Individual Details

1850 Census. Ohio Co, KY, Hh 617
John H. McHenry, age 52, Lawyer, b. KY. Hannah, age 49.
Henry, 24, Lawyer. William, 20, Law student. John, 18, Medical student.
Sarah E. 16, Mary J. 14, Samuel 9, and Wallace E. 7


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McHENRY, John Hardin, (1797 - 1871)
McHENRY, John Hardin, (father of Henry Davis McHenry), a Representative from Kentucky; born near Springfield, Washington County, Ky., October 13, 1797; was tutored privately; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in Leitchfield, Ky.; appointed postmaster of Leitchfield October 8, 1819; major of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Kentucky Militia, in 1821; appointed Commonwealth attorney by Governor Adair in 1822; moved to Hartford, Ky., in 1823; appointed Commonwealth attorney by Governor Metcalfe in 1831 and again by Governor Moorehead in 1837; commissioned colonel in the State militia in 1837; member of the State house of representatives from Ohio County in 1840; unsuccessful Whig candidate for election in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress; appointed on the board of the Transylvania University in 1843; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); was nominated for reelection in 1846, but withdrew his name on the eve of election; resumed the practice of law; member of the State constitutional convention in 1849 and served as chairman; moved to Owensboro, Ky., in 1854, judge of the circuit court of several counties in 1854; died in Owensboro, Ky., on November 1, 1871; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.

Birth	13 Oct 1797	Washington County, Kentucky
Death	1 Nov 1871	Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky
Marriage		Hannah Davis

Spouse	Hannah Davis ( - )
Child	Hon. Henry D. McHenry (1826 - 1890)
Child	William H. McHenry (1830 - )
Child	John Hardin McHenry II (1832 - )
Child	Sarah E. McHenry (1834 - )
Child	Mary Jane McHenry (1836 - )
Child	Samuel McHenry (1841 - )
Child	Wallace Estill McHenry (1843 - )

Father	Rev. Barnabas McHenry (1767 - 1833)
Mother	Sarah Hardin (1774 - 1833)
Sibling	Patience McHenry (1795 - )
Sibling	Lydia Anne McHenry (1796 - )
Sibling	Jane McHenry (1799 - )
Sibling	Mariah Estill McHenry (1801 - 1877)
Sibling	Martin D. McHenry (1806 - )
Sibling	Susannah Viney McHenry (1809 - )
Sibling	Sarah McHenry (1815 - )
Sibling	Emily McHenry (1817 - )