Henry DuBois

Life
Henry Bartholomew DuBois IV worked for Mr. Ziegfeld as a pianist and a songwriter. Henry's dream is to be a famous singer and songwriter but no matter how hard he tries he cannot seem to get his songs published. He is Theta Knight’s best friend and he shares an apartment room with her.

Past Life
Henry comes from a rich and influential family in New Orleans, he always faced enormous pressure from his father to become a lawyer and take up the family business as he is the only child and heir of the DuBois family. His mother is also mentally unstable something that his father keeps quiet from society. She is often found sitting on a rosarie bench beside the family graveyard. Henry often blames his father for not getting her proper help and letting her waste away like a ghost. Henry is a gay character and falls in love with a boy name Louis in New Orleans In the summer he learns his care free nature and love of music from Louis and they frequently sneak away to make out. This is Henry's most cherished summer, but soon enough the summer draws to a close and Henry's father wants to send him to law school, but Henry doesn't want to go. Henry keeps a love letter given to him by Louis, and he keeps it on his person at all times. One day though, Henry went to sleep but forgot to take the letter out of his jacket pocket and a maid finds it. The letter is given to Henry's father, who decides to send Henry off to military school. Henry's father puts him on the next train to military school, but little does Henry's father know that Henry has packed up his belongings and funds and taken a train to New York instead to pursue his dream of becoming a famous pianist and singer and get one of his songs recorded. Later on the series it is discovered that after Henry left Louis behind in New Orleans he was killed. A group of men sent by Henry's father were following Louis. The cause of his death was a strike to the head by one of the men. When they realized that they had killed him, they buried him right on the spot he was killed.