1836–1920

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Born: Ja­nu­ary 19, 1836, Lon­don­der­ry, Ire­land.

Died: May 20, 1920, Del­air, New Jer­sey, af­ter a bug­gy ac­ci­dent.

Buried: Man­tua Me­tho­dist Ce­me­te­ry, Man­tua, New Jer­sey.

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Biography

Henry was the hus­band of Le­ti­tia Paul­ine How­ard (mar­ried 1858), and fa­ther of Paul­ine Gil­mour Hatch.

He emi­grat­ed to Am­er­ica at age 16. He start­ed work­ing as a paint­er, then served in the Am­er­ican ci­vil war, where he was cap­tured and spent sev­er­al months in Lib­by Pris­on, Rich­mond, Vir­gin­ia.

After the war, he be­came a den­tist. In 1869, he moved to We­no­nah, New Jer­sey, and helped found the We­no­nah Me­tho­dist Church in 1885.

For four de­cades, he di­rect­ed the choir at the Pit­man Grove Camp Meet­ing, and worked at camp meet­ings and re­vi­vals in Moun­tain Lake Park, Ma­ry­land, and Ridge­view Park, Penn­syl­van­ia.

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