John Franklin Henry

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John Franklin Henry (Madison County)

State House: 1884-1885

Born: c. 1858 in Mississippi
Died: 1917 in Madison County, MS

According to the 1884 House Journal, he was a preacher and a farmer. Some records indicate that he went by the name Frank. Listed on the 1880 census with wife Emma Lambert (m. 1876), on the 1900 census with wife Agnes P. Moody (m. 1899), and on the 1910 census as a divorced clergyman. An F. Lucinda Churchill paid the bond as administrator of his estate in 1917.

New Mississippian, February 4, 1884
State Ledger, March 14, 1884
Marriage record, June 17, 1899
Marriage record, June 17, 1899 
Probate record, August 2, 1917
Probate record, August 2, 1917

This page was last updated on February 5, 2026.