Henry Family Documents

Post author:Annabel
Post published:July 28, 2025
Post category:Documents / Henry / Morton

Here’s a handy little breadcrumb, of the general research variety– Cite-Builder is a free online citation builder, which can generate standard genealogy-style citations.

I just ordered a copy of Robert Lewis Henry and Mary Ann Langdon’s marriage record from Schuyler County, Illinois, and I had to thank myself for my Henry To-Do List post, which had the information I needed. As my research evolves, there are more branches of the family tree to pursue, and more time passes before I can get back to each one, so I try to leave breadcrumbs to reorient myself. I also love to share the fruits of my research, always hoping to help someone else along the way.

This post will be a collection point for Henry Family documents and sources. Many of them can also be found in my Henry Family Flickr collection, but I will also try to link to sources that exist in online databases– free ones, if possible.

I will be building and updating this post as I go. I will begin with Hazel’s father, Albert Henry, and work my way back. It will take some time before this post actually reflects the depth of my research, so if you’re looking for something you don’t see (yet), please feel free to ask!

Table of Contents

Albert Levi Henry

Birth: 10 May 1885, Cooperstown IL

Birth Certificate

Illinois State Board of Health, birth certificate (short form), genealogy copy with no document number (1885), Male Child Henry; Scanned image from my personal collection, uploaded to Flickr, https://flic.kr/p/2pZJ6Pb.

Birth Index

“Brown County, Illinois birth register, v. 1, 1877-*1895, index, ca. 1865-1895,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-YDFY?cat=761442&i=675&lang=en&cc=1803970 : accessed 26 July 2025), birth index, Male Child Henry, 10 May 1885, Cooperstown, Illinois, certificate no. 1596, film no. 004539359, image 676 of 794; citing Genealogical Society of Utah.

Marriage to Effie Josephine Rhining, 19 Sep 1909, Beardstown IL

Marriage License

“Vital records, 1837-1915, Series 3 no. 7200-7799 1906-1910. Cass County Courthouse, Virginia, Illinois,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89V5-PHMN?cat=100851&i=975&lang=en : accessed 27 July 2025), marriage certificate image, Albert Henry and Effie Rhining, 19 September 1909, no. 7684, digital folder number 007616349, image 976-977 of 1,208; citing Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.

Same record on Flickr: page 1, page 2.

Marriage Index, FamilySearch

“Illinois, Marriages, 1815-1935″ database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-V194 : accessed 26 July 2025), marriage index, Albert Henry and Effie Rhining, 19 September 1909, Cass County, Illinois, certificate no. 7684; citing Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.

Marriage index, Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) System

“Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Search Criteria: Henry, Albert,” database, Ancestry (https://apps.ilsos.gov//isavital/marriagesrch.jsp : accessed 26 July 2025), marriage index, Albert Henry and Effie Rhining, 19 September 1909, Cass County, Illinois, certificate no. 7684; citing Illinois State Archives.

Death, 16 Apr 1964, Phoenix, Arizona

Death Certificate

“Arizona, U.S., Death Records, 1887-1968,” database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8704/records/57171?tid=14243386&pid=80959982&ssrc=pt : accessed 27 July 2025), death certificate image, Albert Levi Henry, 16 April 1964, no. 2299 image 305 of 2,546; citing Arizona Department of Health Services; Phoenix, AZ; Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates.

Same record on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2oCRGsr

Hiram L. Henry

Birth, 1 May 1857, Brown County IL

Failure to Find Record.

Marriage to Mary Elizabeth Morton, 21 Mar 1876, Clayton, IL

Marriage License

State of Illinois, Adams County, marriage certificate, Hiram Henry and Mary Morton, married 21 March 1876, Clayton, Illinois; certified genealogy copy obtained from Adams County Clerk, privately held by the Hine Archive, Syracuse NY; digital image uploaded by user Hine to WikiTree, 19 June 2024, Mary Morton profile, https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Morton-15583.

Same record on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2oaXRns

Marriage to Hannah M. Evans, 17 Oct 1885, Clayton, IL

Marriage Index

“Illinois, County Marriages, 1810–1940,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2T8-QPJ : accessed 28 July 2025), entry for Hiram Henry and Hannah Evans, 17 October 1885, Adams County, Illinois, certificate no. 4070; citing Adams County, Illinois marriage records, 1825–1926, vol. 2.

Marriage Register

“Illinois, County Marriages, 1810–1940,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q288-FYP4 : accessed 28 July 2025), entry for Hiram Henry and Hannah Evans, 17 October 1885, Clayton, Illinois; citing Adams County, Illinois marriage records, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, microfilm 001313361.

Death, 1 Mar 1910, Canton, IL

Mary Elizabeth (Morton) Henry

Death, 10 May 1885, Cooperstown, IL

Failure to Find Record in Brown County Register of Deaths (should be here)

Failure to Find Record, 28 July 2025, Illinois, Brown County, Illinois register of deaths, book 1, Dec. 1877-Oct. 1915 : indexes, 1878-1945, , death search for “Hine Archive, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-8SF7-S?cat=761487&i=131&lang=en, Brown County County”; Brown County, Illinois register of deaths, book 1, Dec. 1877-Oct. 1915 : indexes, 1878-1945, FamilySearch, Film no. 007846288, Image 132 of 455

Dica Jane “Aunt Dicey” (Morton) Ebey

Marriage to Charles William Ebey, 13 Oct 1878, Cooperstown, IL

Marriage Return

(image 352)

Title Page (image 353)

Marriage License (image 354)

Brown County, Illinois. County Clerk. Loose Marriage Records. Illinois, County Marriages, 1810–1940. Image group 004539348. Digital images, 1815 images, images 352-354; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-YD9X-YW?view=explore : accessed 28 July 2025); citing records held by Illinois. County Clerk (Whiteside County).

Marriage Index

“Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Search Criteria: Morton, Dica,” (https://apps.ilsos.gov//isavital/marriagesrch.jsp : accessed 26 July 2025), marriage index, Dica Jane Morton and Charles W Ebey, 13 Oct 1878, Brown County, Illinois, volume C, page 141, certificate no. 2307; citing Illinois State Archives.

Charles B. Henry

Birth, 27 Nov 1879, Brown County, IL