Henry Rupert Danforth, Mayor of Washington, Illinois

1842 - 1910  (67 years)

• Name	Henry Rupert Danforth
  Suffix	Mayor of Washington, Illinois
  Birth	3 Nov 1842	Washington, Tazewell, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Jun 1910	Washington, Tazewell, Illinois   [3, 4]
  Burial	22 Jun 1910	Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Tazewell, Illinois   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I39490	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LD
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Asa Hamilton Danforth,   b. 4 Jun 1813, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 29 Nov 1890 (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Catherine Ariana Rupert,   b. 3 Dec 1819, Point Pleasant, Macon, Virginia d. 4 Feb 1901, Washington, Tazewell, Illinois (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	25 Feb 1839	Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois   [2]
  Family ID	F23205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth Wenger,   b. 15 Nov 1843   d. 11 Jan 1930 (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	2 Nov 1865  [2, 6]
  Children	+ 1. Herman Wenger Danforth,   b. 15 Jun 1872, Danforth, Iroquois, Illinois d. 8 Aug 1949, Danforth, Iroquois, Illinois (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F23204	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  From his Find a Grave page (citation details below): "Henry attended Lombard College in Galesburg, IL. Along with his uncle, George W. Danforth, they built the town of Danforth, IL. and had a banking business there. He built the Danforth Bank and Danforth Hotel in Washington and also had a lumber company here. Besides being a successful businessman he also served as the Mayor of Washington." Note that the Wikipedia page for Danforth, Illinois calls the town's founder "George M. Danforth", citing Henry Gannett's 1905 The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, which also calls him "George M. Danforth." From the evidence of Find a Grave, and also the town records of Norton, Massachusetts, this is an error both in Gannett's book and on Wikipedia. At https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40947601/george-walker-danforth, we find a page for an uncle of Henry Rupert Danforth whose gravestone at Glendale Cemetery in Washington, Illinois clearly reads "GEORGE W. DANFORTH 1807-1882". The page states that his middle initial W stood for "Walker". and that he was born 5 Sep 1807 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, a son of Asa Danforth and Hannah Walker. And indeed the town records of Norton show a George Walker Danforth born 5 Sep 1807, "ch. Asa and Hannah".

  
  

• Sources

  [S7061] Find a Grave page for Henry Rupert Danforth. [S7062] Danforth Genealogy: Nicholas Danforth of Framlingham, England, and Cambridge, N.E. (1589-1638) and William Danforth, of Newbury, Mass. (1640-1721) and Their Descendants by John Joseph May. Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1902. [S7061] Find a Grave page for Henry Rupert Danforth., date and state only. [S7204] Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999, on familysearch.org. [S7061] Find a Grave page for Henry Rupert Danforth., place only. [S7209] Find a Grave page for Mary Elizabeth Wenger Danforth.