Henry Henderson

As printed in 1901

HENRY HENDERSON.

Since 1854 this gentleman has been a resident of Linn county, and throughout his active business life has been prominently identified with its agricultural interests. He is a thrifty and progressive farmer, whose fine farm of two hundred and sixty-six acres is pleasantly situated on section 10, Jackson township, only a half-mile south of the village of Coggon.

Mr. Henderson was born in Hemingford, Canada, June 25, 1848, his parents being William and Aley (Bursell) Henderson, the former a native of Scotland, the latter of Yorkshire, England. Wilham Henderson was a lad of eight years when lie crossed the Atlantic with his father and took up his residence on a farm in Canada, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until coming to Linn county, Iowa, in the spring of 1854. He settled on the farm in Jackson township now owned and occupied by our subject, and with the assistance of his sons cleared away the timber and placed the land under cultivation. He continued to engage in farming here until the death of his wife, which occurred June 30, i-" He then removed to another farm in the same township where he made his home until he, too, was called to his final rest on the 18th of January, 1892. After the death of the mother of our subject he was again married, his second union being with Sarah Willis, of Jackson township, who also died in 1892.

By the first union there were six children, namely; William, the oldest, died in the army during the Civil war. James is a merchant and stock buyer of Elder, Delaware county, Iowa, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. Peter G. is an extensive farmer of Jackson township, who is also represented in this work. Robert, a farmer of Cedar county, Iowa, first married Helen Brown, and after her death wedded Emma Phelps. Henr_\ of this review, is the next of the family. Hannah Jane is the wife of Peter T. Henderson, whose sketch will be found on another page of this work. The children were all educated in the common schools of this county.

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In 1876 Mr. Henderson was united in marriage with Miss Hannah Blodgett, of Jackson township, who was born December iji.7, a daughter of Simeon

Blodgett, of Central City, whose biography appears on another page of this volume. Our subject and his wife have no children of their own, but have two adopted sons, Charles and Lester. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson are members of the Jackson Congregational church, and he is also a member of the Brotherhood of America at Coggon. Politically he has always affiliated with the Republican party, and is an earnest advocate of all measures calculated to advance the moral, social or material welfare of the community in which he lives.

As printed in Biographical records of Linn County, Iowa .. (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.