Henry and his brother Edward, settled in Louisiana in 1810. He initially
worked for the counting houses of William Simpson and the House of Chew & Relf in New Orleans. In 1820 he set up the merchant
and cotton factor firm of Taylor and Palfrey. He served as American Commissioner to the Exposition Universelle in Paris
in 1855. He died en route to Europe in 1866 when his ship sank in a storm.
He had two sons who served in the Confederate Army.
