Levi A. Henry
about 1850–
Crawford, Ohio, United States
The Life of Levi A.
When Levi A. Henry was born about 1850, in Crawford, Ohio, United States, his father, Levi Henry, was 42 and his mother, Sarah McWhorter, was 40. He lived in Vernon Township, Crawford, Ohio, United States in 1850.
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Family Time Line
Levi Henry
1808–1891
Sarah McWhorter
1810–1866
William J Henry
1832–1906
Margaret E. Henry
1836–1861
Mahala A. McWhirter
1842–
Levi A. Henry
1850–
Margaret A Henry
1835–1922
Almira E. Henry
1846–1921
Parents and Siblings
Levi Henry
1808–1891Male
Sarah McWhorter
1810–1866Female
siblings
(6)
William J Henry
1832–1906Male
Margaret A Henry
1835–1922Female
Margaret E. Henry
1836–1861Female
Mahala A. McWhirter
1842–Female
Almira E. Henry
1846–1921Female
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Age 10
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Age 13
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 31
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
1 English and French: from a Germanic personal name composed of the 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 (German Heinrich, French Henri, Italian Enrico and Arrigo, Czech Jindřich, etc.). As an American family name, the English form Henry has absorbed patronymics and many other derivatives of this ancient name in continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 .) 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.2 Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hInnéirghe ‘descendant of Innéirghe’, a byname based on éirghe ‘arising’.3 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.
Sources (1)
- Levi A Henry in household of Levi Henry, "United States Census, 1850"
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