Irish forms of Henry. It is also found as a variant of McEnery .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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