henry disposed of his various mining leases over the years, and by 1913 the last of his holdings, mount oxide, had been sold for £40,000. he lived alone at the grange on the outskirts of cloncurry. his wife, whom he had married in 1870 and by whom he had two children, died in 1888. henry died at epping, new south wales, on 26 march 1919.