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John Henry

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John Henry

Birth
Death
16 Oct 1794 (aged 47–48)
Burial
Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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John Henry was an actor and theater manager who performed in London, Jamaica, and America. He spent much of his career with the "American Company," the first fully professional theater company in North America.
John Henry was an actor and theater manager who performed in London, Jamaica, and America. He spent much of his career with the "American Company," the first fully professional theater company in North America.

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Here rest the Remains of
Mr. JOHN HENRY
who was summoned to his Audit in a Moment In the Twinkling of an Eye on the 16th of October 1794 in the 48th Year of his Age. If bortitude in every trying Situation of Life are most exemplary Patience under a torturing Disease with which for more than twenty Years he had been afflicted if Singlene of Heart & Benevolence of Disposition the most affectionate Attention to the Welfare and Happiness of his Family and all who look up to him for. Affliction and Protection join'd him to a perfect Faith in Devine Revelation can give Hope of a blissful Eternity we may with Confidence Turn from the moldering Mansion where his Body slumbers in those glorious Regions where the Wicked cease from troubling, and where Tears shall be wiped from every eye.

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  • Created by: David Gardner
  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83907464/john-henry: accessed ), memorial page for John Henry (1746–16 Oct 1794), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83907464, citing Saint James Episcopal Churchyard, Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by David Gardner (contributor 46539228).