An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, 1902
published by Western Historical Publishing Company

Henry H. Albert

Henry H. was born in Newark, new Jersey, on January 1, 1848, being the son of Frederick and Johannah Albert. There he attended the schools of the city until he was twelve years of age, and then learned the tinsmith's trade, at which he continued until the spring of 1863, when the call came for one hundred day men, and he promptly responded, enlisting in Company F., Thirty-fifth New Jersey. At the end of his service he was honorably discharged and returned home and took up his trade until 1867, then he determined to satisfy his desire for travel and accordingly made the circuit of the east and south, working at his trade at intervals, and in 1870 we find him in Texas, later in New Mexico, and he also visited Arizona, where he turned to driving cattle in 1873. Two years after this he was in the mines of Arizona, and with what success we are not told, and then he came to California, and finally to Portland, whence he went to the Waterford cannery and took charge of the tinning department of the same. In 1878 he came to Baker City and took up mining until 1884, when he deemed it time to settle down in life, and accordingly took a homestead where he now resides, five miles west from Bridgeport. His property is valuable and well improved and he owns a large herd of fine cattle and some horses, his time being occupied in stock raising and agriculture. He has accumulated ten thousand dollars and more and is one of the most substantial stockmen of the county. Politically he formerly held with the Democratic party, but since the free silver issue he has taken his stand with the Republicans. As yet Mr. Albert has preferred the quieter joys of the single life with its freedom and repose, rather than the cares of conjugal relations and the responsibilities of domesticity.

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