 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Gustavus Adolphus Henry Sr. akaberekwa muna 1804. Aive mwanakomana waGeneral William Henry naElizabeth Julia Flournoy Henry. Aiva mukirasi imwe chete muchikoro chemitemo naJefferson Davis. Akagadzira tsika muTennessee pamberi peHondo yeVanhu veAmerica. Akava muzvinabhizimisi akapfuma, aiva nemapurazi ekotoni muHinds County, Mississippi uye Desha County, Arkansas. Akabatanidzwa neWhig Party, akaita mushandirapamwe waHenry Clay. Muna 1853, iye akanga ari mukwikwidzi webato iroro nokuda kwegavhuna, achirasikirwa naDemocrat Andrew Johnson neanenge mavhoti 2.250. Akashanda muConfederate States of America Senate kubva muna 1862 kusvika muna 1865 uye aizivikanwa zvikuru se Eagle Orator of Tennessee. Kupfurikidza noushamwari hwake hwomunhu oga naPurezidhendi Davis, akanga ane pesvedzero muhurumende yeConfederate. Seneta, akanga ari nhengo ine simba yemakomiti ezvemari neechiuto. Pakuvamba muhondo, hurumende yeTennessee yakarayira kuvakwa kwenzvimbo mbiri dzokuchengetedza kuti dzidzivirire Rwizi rweTennessee neCumberland. Nhare iri paRwizi rweTennessee yakatumidzwa kuti Fort Henry mukukudza Seneta ona Hondo yeFort HenryChiGerman. Akafa muna 1880. 