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A farmer at Bowmanville. His wife,
Mrs. P. A. Henry, is authoress of
the book, "Memoir of Rev. T. Henry"
From Shirley Mooney-Aabjerg
i. George Henry (Apr 10, 1824-March
5, 1892) who was a merchant in Oshawa.
News story:
The Canadian Statesman, Mar 16, 1892
Once more the death angel has stooped on shadowy
pinions and sounded the mournful notes of a long
farewell upon the heart strings of a loving wife and
family. On Sunday morning, March 6, 1892 , after a
long and suffering illness of three and one half
years, George Henry, one of the old and esteemed
residents of Darlington, passed quietly and peacefully
to his rest. The deceased was the oldest son then
living of the late Elder Thos. Henry, one of the
pioneer settlers of South Ontario, who lived
for nearly seventy years at Port Oshawa, where the third
son, George was born on April 16, 1824 in the third
frame house that was erected in the township of Whitby.
Here his boyhood and early manhood were passed, doing
his part with his father and brothers in clearing up
that part of the country. He helped to build the first
bridge across the Oshawa creek at the Marsh, also the
warf (sic) and storehouses at the port. Well could he
remember when the timid deer at sunrise came to slake
his thirst at those waters that then literally
teemed with salmon. Over thirty years ago he removed
with his family to Beechdale Farm, Darlington,
which was his home until his death. For about the last
twenty years he has been actively engaged in apple
packing and exporting business by which, with his
integrity and perseverance he has established a wide
reputation both in Canada and the Old Country. In
politics he was a conscientious Reformer. In religion
a fervent Christian in the widest sense of the word.
During his everchanging and eventful business career
he ever retained a staunch hold on the teachings of the
Gospel, and carried his Christianity into his every day
life where it was so interwoven with the toil for
bread as to produce that beautiful example of God's
handiwork - a Noble Christian man. His wife, the
daughter of Elder Joshua Hayward of the U.S. , who has
been his faithful help-mate in joys and sorrows,
prosperity and adversity for nearly half a century,
survives him, together with their four sons who mourn
the lost of their best earthly counselor, advisor and
friend. Buried from his home ... six of his brothers acted
as pallbearers. Burial in Bowmanville Cemetery.
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