James Alexander Henshall

James Alexander Henshall (1836-1925) was a noted American authority on angling and fishing and a leading reel collector. Born on February 29, 1836 in Baltimore, Maryland to James Gershom Henshall and Clarissa Holt, he was known as the “apostle of the black bass.” He was the author of several books, including Book of Black Bass (1881), More About the Black Bass (1889), and Bass, Pike, Perch and other Game Fishes of America (1903). He married Hester Stansbury Ferguson on June 9, 1854. He passed away on April 4, 1925 in Cincinnati, Ohio, aged 89.