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T57-1
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- 1935-12 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Mr. and Mrs. Neil Henly, early Pierce County pioneers sit beside fireplace prior to the celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary. Marcella Catherine Rigney married Neil Henly on December 31, 1885. Marcella was half of the celebrated "Rigney twins," daughters of early Tacoma & Steilacoom settlers John and Elizabeth Rigney. Henly was an executive with McNeil Island federal penitentiary until he retired in 1921. The couple kept the records for Western States hospital. They had seven children. Capt. Henly died in 1944, Marcella Henly in 1950. (T. Times)
Anniversaries; Henly, Neil; Henly, Marcella Rigney; Couples--Steilacoom;