John Henderson and Margaret Trussell

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Husband John Henderson ^{1 2}

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         Father: John Henderson (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Esther Wherry (1787-      ) 1

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Wife Margaret Trussell ²

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         Father: Charles Trussell (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Sarah Fleming (      -      ) 2

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1 F Easter Henderson ¹

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2 M Milton F. Henderson ¹

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3 F Sarah Henderson ¹

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4 F Emma Henderson ¹

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5 F Martha Henderson ¹

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6 M Oliver P. Henderson ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John Henderson

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Claysville, Washington Co, PA - a farmer

He received only a common-school education, owing to financial inability on the part of his father to give him better advantages. He evinced in early life strong pro-slavery ideas, but could never reconcile them to his sense of right, and finally himself and father, and all his brothers except James, became strongly avowed anti-slavery advocates.
In 1844 and 1845, he and several others organized an anti-slavery society, with headquarters at the residence of Kenneth McCoy. A line of stations for the refuge and protection of slaves was formed, and by it many refugees from far and near were secreted, cared for, and assisted in their flight to Canada.

Civil War: In 1861 he entered the Union army as a captain. He remained in the service until 1864, when his company was mustered out.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 981.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1382.