Rector, Henry Massey

Life Span
to
Full name
Henry Massey Rector
Place of Birth
Louisville, KY
Burial Place
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, AK
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
6
Family
Elias Rector (father), Fanny Bardela Thruston Rector (mother), Jane Elizabeth Field (first wife), Ernestine Flora Linde (second wife)
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Farmer or Planter
Political Parties
Democratic
Government
Harrison/Tyler Administration (1841-45)
Governor
State legislature
State supreme court
Other state government
Military
Confederate Army
Date Event
In Arkansas, local militia seize the U.S. Arsenal at Little Rock
Date Title
Henry Massey Rector to the Freemen of Arkansas, Little Rock, May 5, 1862
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