Alpheus Henley, M. D., has comforted and healed the sick in Grant county for more than thirty-five years, having had an office in Fairmount since 1865. He was born in Randolph county, North Carolina, July 21, 1836, but the family came to Indiana soon afterward and settled in Grant county, where the Doctor has passed nearly all the years of his life.

        The American branch of the Henley family descended from Patrick Henley, who was an Irishman by birth but reared in England. Patrick Henley came to America during the colonial days and first located at Philadelphia, but some years later emigrated to North Carolina and founded a home in Randolph county, where various descendants of his have resided since, some of whom have attained prominence in social, business and political affairs. One of these, Phineas Henley, removed from North Carolina to Indiana in 1837 and settled his family in the wilderness of Grant county, where they were numbered among the sturdy, honest and valuable pioneers.

        Alpheus Henley's school days began at Fairmount, where he attended subscription schools held in a log building of pioneer style and here he passed a few weeks each year until twenty years of age, when he entered the Bloomdale Academy, where he at first took a special course and later was graduated. He then spent two years in Kansas and experienced many exciting scenes known only to frontier life. Returning to Fairmount, he began the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. David S. Elliott, with whom he remained two years. He then entered the medical department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he took one course of lectures, then attended the Starling Medical University, at Columbus, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated June 31, (sic) 1865. Soon after receiving his diploma he located at Fairmount, where he has since attained an enviable reputation as a physician and surgeon.

        When he began practice in Grant county the county was new and practice extended over a large territory, thus causing many hard drives and severe exposure, and, as the roads were bad, he was obliged to travel on horseback and many times the only road he had to follow was an Indian trail; but, as he was kind to all--more eager to alleviate suffering than he was to get money--he soon became a favorite in the community. He has always kept abreast of the times and has attained a high standing in the medical fraternity. He is a member of Grant County Central Medical Society and has served as its president. He is also a member of the Indiana State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association.

        In September, 1864, Dr. Henley was enrolled into the United States service and acted as assistant surgeon until May, 1865, when he was honorably discharged, and after a short stay at Columbus, Ohio, returned to Fairmount.

        September 2, 1869, Doctor Henley was married to Louisa, daughter of Joseph and Lydia Jane (Stanfield) Baldwin, by whom he has two sons: Glenn and Richard.

        Glenn Henley, M. D., the eldest son of Doctor Alpheus Henley, was born in Oklahoma territory, in 1870. He attended the district school, the high school at Fairmount and the Fairmount Academy, being graduated from the last-named institution with the class of 1891. He then became identified with the Marion Leader as reporter, in which capacity he served one year. He then entered the University of Michigan, where he pursued both a literary and a medical course for several years, and also attended clinics in several Chicago hospitals. He entered upon the practice of his profession with his father at Fairmount, where he is rapidly gaining prominence as a physician. He is health officer of the city of Fairmount, is an active, energetic young man, and besides attending to the duties of his profession devotes more or less interest to political matters, being counted among the active young Republicans of Grant county.

        Richard, the younger son of Dr. Henley received his education in the public school of Fairmount and Friends Academy, from which he was graduated; he then took a business course at Marion Business College in shorthand and typewriting, and now holds a responsible position as stenographer and bookkeeper at the Tin Plate Works, of Gas City. He is a young man of commanding personal appearance and enjoys the esteem of those who know him.