Notes for Henry Gennett

Notes for Henry Gennett

!US Census 1910 (26 April) Indiana, Wayne Co., 6th Ward Richmond, Series T624_388 Part 1, Page 189A, House No. 829-263, Lines 1-6: Henry Gennett (b. 1853 - 57 - in TN - Occ: Manufacturer Piano Co. - Fa: France and Mo: TN) married 33 years to Allice L. (b. 1860 - 50 - in TN - Fa: England and Mo: OH) having 4 children born and 4 still living. Children listed are: Rose (dau b. 1892 - 18 - in TN); Fred Gennett (son b. 1886 - 24 - in TN - Occ: Secretary Piano Co.) married to Bertha H. R. (b. 1886 - 24 - in IN - Fa: OH and Mo: OH) having 1 child born and 1 living. Their child listed is: Robert P. (son b. June 1908 - 1 9/12 - in IN)

****Henry dead by 1930 Census wife Alice is listed as WIDOW****
!US Census 1930 (24-25 April) Indiana, Wayne Co., Richmond, Roll 638, SD 9 ED 89-40, Sheet 14B, Page 98B, House No. 1129 East Main St., Lines 51-57: Alice Gannett (b. 1860 - 70 - in TN - WIDOW - Fa: England and Mo: OH). Children listed are: Robert F. Martin (son-in-law b. 1884 - 46 - in NY - Fa: NY and Mo: NY) married 1st at age of 23 and now married to Rose (dau b. 1892 - 38 - in TN - Fa: TN and Mo: TN) with their children listed as: Alice Martin (granddau b. 1922 - 8 - in IN - Fa: NY and Mo: TN); Henry Martin (grandson b. 1925 - 5 - in IN - Fa: NY and Mo: TN); Lizette Campbell (step-granddau b. 1915 - 15 - in CA - Fa: IN and Mo: TN); Robert F. Gannett, Jr. (grandson b. 1912 - 18 - in DC - Fa: NY and Mo: DC)

!From Web Site: http://dreamwater.net/gennett/hengen.htm - Obituary (Palladium-Item):
"Henry Gennett, aged 63, president of the Starr Piano Company and the Gennett Corporation of Richmond, died at 8 o'clock last night at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton after a month's illness. Mrs. Gennett and a son, Harry Gennett, were with him when he died. The body was brought to this city last night. "Mr. Gennett returned to his home here in April from Los Angeles where he had been organizing a future extension of his business interests by forming the Gennett Realty Company of California. He expected to return to complete this work but was taken ill and was taken to the Dayton hospital where he died. "...Mr. Gennett was born in Nashville, Tenn., September 13, 1852. His parents were Andrew and Martha Estes Gennett, and he was the eighth child in a family of nine. He was graduated from the Nashville high school in 1868 and immediately entered active business life, associating with his brothers in the firm of Gennett and Company, which had been established in 1833. On September 13, 1876, he was married to Alice Lumsden, daughter of John and Lucetta Christman Lumsden, also residents of Nashville. A few years later, he joined Mr. Lumsden in financing various music stores. In 1891, he severed business relations with Gennett and company of Nashville, and moved to St. Louis, Mo. "In 1893, the present Starr Piano Company was organized to manufacture supplies for the chain of music stores previously established. The following year, the Starr plant was almost destroyed by fire, and due to new plans for its rebuilding and expansion, Mr. Gennett relinquished his business interests in St. Louis and moved to Richmond in the spring of 1894, where he has since made his home. The Richmond Item: He served as vice-president of the Starr Company until the death of John Lumsden in 1898 when he succeeded him as president of the organization. He served in that position until his death. He gave personal supervision to the business education of his three sons, Harry Gennett entering the business in 1895, Clarence Gennett in 1896, and Fred Gennett in 1905...." Paladim again???: "...In 1907 Mr. Gennett initiated a new and further venture in the music side of the organization in Los Angeles of the Starr Piano Company, Pacific Division, of California. Two Richmond citizens, Henry Nolder, formerly of Spring Grove but now of Los Angeles, and H. Shuman Jones, retired, of East Main Street, were his aides in this project. The direction of this work led him to be a frequent visitor in California. "During the early months of this year, Mr. Gennett was in California organizing the Gennett realty company which is now engaged in the construction of an eight story building to be occupied by the Starr Piano Company of California. His return to Richmond late in April was not due to the contemplation of serious illness, although he was not feeling as well as usual. He had planned to return to the west to complete his plans there. "His business interests were varied, although the work in the Starr and Gennett Companies occupied the majority of his time. He was president of the Starr Piano Company of Richmond and the Gennett Corporation of Richmond as well as the Starr Piano Company of California. He was a director of the Second National Bank and the Dickinson Trust Company. "Mr. Gennett was a member of the local lodge of Elks and of the T.P...."