The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-15
FUNERAL OF DR.. HENRY
At FALLS CHURCH, VA.
Was Descended From Men
of Revolutionary Fame.
ADMIRAL GHERARDI BURIED
Inspiring Ceremonies in Annapolis as
the Famed Naval Fighter Was
Laid to Rest.
ADMIRAL GHERARDI BURIED

The funeral Of DR. William Scarbor-
ough Braxton Henry was held today at
? o'clock in the First Baptist Church. at
Falls Church, Va. Dr3 Henry died last
Saturday at the home Of his great-niece.
Saliie S. Beach. He had been sick but
week, and was thought to be out of
danger, when he was suddenly stricken
with heart failure.
The pastor of tine church ofhciated at
the services. and tnterment was in Oak
wood Cemetery, near Falls Church.
DR.. Henry was born at Pleasant Hill,
King and Queen county, Virginia, Au-
gust 10. 1927. but spent about twenty
five years in Washington His father,
Col. James Hugh Henry. son of Judge
James Henry. of the Continental Con-
gress, was an officer in the war of 1872,
and fought at Norfolk. Va, and also in
the District of Columbia at the time
of the urning of Washington by the
British forces under General Ross and
Admiral Cockburn.
Colonel Henry was twice married. His
first wife. Anne Elizabeth Braxton, was
the granddaughter of Carter Braxton,
a signer Of the Declaration OF indie
pendence- DIR. Henry was this wifes
son, His second wife, Anne Catherine
Temple. received from the United States
Government, until her death, a pension
on account of the disability OF her hus-
band, contracted during the war of
1872 This pension was carried to her
during the civil war through the Con-
federate lines under a flag of truce The
coloneI's six 5ons-three by each wife
were officers in the Confederate army
In Confederate Army.
DR.. Henry enlisted in Company B, For
tieth Virginia Regiment, serving six
months, when he was appointed sur
Eeon and sent to the Fourth divis-
ion of Camp Winder, and then TO take
charge of Camp Lee and Batteries Nos.
9 and 10 Afterward, he was made
president OF the examining board of the
. Confederate States. He resigned De-
enber p. 1863. going TO his farm "Shel-
e." in Richmond county. where he re-
2ained until the close of the war. He
IS survived. by a half brother. Gen. Ed
ward Moore Henry of Norfolk, Va, ex-
commander of Grand Camp of Confede-
rate Veterans of Virginia In the course
of several years residence in Richmond,
Va. DR.. Henry was connected with the
George Z. Picket Camp. c. V.
At one time DR.. Henry attended the
Richmond College. afterward gradual
ing in medicine from the Jefferson Col
known in many counties in Virginia as
a Physician
IN President Hayes Administration
DR. Henry was sent as physician 10 the
Omaha and Winnebago agencies in
Nebraska. While there he was present
ed with the ''Sauntee Peace Pipe by
the chief of the tribe. Later he was a
clerk in the Patent Office
DR.. Henry was a member of one of
the proudest and most distinguished
families of the Old Dominion. 1t Is the
same as that which produced the i'm
mortal Patrick Henry. He is a lineal
descendant OF Sir Alexander Spotswood,
one of the colonial governors. The fam
lily is also related TO the Braxtons.
Scarboroughs. Carriers of Shirley. Lees,
Washingtons, Moores of Chelsea,
Robinsons. Nelson's. Pages, and Others
equally we'll known He married Miss
Lucy Daingerfield.
DR.. Henry had been member Of the
Baptist Church since his young man
hood.