Henry Joseph Messing (March 10, 1847 – September 12, 1913) was a German-American rabbi who ministered in St. Louis, Missouri for over 30 years.
Their children were Elsie Jane Berman (who was dead by 1912), Mrs. Lillian Dillmont, Alfred H., Oscar, Mrs. Hattie Fireside, Mrs. Josephine Roman, Mrs. Florence May, and Roswell.
[3] Alfred was a newspaper editor and advertising executive who at one point was publisher of the Chicago Examiner.
[7] His funeral at the United Hebrew Congregation was under the direction of the Freemasons and headed by Missouri Grand Master Jacob Lampert.
The funeral procession was reportedly the largest to occur in St. Louis until then and traffic had to be suspended to accommodate it.