Meredith Walton Henry

Full Name: Meredith Walton Henry
Date of birth: January 26, 1831
Date of death: March 11, 1912

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 60 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 16th (1) (2)   Unaffiliated Waelder / Gonzales   Gonzales

(1) Greenbacker, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Bio states Henry was "elected to the present House as an Independent-Greenback-Democrat." Roster lists party as Independent. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

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House District 60
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th (1) (2)  
Party: Unaffiliated
Home City/County: Waelder / Gonzales
Counties in district: Gonzales

(1) Greenbacker, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Bio states Henry was "elected to the present House as an Independent-Greenback-Democrat." Roster lists party as Independent. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • Obituary, Dr. Meredith Walton Henry, "Dr. M.W. Henry of Waelder Dies," 3/15/1912, p. 4. Born 1/26/1831 in Robertson County, Tennessee, married Nancy Jane Mullen 1/4/1870, Army surgeon. Death date Tuesday, 3/11/1912, in Waelder. Galveston Daily News.
  • Obituary, "Dr. M.W. Henry is Buried Here," 3/15/1912, p. 3. Birth date 1/26/1831 in Robertson County, Tennessee. Married Nancy Jane Mullen 1/4/1870. San Antonio Express.
  • Biographical sketch, Meredith Walton Henry, p. 268. Born 1/26/1832 in Robertson County, Tennessee, physician. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
  • Obituary, Dr. Meredith Walton Henry, Volume 8, No. 1, May 1912, p. 30. Born 1/26/1831 in Robertson County, Tennessee. "He represented Gonzales County with distinction in the Seventeenth [sic] Legislature." Texas State Journal of Medicine, 1905.

Military Service Notes

Other Resources

  • Census of 1880 - Meredith W. Henry, Gonzales County, age 49, born circa 1831 in Tennessee, farmer, wife Nancy J.
    Census of 1900 - Dr. M.W. Henry, Gonzales County, age 69, born January 1831 in Tennessee, doctor/M.D., wife Nancy J.
    Meredith Walton Henry, death date 3/12/1912 in Waelder, Gonzales County. FamilySearch. 1880 1900 United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968
  • Dr. M.W. Henry (1831-1912), burial in Hopkinsville Masonic Cemetery, Waelder, Gonzales County, with wife Mrs. N.J. Henry. Find a Grave.

Committee Information top

16th R.S. - 1879
Claims and Accounts  
Engrossed Bills  
Federal Relations  
Judiciary No. 2  
Penal Code, Select  
Public Health, Vital Statistics and History of Texas  
State Asylums  

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