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Anniversary of Birth Celebrated Thomas A. Henry
Undated original news clipping, October 1929.

About seventy-five relatives and friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. A. Henry, Sunday, to celebrate the seventieth birthday of Mr. Henry.

A bountiful dinner was served, cafeteria style, a huge angel food cake with seventy candles being the center of attraction.

Altogether, a most enjoyable day was spent. All of Mr. Henry’s children were present, with the exception of one son, Holbert Henry, wife and daughter, who reside at Perrytown, Texas. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keen; Mrs. and Mrs. Earl Cline and son, Robert, of Evansville; Emmett Cline, wife and family; Mr. and Mrs. Dannie Cline and two sons, Jeff Fields and small daughter, Miss Beulah Cline; Roy Duffey and three friends, all of Linton; Mr. and Mrs. Othnell Gilliland and daughter, Beatrice, of Solsberry; Mrs. Sallie Bough; Theodore Rush and son, Theo, of Oolite; Mrs. Clarence Carmichael and sons, Forest, Floyd and Lloyd; Mrs. Edith Stone and two children, Francis Carmichael, wife and two children, Dan Hall, Mrs. Amy Terrell and daughters, Marjorie, Geneva and Madeline, and John Branstetter, all of Bloomfield; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Emery and two grandchildren; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Emery and two children; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry and Ross Emery, of Taylor township; Mrs. Lydia Patterson; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sullivan; Mrs. Emma Majestic; Mr. and Mrs. Will Henry and two children; Miss Flo Sullivan; Wesley Henry; John Roach and family; and Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Henry.

Undated original news clipping, October 1934.
Bloomfield News handwritten on the paper.
Celebrates 73rd Anniversary of Thomas A. Henry – Four Great-grandchildren, Fourteen Grandchildren, Three Sons, Daughters In Attendance.
A large crowd of relatives and friends gathered at the Bloomfield city park Sunday at noon and celebrated the seventy-third birthday of Thomas A. Henry, with a basket dinner. A long table was laden with delicious food, and a most enjoyable day was spent. Mr. Henry’s birthday dinners became an annual affair several years ago and the delightful fall weather added much to the enjoyment of the occasion.
Those who attended were Mrs. Elizabeth Ellison, Mrs. Paul Arthur and son Bobby of Terre Haute, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lisman of Dugger, Mr. and Mrs. Othnell Gilliland, George and Theodore Rush, Mrs. Clyde Johnson, Miss Erma Holk, and Mr. and Mrs. Gardner of Solsberry; Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Cline, Mr. and Mrs. Lem Cline, Miss Beulah Cline, Roy Duffey and John D. Laughlin, all of near Linton; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Carmichael and sons, Forest, Lloyd and Floyd. Mrs. Edith Stone and children Jimmy and Betty, Shirley Mae Carmichael, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sullivan, Miss Flo Sullivan, and Wes Henry, Mr. and Mrs. Hob Henry and daughters Helen and Jane, Mrs. Amy Terrell and daughters, Marjorie, Geneva and Madeline, Mr. and Mrs. William Henry and children, Billy and Betty, Mrs. Sig Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Bridges and son Ralph Everett, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Emery and son Paul, and daughter Grace, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry, Mr. and Mrs. George Rollison and son John T., Mrs. Sarah Rollison, Isaac Doney, Mrs. John Roach and sons Luther and Junior, Mrs. Ruth Courtney, Thomas Ferguson, John Branstetter, Tucker Axe, all of near Bloomfield; Miss Christine Armandy of Dugger, William Terrell, Misses Dorothy Emery and Betty Lou Moffett and Mr. and Mrs. Henry.
Among the guests were the three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Henry, three daughters, fourteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and an aged uncle, Tucker Axe of Newberry, the last of his family.

Thomas Alandro Henry, b.10-1-1859-Tulip, Greene Co, Indiana, d.3-31-1938-Plummer, Greene Co, Indiana. Wife: Laura Alice Holbert, b.12-18-1860-Freedom, Owen Co, Indiana, d.12-27-1935, Plummer, Greene Co, Indiana. Married 7-21-1880 at Plummer.