Robert & Nana Henry
Posted By thecircusblog on January 3, 2012
Robert and Nana Henry they had 13 children. James Edward Henry, my grandfather, was the 10th or 11th child. I have all their names in another post. The Henrys, with the exception of Robert Henry were all farmers. Robert did some farming in his younger days as well as raising a large family which in those days was very common. I was told that Robert Henry had other interests other than farming like playing banjo piano to make extra money in saloons. He also did some melodrama and later sold a little snake oil on his own medicine show. This is most likely where J.E. was influenced to get into show business. The Henrys go back another generation to Hugh Henry, Robert’s father. Hugh worked on river boats doing minstrel and he was a pretty fare gambler. The family originated in the Carolinas and generation after generation moved west though Tennessee, Missouri then Oklahoma. I am putting bits and pieces of information together as I get it… so there will be updates. Shirley Henry Biszantz, a distant cousin has been tremendously helpful concerning our family history.
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