He married HANNAH ELIZABETH SHOWELL 1877. HANNAH was born March 15, 1861. HANNAH was the daughter
of JOSHUA SHOWELL and MARY CATHERINE BURTON. HANNAH died October 16, 1930 in Worcester Co., MD, at 69 years of
age. Her body was interred in Worcester Co., MD. (Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family, p.39;
Genealogy of the Henry Family, p. 9)
GEORGE EDWARD HENRY and HANNAH ELIZABETH SHOWELL had the following children:
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i.
GEORGE EDWARD8 HENRY (JR.) was born in Worcester Co., MD December 2,
1878. GEORGE died January 29, 1943 at 64 years of age. He married MARGARET CAMPBELL KENLY 1903.
MARGARET was born September 19, 1879. MARGARET was the daughter of EDWARD GASSAWAY KENLY and MARGARET CAMPBELL PURNELL.
MARGARET died January 17, 1971 at 91 years of age.
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ii.
JOHN DALE HENRY was born in Worcester Co., MD December 23, 1880. JOHN died August 9, 1965 in Worcester
Co., MD, at 84 years of age. He married INDIANA LOUISE JONES. INDIANA was born December 30,
1891. INDIANA died 1969 at 77 years of age. Buried at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Berlin, MD. (Melanie Ayres Merryweather,
Genealogy of the Henry Family, p. 10)
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iii.
SALLY MARY HENRY was born in Worcester Co., MD July 15, 1884. SALLY died December 26, 1962 in Worcester
Co., MD, at 78 years of age. Buried at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Berlin, MD. (Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Henry
Family, p. 10)
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iv.
ZADOCK PURNELL HENRY was born in Worcester Co., MD September 17, 1887. ZADOCK died January 31, 1964 in
Worcester Co., MD, at 76 years of age. He married MARGARET ELIZABETH HOFF. MARGARET was born
January 6, 1891. MARGARET died March 3, 1962 in Worcester Co., MD, at 71 years of age. She was also known as Lenore Healy.
(Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Henry Family, p. 10) He and his wife are buried at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Berlin, MD.
(Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Henry Family, p. 10)
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v.
ROBERT BURTON HENRY was born in Worcester Co., MD December 22, 1895. ROBERT died September 10, 1972 in
Worcester Co., MD, at 76 years of age. Buried at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Berlin, MD. (Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of
the Henry Family, p. 10)