Henry Mack (1853 - 1906)

Born Dec 1853 in Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Died Oct 1906 at age 52 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Henry Mack is a part of US Black heritage.

In 1871 Henry, at age 19, opens an account with the U.S., Freedman's Bank, depositing $50. He lists his parents as Christopher {assumed Mack} and Charity Talbott. His siblings are Clark, Thomas and Allie Mack. He is a trainer for Jas. A. Grinstead. Current residence Lexington. His mother opens an account that day also, with deposit made by Clark Mack.^[1]

On his mothers account, she lists her husband as Spencer. Does not specify the last name. Have to assume it is Talbott, so not her last name at birth.

Funeral Clipping - Henry Mack: Lexington Leader 27 Oct 1906

There was also a race horse named Henry Mack. 22 Oct 1995 Lexington Leader.

Henry Mack and Harry Colston trained Ten Broeck. 24 Oct 1900; Lexington Leader

Among the Tombs, Isaac Murphy 17 Feb 1896; Lexington Leader

Topics of the Turf ;19 Dec 1890, Lexington Leader Henry Mack to train Prince Fortunatus.

Research:

1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules

• Name: Jas A Grinstead
• Residence Date: 1850
• Residence Place: District 1, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
• Number of Enslaved People: 8
• All Enslaved People:
• Gender Age
• Male 70
• Male 56
• Male 27
• Female 25
• Female 24
• Female 12
• Male 2
• Male 1

Obituary - James A. Grinstead

The Gazette; Publication Date: 31 Dec 1886; Publication Place: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

• Name: James A. Grinstead [noted turfsman died at Lexington, KY]
• Gender: Male
• Death Age: 69
• Birth Date: abt 1817
• Death Date: Abt 1886
• Death Place: Lexington, KY.
• Obituary Date: 31 Dec 1886
• Obituary Place: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
• Newspaper Title: The Gazette
• Findagrave says he was a bachelor and a banker

Note: Not to be confused with another Henry Mack who married a Nancy, in Versailles, Woodford, Kentucky. Listed in the 1870 & 1880 census.

Looking through old newspapers, there were many men named Henry Mack.

Research Notes

From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry) Mack, Henry (born: 1853 - died: 1906) Henry Mack was a Kentucky-born horse trainer who died at his home in 1906. He was the husband of Mary Mack and the couple lived at 232 Race Street in Lexington, KY [source: 1900 U.S. Federal Census]. According to the death notice in the Lexington Leader newspaper, 10/28/1906, p.2, Henry Mack " trained many noted winning horses for leading racing stables and turfmen." Henry Mack was born in December of 1853, and he was 42 years old when he died in October of 1906. He had served as a pallbearer at the funeral of jockey Isaac Murphy along with other "well known trainers" Scott Williams, John T. Clay, Lee Christy, Howard Williams, Ed Brown, William Walker, and H.S. Williams [source: "Last Rites," Lexington Leader, 02/16/1896, p.1].

Sources

1. ↑ Free Ancestry Image: U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874; The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874; ARC Identifier: 566522; Record Group Number: 101; Record Group: Records of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 1863-2006

• “Mack, Henry,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed June 2, 2021, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/3125.