Henry A. Connell

Henry Augustus Connell was a Canadian businessman and politician who was Mayor of Woodstock, New Brunswick, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.

Early life Connell was born on October 24, 1834, in Woodstock, New Brunswick, to Isabella Harding and Henry Farmer Connell. At the age of 14, Connell left home to work at steam driving in northern Maine. He later moved to Bangor, Maine, to train as a machinist. Connell returned to British North America and worked as an engineer on the steamship John Waring. He was unhappy with the drudgery and small pay of his job and decided to leave the county to find employment. Connell would work in Florida, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and China. While in South America, he managed a fleet of 55 steamers.

Connell was also manager of the Tobique Valley Mining and Manufacturing Company.

Connell also served on the Woodstock School Board and was the Woodstock Electric Light Company's superintendent, manager, and purchasing agent.

Personal life and death Connell married three times. In 1845 he married Harriet Ketchum. She died in 1873. The couple had one child who died in infancy. He married his second wife, Rebecca Barnes, on July 15, 1874, in Saint John, New Brunswick. The marriage resulted in one child, Augusta Gertrude. Barnes died in 1882. His third wife, Ellen MacDonald, died in 1903. They had no children. His uncle Charles Connell was also a politician.

Connell died on May 28, 1917.