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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (HEIN HETH.) 



Hein, John, philanthropist, born in Kissmgen, 

 Bavaria, March 11, 1818; died in New York city 

 in June, 1899. He learned the tinsmiths trade, 

 came to the United States in 1850, and carried on 

 the business in Brooklyn till about 1880, when 

 he retired. During the last period he accumulated 

 $00.000. He was a cripple almost from birth, 

 scarcely a day of his life passing without much 

 pain, and after his retirement he devoted his 

 means and time to the relief of suffering among 

 his countrymen. He 'gave to the German hos- 

 pitals in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Man- 

 hattan an aggregate of $45,000. and bequeathed 

 the remainder of his fortune to those institutions. 



Henderson, Graham, actor, born in Cincin- 

 nati. Ohio, in 1858: died in New York city, Oct. 

 13, 1899. He made his first appearance in Davy 

 Crockett with Frank Mayo, and for about ten 

 years was a player of small parts in the stock 

 companies of Cincinnati and Louisville. In 1880 

 he played in Hartley Campbell's Galley Slave at 

 Niblo's Garden. New York, and was engaged by 

 Mr. McKee Rankin for The Danites, with which 

 he traveled for a season. He had become a valu- 

 able player of character parts and old men, and 

 was engaged for the Union Square Theater, where 

 he remained for a season. From 1882 to 1890 he 

 appeared successively in the company of Frank 

 Mordaunt, playing Old Shipmates, 1882-83; in 

 Queen's Evidence, 1884-'85; with Mile. Aimee in 

 Marita, 1885-'86; in Mr. Barnes of New York, 

 1887-'88; and in Dr. Bill, 1889-'90. In 1894 he 

 became a member of the company supporting 

 John Drew, with which he played until illness 

 compelled him to retire. 



Hendley, John Walter, scientific modeler, 

 born in Virginia in 1827; died in Washington, 

 D. C., July 3, 1899. He served in the American 

 navy on the flagship Ohio in the war with 

 Mexico, and afterward engaged in gold mining 

 in California with considerable success. During 

 the civil war he served in the Confederate army. 

 From boyhood he had shown remarkable skill 

 in painting and modeling flowers, fishes, birds, 

 etc., in wax, and after his return from California 

 the exactness of his imitations of natural pro- 

 ductions called official attention to his work, and 

 he was encouraged to exercise his skill in other 

 directions. In 1868 he took the first prize at an 

 exposition in London for a group of seven figures 

 of fishermen, and at the Centennial Exposition 

 in Philadelphia, in 1876, his exhibit was similarly 

 rewarded. In 1878 he entered the sendee of the 

 Federal Government at Washington, and he had 

 since been employed in the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion and the National Museum in modeling imi- 

 tations of fishes, fruit, birds, and other objects. 

 Much of his work is so realistic that it is difficult 

 to distinguish it from the natural specimens. 



Henry, Guy Vernor, soldier, born in Fort 

 Smith, Indian Territory, March 9, 1839; died in 

 New York city, Oct. 27, 1899. At the time of his 

 birth his father, Major William S. Henry, of the 

 3d United States Infantry, was fighting the In- 

 dians on the Western frontier. Young Henry 

 was graduated at West Point in 1861, and was 

 assigned as second lieutenant to the 1st Artillery. 

 He served with distinction in that regiment until 

 he was made colonel of the 40th Massachusetts 

 Infantry in the autumn of 1863. At the battle 

 of Pocotaligo, S. C., Oct. 22, 1862, the attention 

 of the commanding general was called " to the 

 gallant and distinguished services of First'Lieut. 

 Guy V. Henry," and he was brevetted captain. 

 He served in the Army of the James and before 

 Petersburg. He was brevetted lieutenant colonel 

 on Sept. 29, 1864. For his work in the campaign 



in Florida he was complimented by Gen. Sey- 

 mour in the following words : " I can not com- 

 mend too highly the brilliant success of this ad- 

 vance, for which great credit is due Col. Guy 

 V. Henry and his command, and I earnestly 

 recommend him as a most deserving and energetic 

 officer." At the close of the civil war he was 

 brevetted a colonel in the regular army and briga- 

 dier general of volunteers. In the Indian troubles 

 of the seventies he saw hard service. His left 

 hand was badly frozen when he was on an ex- 

 pedition to the Black Hills in the winter of 1874- 

 '75, and he was- wounded in the face, losing an 

 eye, in the battle of Rosebud Creek, Montana, 

 in 1876. In the expedition against the Sioux In- 

 dians in 1876, in the Big Horn and Yellowstone 

 country, he was colonel of the second battalion 

 of the 3d Cavalry, which formed part of Gen. 

 'Crook's command. He made a notable march 

 with a detachment of the 9th Cavalry to the 

 relief of the Pine Ridge agency after the bloody 

 conflict between hostile Sioux and the 7th Cav- 

 alry at Wounded Knee Creek, Dec. 29, 1890. He 

 was promoted lieutenant colonel of the 7th Cav- 

 alry on Jan. 30, 1892, and placed in command 

 of Fort Myer, Virginia. He became colonel of 

 the 10th Cavalry on June 1, 1897. On May 4, 



1898, he was made brigadier general of volun- 

 teers, and in October, 1898, was promoted to 

 brigadier general in the regular army. On Dec. 

 7, 1898, he was made major general of volunteers. 

 In the war with Spain he went to Cuba, arriv- 

 ing in time to participate in the final scenes be- 

 fore the surrender of Santiago. He afterward 

 went with Gen. Miles to Puerto Rico. In De- 

 cember, 1898, he relinquished command of the 

 district of Ponce to assume command of the 

 Department of Puerto Rico and the duties of 

 Governor General of the island of Puerto Rico. 

 In April, 1899, he asked to be relieved of the 

 duties of Governor General of the island on ac- 

 count of failing health, and in May returned to 

 the United States. From that time he was in 

 Washington awaiting orders, until he was as- 

 signed to the command of the Department of 

 Missouri, with headquarters at Omaha, Oct. 18, 



1899. He was the author of Records of Civilian 

 Appointments, United States Army, Army Cate- 

 chism for Noncommissioned Officers and Sol- 

 diers, Target Practice and Practical Information 

 for Noncommissioned Officers on Field Duty. 



Heth, Henry (commonly called Harry), sol- 

 dier, born in Black Heath, Chesterfield Co., Va., 

 Dec. 16, 1825; died in 

 Washington, D. C., 

 Sept. 27, 1899. After 

 graduation at West 

 Point in 1847 he was 

 made second lieutenant 

 in the 6th Infantry, and 

 served in the war with 

 Mexico. Subsequently 

 he served on the fron- 

 tier, and was promoted 

 to captain in the 10th 

 Infantry, March 3, 

 1855. At the beginning |? 

 of the civil war he re- 

 signed and accepted a 

 major's commission in 

 the Confederate serv- 

 ice. On July 17, 1861, he became colonel of 

 the 45th Virginia Infantry. He was made 

 brigadier general on Jan. 6, 1862, and dur- 

 ing that year commanded the Department of 

 West Virginia. Later he served in Kentucky 

 and Tennessee under Gen. Kirby Smith. Early 



