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Henry L. Awbrey

Henry L. Awbrey is a leading planter of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, but was born in Heard County, Georgia, in 1848, being one of the following family of children: Amelia (wife of George W. Beck of Ward 5), Henry, Elizabeth (wife of P. T. Henry, of Homer, Louisiana), John P. (a resident of this parish), Charles C. (also residing here), and Mary (wife of B. G. Taylor, of Ward 5.)

The father, Philip Awbrey, was a Georgian, born in 1818, a son of William Awbrey, of Georgia also. The wife of Philip Awbrey was Miss Frances Fomby. Henry L. Awbrey came with his parents to Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, in 1857, and here secured a common school education. He was married in 1876, to Miss Elizabeth Keener, a daughter of J. P. Keener, a native of Alabama, and Martha (Hackney) Keener, also of that State. To them seven children were born, of whom are living: Clyde, Bessie L., H. L., Bay E. and Floyd L.

Politically, at all times, Henry L. has affiliated with the Democratic Party, and is ever anxious to vote for capable and worthy men. By a liberal use of the brain and brawn, with which nature has bestowed him, he has become the owner of a plantation of 260 acres, of which 200 are under cultivation. He and his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and are among the first-class and substantial residents of this section, for besides being liberal in their contribution to worthy enterprises, they are hospitable, kind and obliging.

Biographical Sketches| Claiborne Parish

Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, Southern Publishing Company, 1890