Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-03
HON, ALBERT t. HENRY DEAD
ST
 Guntersvi|le's Most Prominent
 Citizen Passes Away. WAS EIGHTY YEARS OF AGE And Had Lived Modest Yet Useful Life and
 Was Mourned by the Entire City Sketch of Deceased

Guntersville, April 2.-(Staff Core spondence.)-Today at 1:30 a. m. there passed into the great beyond one of Ala bama's greatest and grandest men.
 Peacefully Hon. Albert G. Henry said goodbye to those of his family around him and then died
 i He had been sick only a week. but 80 years of age, could not overcome a fa- tai attack of pneumonia His entire family, with the excep ton of two daugh- Iters, were a his bedside when the end came. He was born and made his for tune in this state. nobler man never lived for he had the reputation of being pure, upright, honest and charitable. In fact he was a model man and was greatly admired. by host of staunch friends. By honest means and strict business he managed to accumulate a fortune which Is said to amount to over million dol lars. The gloom cast over this little town caused many store fronts to be draped in mourning He will be buried in the family graveyard. The following is a sketch of his life:
 Hon. Albert C.. Henry, a man whose life history is co-extensive with the history of Marshall county, and whose deeds of benevolent charity have earned for him the love, and respect of the people, not only of Marshall county, but through out a large. portion of Northeast Ala bama. MT. Henry has been merchant at Guntersville since the year. 1886, and all these years he has worked while oth- CTS played-deyoted himself closely to business, and in this way accumulated a fortune, second to no man in North Alabama. His innate modesty prevents the public knowing of much of the good which he has accomplished for others. MT. 7 Henry was born in Sevier county, Tenn, in 1916. He was 12 years old ryIl 6n prraA f0 A1o1x L. en, Hugh Henry, who established a mer- cantile ehouse on. the north bank of the Tennessee river. At IS years of age he left school and entered his fathers store as clerk. At 20 he was given an interest in the concern, and five years later start ed a7sstore and was the first merchant toI open business on the south side, now known as Guntersville. He has sold goods continuously (except two years during the war), and has done business years. sssg #
 ] In personel appearance he was impos- ing, six feet tall, straight as an arrow always neatly dressed and cleanly shayen. His mouth and chin denoted longevity and exceeding firmness. He was found only at his store, his home and church. } He was a member of the Methodist church.
 MT. Henry was first married Aug. IS, 1888, to Mary Ann Henry, of Tennessee. Sne was the mother or elStnt children, and in December, 1884, died at Gunters- vile, aged GA. The present Mrs. Henry was Mrs. Julia Wait, of Waco, Tex. She is lady of tact, good sense and refine ment, who ably seconds the benevolence of her distinguished husband. Her in- fuence for good makes happier all those with whom she is thrown in contact. Those living of MT. Henry's children are A. 6, Henry, .Jr., a well known merchant of Guntersville; Mrs. Dr. w. R. Clifton and Mrs. Joe D. Bell, of Waco Tex; and Hugh and Sam, planters, of Gunters- vile. MT. Henry leaves an estate of over million dollars. He was 80 years of age last December.