EDWARD STEVENS HENRY

Henry, Edward Stevens (1836-1921), a Representative from Connecticut; born in the town of Gill, Franklin County, Mass., February 10, 1836; moved to Rockville, Conn.; attended the public schools; engaged in the dry-goods business; treasurer of the People’s Saving Bank, Rockville, 1870-1921; member of the State house of representatives in 1883; served in the State senate in 1887 and 1888; delegate at large to the Republican National Convention in 1888; treasurer of the State of Connecticut 1889-1893; mayor of Rockville in 1894 and 1895; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1913); chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1912; resumed his former mercantile pursuits in Rockville, Tolland County, Conn., where he died October 10, 1921; interment in Grove Hill Cemetery.
Parents: Edward Fish Henry, Eliza Almeda Stevens
Spouse: Lucinda Elizabeth Dewey
Born: 26 Jan 1832 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Died: 16 Jul 1930
Marriage: 11 Feb 1860 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Children Sex Birth
Lenore Henry F Oct 1869 in Connecticut
Maud Henry F 19 Oct 1875 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Connecticut Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell