Death of One of Cincinnati's Oldest Merchants. Last evening, at his residence, No 448 West Sixth St, Mr Henry, of the well-known firm of Poland & Henry, breathed his last in the 76th year of his age, after a long battle with disease. Mr. Henry was a native of Ireland and came to this country in early manhood, first settling in Maysville, Kentucky, where his shrewd business tact and energy made him a successful country grocer. With the start thus obtained, thirty-two years ago, he associated himself with Mr. Patrick Poland, and the firm has ever since been one of the most prominent wholesale grocery and liquor houses in this, the leading mart in that business, in the world. His first wife was a relative of the LeBoiteaux family, whose name escapes the writer, and a daughter by this marriage, Mrs. Dr. Murray, of Cincinnati, survives. Mr. Henry subsequently married Miss Margo Deur (Duer), a well known society belle of the day, who survives him, with eight children. All of these except the two youngest, mere infants, who were at the family country seat back of Newport, were with him in his last hours, as also Mr. Joseph DeBar, of the firm, and Mr. Chas. Poland (the elder Mr. Poland being abroad), who were in devoted attendance to the last. The desease was at first rheumatism, from which he had suffered for years. This finally developed into gastritis, which together with the patient's advanced years, baffled even the skill of Dr. Whittaker, the family physician, and Dr. W.W. Dawson called in consultation. The hour of the funeral has not yet been determined upon, but the service will include mass of requiem at the St. Xavier Church, of which the deceased was a zealous attendant. Such is the brief outline of the life of a man of more than ordinary force of character and more than average value to the world. He possessed not only fine business sagacity, but was a man of broad intelligence, considerable of a scholar, and quite a wit. He was warm in his friendships, of generous impulses, and had hosts of friends in the business community, among whom he first came in 1845. The deceased's general charities were many but he was especially an open handed and consistent friend of the orphans, a proud epitaph in these days. In the language of the church in whose doctrines he was a firm and practical believer, "Requiescat in pace".