When Henry was photographed at the Glenallan Mill, his mother had been dead almost three years, having succumbed to tuberculosis. In 1910, Henry, his widowed father, and six siblings lived in a house at 254 Maple Street, which they probably rented from the White Brothers, owners of the Glenallan and Spring Village Mills. By 1920, they were living up the road at 318 Maple Street, and Henry was also working for Alaska Freezer.

Henry married Blanche Hebert in 1922, and by 1930, they were renting a house on Cross Street, in South Ashburnham, just down the road from Winchendon. He worked as a painter at the Whitney Chair Factory Company. They had two daughters, Anita and Margaret, both of whom are now deceased. His father, Alfred, died in 1939. Henry also worked for Gem Crib and Cradle Company in Gardner. He died on September 2, 1973, at the age of 76. His wife, Blanche, died in 1987.

I interviewed Margaret Quirk, who was born in 1930, and was 43 years old when her Uncle Henry died 37 years ago. She warned me, "I don't remember a whole lot about him anymore," but her recollections indicate that the young boy with the broom, who lost his mother when he was only 11 years old, certainly made the most of his humble beginnings.

"My father was Euclid Smith, and Uncle Henry was his oldest brother. He lived in South Ashburnham. He and his wife, Blanche, bought a home there. My mother and father lived with them for a while before I was born. Uncle Henry worked in a chair factory in Ashburnham. Aunt Blanche didn't work. She stayed home with her two daughters. She was kind of a nervous person. Uncle Henry would paint a room for her, and she'd change the color two or three times. But he was very patient. He was good natured. He liked to joke a lot. He used to tease me. He was a real straight guy, a good husband and a good father. And he took good care of his younger brothers and sisters. The whole family looked up to him. He was a great person, very religious, a really good guy."