Colusa County Biographies

William C. Henry

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            William C. Henry, who resides one mile south of Arbuckle, is a 
native of Canada and was born March 4, 1838.  When only three months old, he was 
brought by his parents to Iowa and afterwards to Savannah, Andrew County, 
Missouri, where he attended school.  He was only sixteen years old when he 
crossed the plains to this State, arriving at and locating for a short time at 
Cold Grove Point, in Sutter County.  After working nearly a year for George 
Howell, at Howell�s Point, he turned his attention to mining, working at various 
intervals at New Castle, Placer County, at Long Bar, in Plumas County, and at 
quartz mining on Jennison Creek in Plumas County.  In 1864 he went under 
engagement to work in the mines at a considerable distance back of Mazatlan, 
Mexico, where fortune seemed to insist upon his remaining, but owing to the 
disturbed condition of that country, being then in the throes of the 
Franco-Mexican War, he only remained six months and then returned to Colusa 
County.  Here, in March, 1867, he took up three hundred and twenty acres of 
land, where, as a busy, intelligent farmer, he has been living ever since.
            Mr. Henry was married, November 27, 1884, to Mrs. May Miller, who 
has borne him two children.  Mr. Henry is a popular man, full of energy and the 
spirit of progress.  His name has been suggested by many of the leading citizens 
of the county for the office of Sheriff.  He ranks high as an Odd Fellow and is 
the guiding spirit of the lodge of that order at Arbuckle.
 
�Colusa County� � by Justus H. Rogers � Orland, CA � 1891 � pp 461-462