After moving to Richmond, Virginia upon the death of her mother, Henrietta taught Sunday School at the First Baptist Church in Richmond, where she met Jehu Lewis Shuck of Alexandria, Virginia, a student at the Baptist Seminary.
After moving to Richmond, Virginia upon the death of her mother, Henrietta studied at the Classical and English School and taught Sunday School at the First Baptist Church in Richmond. She met Jehu Lewis Shuck of Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, a student at the Baptist Seminary.