Reginald Buchanan Henry

Reginald Buchanan Henry was a medical doctor, Captain in the United States Navy and genealogist.

Life

Reginald Buchanan Henry, born 23 May 1881 in Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA, died 18 Feb 1969 in Norfolk City, Virginia, the fifth of six sons of James Buchanan Henry, Sr. and his second wife Louisa Anderson. He served the United States Navy as a Captain in the Medical Corps.

He is best known for his book "Genealogies of the Families of the Presidents"..^[1]. In this book he created a numbering system assigning a number to the individual indicating that person's position in the family tree. Because his book is the earliest book published which used this system, it has come to be known as the Henry system ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Family

He had five brothers William Cooper Anderson Henry; James Buchanan Henry, Jr.; Sidney Morgan Henry; Frank Anderson Henry and Robert Edward Henry.

Married Jane Byrd Ruffin, 30 Apr 1918 in Norfolk City, Virginia and had two children: Evelyn Byrd Henry (1919-2015) and Reginald Byrd Willing Henry Jr. (1926- )^{[8] [9]}.

References

1. Genealogies in the Library of Congress: A Bibliography, Volume 1, By Library of Congress, Marion J. Kaminkow cites Henry, Ruffin, and other genealogies, comp. by Reginald Buchanan Henry, p. 754 | Marion J. Kaminkow |.
2. Encyclopedia of Genealogy: Reginald Buchanan Henry
3. Ancestry Magazine Jan-Feb 1998
4. Genealogy Research Guides, Free Newsletters, and Ancestry Resources
5. Managing a Genealogical Project William Dollarhide Genealogical Publishing Com, 1988 - Reference - 69 pages
6. Numbering Systems In Genealogy 1995
7. Ancestry Magazine Mar-Apr 2002
8. Encyclopedia of Genealogy
9. Find-A-Grave