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John Henly
John Henly was born in Wayne County, Ind., Aug. 11, 1815, a son of Micajah and Gulielma (Charles) Henly. His father was the sixth of seven children of John Henly, a native of North Carolina, of English descent, and was born in the latter State in 1785. In 1812, with his father-in-law, Samuel Charles, and family, he came to Indiana and settled in Wayne County. He bought a farm of 160 acres two miles southeast of Richmond, residing there till his death in 1857. His wife died in 1860, aged sixty-eight years. They were members of the Society of Friends. They had a family of eight children — Mary (deceased), wife of Hannon Hill; John, our subject; Rebecca, widow of Reuben Hunt; Samuel; Naomi, wife of Washington Hadley, of Lawrence, Kas.; Martha, wife of Joseph E. Stratton, both deceased; Henry, deceased; Gulielma (deceased), wife of Mordecai Parry. Our subject was the eldest son and the duty of assisting his father devolved on him. His early education was limited, having to go from one to three miles to school. He remained at home till twenty-seven years of age. He learned the carpenter's trade and by applying himself to study, acquired an average education and taught several terms of school. In 1842 he married Naomi, daughter of William Clawson, a pioneer of Wayne County. They had no children. Mrs. Henly died, and Mr. Henly subsequently married Mariam, daughter of Robert and Rachel Green, a native of Wayne County, Ind. They have one son — Robert M.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2