Henry H. Gird

Henry Hatton Gird III
Henry Hatton Gird III
	The Gird Family Coat of Arms
2nd President of the College of Louisiana
Personal details
Born	May 29, 1801; New York City
Died	June 1, 1845 (aged 44); New Orleans
Spouse	Sarah Ann Kinsley
Children	Anna Maria Gird Henry Harrison Gird Louis Kinsley Gird Richard Kinsley Gird Edward Kinsley Gird Eliza Kinsley Gird Capt. Joseph Wheeler Gird William Otis Gird Samuel Woodward Gird
Education	West Point Military Academy

Henry Hatton Gird III was born 29 May 1801, in New York City. When H. H. Gird III was Seventeen he was appointed a cadet at West Point Academy. He graduated as a Second Lieutenant at the age of 22, after which he worked as a tutor.[1] He married Sarah Ann Kinsley and had 6 children. He married a second time, this time to Elizabeth Lewis Wheeler and had three children together. He was then sent to New Orleans with another Lieutenant to survey the harbor. His family soon followed.

After he resigned from the Army he became the second President of the College of Louisiana in 1829 and resigned in 1833.[2] He was also a Professor of Mathematics at the same college.[1]

He later organized a military program there. He was instrumental in the design and construction of the university's first central building and the two new wings that increased the size of the facility. He was responsible for building the college hospital and the Library, and the College Chapel, where early morning Devotionals were given every day, as well as the College President's house and the living quarters for the professors.

One year after H. H. Gird III resigned from the College of Louisiana he accepted a position at the New Orleans Mint. He later died of yellow fever.

References

The History of Cass and Bates Counties, Missouri: Containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, Etc. : Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, History of Missouri, Map of Cass and Bates Counties, Etc. National Historical Company. 1883. ISBN 978-0-608-36809-2.
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[:0-1] The History of Cass and Bates Counties, Missouri: Containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, Etc. : Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, History of Missouri, Map of Cass and Bates Counties, Etc. National Historical Company. 1883. ISBN 978-0-608-36809-2.

[2] "Centenary College of Louisiana President's Office | ArchivesSpace Public Interface". centenaryarchives.libraryhost.com. Retrieved 2023-01-16.