A Savannah transplant via Albany, New York, Charles Seton Henry (1791-1864) was a cofounder of the Georgia Historical Society, curator, and eventually vice president and president of the institution from 1862 until his death in 1864. Judge Henry served as a chairman on the Savannah Board of Health, the commissioner of the United States Customs House, and eventually as a judge for the Confederate States of America for the state of Georgia. He died in Savannah on August 19, 1864 and is buried in Savannah’s Laurel Grove Cemetery.

Sources:

• Vertical file: “A Biographical Sketch of Judge Charles Seton Henry” by April Scott, 1984
• “The Georgia Historical Society” by the Editor of the Georgia Historical Quarterly. The Georgia Historical Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1917.