Addison Henry, son of Joseph Addison Smith, was born November 5, 1857. He graduated from the Chicopee high school, and from Amherst College in 1878. For several years he had charge of public schools in West Springfield. He has spent nearly all his life engaged in horticultural pursuits. He has been a member of several agricultural and horticultural societies, and held the office of vice-president of the Hampden Agricultural Society and of the County Horticultural Society. He is a member of the Congregational Club, and a Republican in politics. He married, March 19, 1886, Maria L., daughter of Reuben and Sophia (Smith) Brooks. Children: i. Edith L., graduate of Mr. Holyoke, 1907; is now a teacher of mathematics. 2. Stanley B., graduate of West Springfield high school. 3. Harold A-

source:  Genealogical Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Vol. 2, Cutter & Adams (1910), page 808.

He died in 1921 and is buried at Ashleyville Cemetery, West Springfield, MA

Photo:  H. Buchholz, Springfield MA