Biography of John C. Henry, pages 881 / 882.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

John C. Henry, banker and wholesale dealer in notions and drugs, Auburn, 
came to De Kalb County, Ind., Nov. 28, 1862, and settled in Fairfield 
Township.  He engaged in farming till August, 1864.  He removed to Steuben 
County and engaged in farming until about 1871 when he removed to the town 
of Hudson (same county), Ind., and engaged in mercantile business until 
1877.  He removed to Auburn and engaged in wholesale notion business, and in 
August, 1882, added to it the drug business and in February, 1882, he, with 
Nicholas Ensley, Jacob Walborn, Guy Plumb and Albert Robbins, instituted the 
Farmers’ Bank of Auburn.  He has been Treasurer of Auburn High School for 
two years, and is the incumbent of that office at the present writing.  
Mr. Henry is a native of Ohio; was born in Millersburg, Holmes County, 
Jan. 1, 1841.  His father, Samuel S. Henry, died when he was about the age 
of twelve years.  He remained with his mother, Jane C. (Allcook), until 
about the age of sixteen when, in the spring of 1856, he, thinking Ohio a 
poor place for a poor boy to get a start, went to try his fortune in the 
land of gold-California, where he remained until the fall of 1860, when he 
returned to his home in Millersburg, Ohio.  Not having an opportunity, he 
received only a limited education, but by natural ability and energy he 
has acquired a good business education.  Nov. 28, 1861, he married Marian 
Baughman, of Millersburg, Ohio, by whom he has two children---Helen Louisa 
and Harry Cook.  He is a Mason and a member of De Kalb Lodge, No. 214; was 
formerly a member and one of the founders of Hiawatha Lodge, Nov. 528, 
Hudson, Ind., and was Master of the same as long as he remained a citizen 
of the place.

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