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Name |
Henley, George F. |
Born |
8 Jun 1840 |
Birthplace |
Great Chebeague Island, Maine |
Father |
Captain Benjamin Franklin Henley |
Mother |
Elizabeth Merriman |
Education |
Clark Hall Private School for Boys (located in the rear of the First Parish Unitarian Church in Portland) until he graduated at 19 |
Spouse |
Miriam L. Day (of Phippsburg) |
Children |
Lizzie May Henley Linenkemper, b 1861 Emeline Angie Henley, b 1862 Emeline Thereasa Henley, b 1865 Frederick V. Henley Emma C. Henley Clara Greeley Henley Parrott, b 1879 |
Occupation |
Teacher at the School Street School in Cape Elizabeth (South Portland), four years Coal and wood industry, four years Drug store owner, sold to Albert E. Thurrell Principal of Pleasant Street Grammar School until the opening of Broadway Grammar School Principal of Broadway Grammar School |
Titles & honors |
Represented Cape Elizabeth in the Maine State Legislature, 1866-67 Selectman, 1864-1867, Town of Cape Elizabeth, Maine Charter member of Bayard Lodge, Knights of Pythias Charter member and first noble commander of Ocean View Commandery, (United Order of the Golden Cross) Charter member of Elizabeth City Lodge, (Odd Fellows) Secretary of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery Corporation |
Notes |
Buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, South Portland, Maine |
Deceased |
29 Aug 1922 |
Deceased where |
88 Preble Street, South Portland |
Relationships |
Classmate of Honorable William Widgery Thomas at Clark Hall Private School for Boys |
