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was a member of the old Congress. He enjoyed a high reputation
as an ingenious inventor, particularly in his application of steam
for motive power. In <date>1771</date> he invented the screw auger. He died
at <placename>Lancaster, Pa., </placename><date>Dec. 15, 1786</date>, at the age of 57 years.
    "No man played a more conspicuous or important part in our
local history during the Revolution than <persname>William Henry</persname>. No-
where was there a more ardent or more trusted patriot," writes
<persname>Frank R. Diffenderfer</persname>, Local Historian, <placename>Lancaster, Pa.</placename>

    <persname>Hon. John Joseph Henry</persname> was born <date>November 4, 1758</date>, at <placename>Lan-
caster, Pa.</placename>  President Judge of the 2nd Judicial District of
<placename>Pennsylvania</placename> and Revolutionary soldier. Second son of <persname>William
and Ann Wood Henry</persname>, enlisted at 17 at <placename>Lancaster</placename>, <persname>Colonel Thomp-
son's</persname> Battahon of riflemen; they were ordered to join <persname>Benedict
Arnold's</persname> force at <placename>Cambridge, Mass., </placename>preparing to invade <placename>Canada</placename>.
They marched forward, <date>Sept. 11, 1775</date>, had a terrible experience,
as they went through the wilderness, many died from exposure, 
others deserted, and finally on the <date>fourteenth of November</date>, the
remnant of the army encamped near <placename>Quebec</placename>, where subsequently
they were joined by forces under <persname>Montgomery</persname>.
    In the attack, in early morning <date>Dec. 31, 1775</date>, in the midst of
a driving snow storm, they attempted to carry the city by assault,
but their gallant leader, <persname>Montgomery</persname>, was killed and "after the
displays of the greatest valor," nine hundred Americans were made
prisoners, young <persname>Henry</persname> among them. They were held under
severe conditions until <date>August 10, 1776</date>, when they were exchanged
and placed aboard a frigate and shipped to <placename>New York</placename>. Here,
anchored below <placename>Governor's Island</placename>, they were held from <date>Sept. 11</date>
until released, <date>Oct. 1, 1776</date>, landing at <placename>Elizabethport</placename>. Penniless,
in rags, and broken in health because of a wound in the leg and
the absolute lack of attention during the time of imprisonment, 
on reaching home he was unable to accept an appointment to a 
lieutenancy in the army-and bound himself an apprentice to the

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Prothonotary of <placename>Lancaster</placename> Co. for four years.  Thereafter he
entered the law office of <persname>Stephen Chambers</persname>, Esq., one of the promi-
ment lawyers of his County Bar and admitted to practice in <date>1785</date>;
was raised to the bench in <date>1793</date> by appointment as President
Judge of the Second Judicial District of <placename>Penna., </placename>the Counties of
<placename>Chester, Lancaster, York and Dauphin</placename>. He retired in <date>1810</date>, after
a service of seventeen years, and died <date>April 15, 1811</date>, in his 52nd
year, a beloved and honored gentleman. Previous to his decease
he wrote an account of <persname>Arnold's</persname> memorable invasion of <placename>Canada</placename>,
which was published by his widow in <date>1812</date>, in the form of a little
volume, which he entitled "The campaign against <placename>Quebec</placename>."
    (A copy of this little volume is owned by <persname>Mr. Clarence A.
Wolle</persname>, in <placename>Bethlehem, Pa.</placename> )

    An incident in the early life of <persname>William Henry </persname>is of considerable
interest: Known as <persname>Major Henry</persname> he served in <date>1755</date> under <persname>Brad-
dock</persname> with the Colonial troops. In this war against aggressive
Indian tribes, he saved the life of <persname>"Gelelemend," </persname>a prominent
young chief, generally known in the vicinity of his home as
<persname>"Killbuck." </persname>He was born in <date>1737</date> near <placename>Lehigh Water Gap</placename>, among
the hills of the <placename>Blue Mountain in Pennsylvania</placename>. His grand-
father, a well known chief, <persname>"Netawatwes," </persname>of the Turkey tribe
of the Delaware Nation, had lived at said locations years prior, and
here<persname> "Killbuck"</persname> first saw the light of day.
    <persname>Killbuck</persname> was enlisted under the French flag and in the engage-
ment at the time of <persname>Braddock's</persname> defeat, he fell into the hands of a 
party of troops who were about to bayonet and kill him, when
<persname>Major Henry</persname>, at the risk of his own life, interfered and rescued
the chief from the infuriated soldiers. This act of manly and
merciful interference, so unprecedented in Indian warfare, over-
whelmed the young brave with surprise and gratitude, and as an
expression of this deep feeling he proposed to <persname>Major Henry</persname> an
exchange of names, than which, according to Indian code, no