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Born 1842
From Biographical records of Linn County, Iowa .. (1901)
PETER G. HENDERSON.
While "the race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong," the invariable law of destiny accords to tireless energy, industry and ability a successful career. The truth of this assertion is abundantly verified in the life of Mr. Flenderson, who is one of the most successful as well as one of the most prominent citizens of Jackson township.
A native of Canada, he was born in St. Reime, January 2, 1842. and is a son of Ailliam and Aley ( Bursell) Henderson. the former a native of Scotland, the latter of Yorkshire, Englankl. William Henderson was a lad of eight years when he crossed the Atlantic with his father and took up his residence on a farm in Canada, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until coming to Linn county, Iowa, in the spring of 1854. He purchased a tract of land in Jackson township, which he cleared and improved with the assistance of his sons, and continued to engage in farming there until the death of his wife, which occurred June 30. 1874. 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 12th 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 died in June. 1892.
By the first union there were six children, namely: William, the eldest, died in the army during the Civil war. James is a merchant and stock buyer of Ehler, Delaware county. Iowa, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. Peter G. is the next of the family. Robert, a farmer of Cedar county, Iowa, first married Helen Brown and after her death wedded Emma Phelps. Henry, a farmer of Jackson township), Linn county, is represented on another page of this volume. Hannah Jane is the wife of Peter T. Henderson, whose sketch will be found elsewhere in this work. The children were all educated in the common schools of this county.
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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.
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