Henry Flury is my father's 3rd great grandfather through a line of women.
George Kurtz -> Gladys Sample -> Sallie Hatch -> Martha Wilson -> Louise Flury -> Henry Flury
| Family | ||
|---|---|---|
| Father | Mother | |
| John Flory | Catherine | |
| Spouse | Children | |
| Sarah Jane Abel |
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In the 1860 census Henry Flury is a 52 year old river pilot, living in Wrightsville, PA. His personal estate is just $75,
worth about $3000 in 2020.
Wrightsville is a town in York County, PA, across the Susquehanna River from Columbia, PA. The Susquehanna is North
America's longest non-navigable river. There's an old joke in Pennsylvania that the name "Susquehanna" means "mile wide, foot deep".
It's actually named for the Susquehanna Indians who lived in the area. They were an offshoot of the New York Iroquois Indians. The name
means "people of the falls", which is just as bad for navigation.
Raft piloting on the Susquehanna
From this newspaper clipping in the York Gazette, we know that Henry Flury was piloting rafts down the Susquehanna.
It says: On Wednesday last, one of our oldest river pilots, Mr. Henry Fluryhad three of his fingers injured by their being caught between a rope and a post
used in stubbing or stopping Rafts at Columbia. The nail and part of one of fingers was torn off.
This is a story about several men who recreated a rafting trip down the Susquehanna
The Story of the Montour Log Raft
