J. W. Henney, of the firm of J. W. Henney & Co., manufacturers of carriages, buggies and road wagons, corner Bridge and Adams streets, is a native of Center Co., Penn. He was born September 23, 1842. His parents came West to this county in 1848. After being here a short time they returned to Pennsylvania, and in 1854 they came again to this county and located permanently. His father was a carriage maker, and he learned his trade of him, serving a thorough apprenticeship. He afterward worked eleven years in carriage paint works. In 1868 he established his present business at Cedarville, and successfully carried on the business there until December 1879, when he removed his manufacturing business to this city. Mr. Henney was united in marriage May 26, 1869 to Miss Agnes A. Bennethum, a native of Pennsylvania. They have two daughters -- Lilly and Mamie, and have lost one son, Arthur.
Contributed by Alice Horner / History of Stephenson County, Illinois,” published in 1880 by Western Historical Company of Chicago.
