Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry was born in 1846 in Chambersburg, PA. Henry enlisted in the 45th Regiment of the United States Colored Troops on July 23rd, 1864 in Chambersburg, under Captain Eyster. At the end of the war, Henry moved to Carlisle and worked as a laborer. Henry married "Mrs. Patrick Henry" and became a member of the Bethel Church.Henry died on May 14th, 1918 at his house on 155 Dickinson Ave. from a paralytic stroke, and is buried at Union Cemetery.