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Comment: Henry's father, John, died just 5 days after Henry passed--a family loss of both son and father in less than a week, and due to the fact that Henry left young children, must have made it extremely difficult on the household! The following year in 1918, three of Henry's children died: Tommie, age  21, in June, was struck by lightning on the front porch; John Henry Jr. died at the age of 6 in October; and daughter, Bertha (a sickly child), died at 12 years old in November. Our great-grandma (Nellie), had to be a strong woman to endure all these hardships on her own, no doubt! My grandmother, Lillian, also married in 1918 (Sept.). I can only imagine how difficult it must have been to have just lost her father the year before and an older brother, whom she adored, four months prior. I'm sure she also missed her precious dad or older brother being able to give her away. She always kept the photo of dad, Henry, proudly displayed in her home.