Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans . f reading the Bible in the public schools,which had previously been abolished. He has been several times adelegate to the National Board of Trade. Fraternally and socially Mr. Sperry has many interests andhonors. He is a thirty-third degree Mason and was Master of WoosterLodge for many years. He is a member of the Order of Odd Fellowsand of other societies and orders, including the Quinnipiack Club, ofwhich he was president for many years. He has been twice firs
Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans . f reading the Bible in the public schools,which had previously been abolished. He has been several times adelegate to the National Board of Trade. Fraternally and socially Mr. Sperry has many interests andhonors. He is a thirty-third degree Mason and was Master of WoosterLodge for many years. He is a member of the Order of Odd Fellowsand of other societies and orders, including the Quinnipiack Club, ofwhich he was president for many years. He has been twice first wife, Eliza H. Sperry, died in 1847, and in 1875 he marriedMinnie B. Newton of Lockport, New York. Mr. Sperry is widely recognized as a man of great influence,nobility of character, business ability and public spirit. He isabove everything else characterized by fidelity to principle and faithful-ness to duty and these qualities added to his rare mental powers andexecutive ability have made his success as deserved as it is great andmanifold. Mr. Sperry was unanimously re-nominated for Congressman,October 2nd, EDWAED STEVENS HENRY HENEY, EDWAKD STEVENS, prominent in the financial andpolitical afEairs of Eockville, Connecticut, public man, ex-congressman and extensive real estate owner, was born inGill, Massachusetts, February 10th, 1836. The Henry family is ofScotch-Irish descent and traces its ancestry to Hugh Henry, a sturdyyeoman of northern England who fought under William of Orange inthe Battle of the Boyne and whose son, Hugh Henry, came from Cole-raine, Ireland, to Colerain, Massachusetts, in 1738 and founded theAmerican branch of the family. Benjamin Henry, son of Hugh, wasa soldier in the French and Indian Wars under General Putnam, wasfor seventeen years a member of Legislature and also participated inthe Kevolution. The present Mr. Henrys father was Edward FishHenry, a teacher and farmer. Mr. Henrys mother was Eliza , and through her he is descended f
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