Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Thomas HENNEBRY, boots and shoes, Braidwood; was born in Ireland in 1845; his parents are 
James and Ellen (KENNY) HENNEBRY, of Ireland; his father was a farmer; emigrated to America 
in April, 1848, and settled in Du Page Co., IL; here Mr. HENNEBRY remained on the farm until 
the breaking-out of the late war; he enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, as private in Co. C, 90th I. V. I., 
for three years; participated in some of the hard-fought battles during the war under Generals. 
Grant and Sherman - Vicksburg, Mission Ridge, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Sherman's march to 
the sea, through the swamps of the Carolinas to Washington, on the grand review; was mustered 
out as Corporal June 5, 1865; returned to the farm in Du Page Co.; in 1869, went to Wilmington, 
Will Co., in the mercantile business with Richard BASKERVILLE - "Baskerville & Hennebry;" then, 
in 1872, came to Braidwood; entered the boot and shoe business with C. ODONNELL "Hennebry & 
O'Donnell;" then with John HANDLON - "Hennebry & HandIon;" today he owns one of the best boot 
and shoe stores in Braidwood. Was elected Supervisor of Reed Twp. in 1873; this office he filled 
with honor and satisfaction. Is a Democrat in politics; Catholic in religion. Married in 1875 
to Miss Kate KEANE, whose parents are among the first settlers of Reed Twp.; one child.