Contra Costa County Biography

HENRY L. PENRY

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.

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Henry L. Perry has been actively and successfully identified with the business 
interests of Contra Costa County as a contractor, and he is today one of the 
leaders in his chosen field. Mr. Penry is a native son, and was born in Santa 
Barbara, November 15, 1872. He is a son of Henry Thomas Penry and Annie (Davis) 
Penry. His father was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, while his mother came from 
Pennsylvania. Mr. Penry's father was a brick contractor, and after Henry L. 
finished his education he took up this vocation under his father and thoroughly 
mastered the trade, and has followed it all his life. From1898 to 1901 Mr. Penry 
resided in Washington and British Columbia, where he followed his chosen trade. 
In 1903 he came to Richmond, and in 1904 he removed his family to this city, 
where he has since resided. He is public-spirited and readily endorses any 
public measure for the betterment of Richmond and public generally. Politically, 
Mr. Penry is a Republican. He was elected city councilman in May, 1911, and is 
serving his fourth year in this capacity. Fraternally, he is a Mason and a 
member of McKinley lodge. He is also a member of the Modern Woodmen. He was 
united in marriage to Miss Emily A. Blanchard, of Madera County, California, in 
December, 1901. To this union there have been five children - Harry Roswell, 
born September 26, 1902; Erwin L., born April 8, 1904; Muriel Elizabeth, born 
November 13, 1905; Kathleen Avis, born May 12, 1909; Ruth Emily, born January 6, 
1913. The family are members of the Christian church of Richmond.
 
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California", Elms Publ. Co., 1917, 
pp. 473-474.