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John Hunt Henshaw

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John Hunt Henshaw

Birth
Massachusetts, USA
Death
22 Apr 1829 (aged 43)
District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Range 71 Site 197
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Clerk in the Treasury Department

"Suicide.—On Wednesday last we learn that Mr. John H. Henshaw, a clerk in the Fourth Auditor's Office, put a period to his existence, [omitted by PKM]. The verdict of the jury, was, that the act was committed during a fit of mental derangement. Mr. H. was a gentleman of dignified manners, and fine literary taste." "Georgetown (D. C.) Columbian."
—Published in The Star, and North Carolina State Gazette (Raleigh, North Carolina), Thursday, April 30, 1829, p. 3.
(Member #46960440)

Previously buried in St. John's Cemetery.
Re-interred in Congressional July 1860
(Member #46570972)



Clerk in the Treasury Department

"Suicide.—On Wednesday last we learn that Mr. John H. Henshaw, a clerk in the Fourth Auditor's Office, put a period to his existence, [omitted by PKM]. The verdict of the jury, was, that the act was committed during a fit of mental derangement. Mr. H. was a gentleman of dignified manners, and fine literary taste." "Georgetown (D. C.) Columbian."
—Published in The Star, and North Carolina State Gazette (Raleigh, North Carolina), Thursday, April 30, 1829, p. 3.
(Member #46960440)

Previously buried in St. John's Cemetery.
Re-interred in Congressional July 1860
(Member #46570972)





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  • Created by: P.K. Magruder
  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94292121/john_hunt-henshaw: accessed ), memorial page for John Hunt Henshaw (8 Jul 1785–22 Apr 1829), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94292121, citing Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Maintained by P.K. Magruder (contributor 47017377).