Emigration and Life in The United States
In 1849 William Henson and his wife, Sarah, left England and moved to the United States, joining his father and settling in Newark, New Jersey. Henson never did any further aviation research while in the United States and worked as a machinist, civil engineer and inventor. He had 7 children, only 4 of whom lived to adulthood.
Henson died in 1888 in Newark. He and most of his family were buried in East Orange, New Jersey.
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