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- ↑ "Robert Henley". bhamwiki. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ↑ Demopolis Man Builder of City, The Demopolis Times (Demopolis, Alabama) 1 Dec 1910, page 1, accessed via Newspapers.com
- ↑ Mr. Henlye Declines, Alabama State Journal (Montgomery, Alabama) 24, May 1872, page 2, accessed via Newspapers.com
