Reginald Buchanan Henry (23 May 1881 – 18 Feb 1969) was a medical doctor, Captain in the United States Navy and genealogist.
Life
Henry was born on 23 May 1881 in the Long Island City section of Queens, New York. He was the fifth of six sons of James Buchanan Henry, Sr. and his second wife Louisa Anderson. Henry served in the Navy as a Captain in the Medical Corps.
Henry is best known for his book Genealogies of the Families of the Presidents.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 |. 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. Encyclopedia of Genealogy: Reginald Buchanan HenryAncestry Magazine Jan-Feb 1998Genealogy Research Guides, Free Newsletters, and Ancestry ResourcesManaging a Genealogical Project William Dollarhide Genealogical Publishing Com, 1988 - Reference - 69 pagesAncestry Magazine Mar-Apr 2002
Henry died 18 Feb 1969 in Norfolk, Virginia.
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