Hon. Robert Miller Henderson and Margaret Ann Webster
Husband Hon. Robert Miller Henderson 1 2 3
Born: 11 Mar 1827 - near Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 1 2 3 Christened: Died: Aft 1886 Buried:
Father: William Miller Henderson (1795-1886) 2 4 5 Mother: Elizabeth Parker (1797-1860) 2 4 6
Marriage: 7 Jun 1853 - Baltimore, MD 4 7
Wife Margaret Ann Webster 3 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: John Skinner Webster ( - ) 4 7 Mother: Elizabeth Thornburg ( - ) 4
Children
1 M William M. Henderson 3 4
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
2 M John Webster Henderson 3 4
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
3 F Margaret Thornbury Henderson 3 4
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
4 F Elizabeth Parker Henderson 3 4
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: H. C. McKnight ( - ) 4
5 M Robert Miller Henderson 3
Born: Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
6 F Rebecca Henderson 3 4
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Hon. Robert Miller Henderson
He graduated from Dickinson College; studied law, and was admitted to the Carlisle, Pennsylvania, bar; served in the Legislature, 1851-52; in the war of the Rebellion he was a captain in the Seventh Pennsylvania reserves; promoted to lieutenant colonel; after the second Battle of Bull Run, being severely wounded, he resigned; was breveted brigadier general for meritorious conduct; subsequently accepted the office of provost marshal of the Fifteenth district of Pennsylvania; was appointed president judge of the judicial district of Dauphin and Lebanon, which position he filled several years with distinguished ability, and then resigned and resided at Carlisle, engaged in his profession.
He was born in the same house where his father was born, on what was later known as the McDowell or Miller farm, one mile east of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In 1832 his parents moved to another old farm on which his father long resided, a part of which later became part of the borough of Carlisle. He worked on his father's farm, and was one of the first to graduate in 1838 from the high school of Carlisle under the common school system. In 1845 he graduated from Dickinson College, studied law with Hon. John Reed, and was admitted to the bar August 25, 1847, and at once began the practice of his profession in Carlisle. In 1851 he was elected, by the Whigs of Cumberland County, a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, and reelected in 1852. He was appointed additional law judge of the Twelfth Judical District of Pennsylvania, in April, 1874, and was elected to the same office without opposition, in November of the same year. January 1, 1882, he became president judge of the district. In March, 1882, he resigned this position and resumed the practice of law in Carlisle.
At the outbreak of the Rebellion he raised Company A, Seventh Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteer Reserves, and was elected and commissioned captain of this company, April 21, 1861. He served through the Peninsular Campaign, and was wounded in the left shoulder by a minie ball, at Charles City Cross Roads, Virginia, June 30, 1862. July 4, 1863 he was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteer Reserves, and returned with his regiment from the Peninsula, when the reserves joined the Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Pope. The regiment remained with that command, was engaged in the second battle of Bull Run, and during the battle, on the eve of August 30, 1862, while making a charge, Col. Henderson was shot through the body with a minie ball, and carried from the field. He rejoined his command January 2, 1863, at Belle Plain, and remained with his regiment until May 1, 1863, when he was appointed provost-marshal of the Nineteenth District of Pennsylvania, under an act of Congress, and held that position until the close of the war. March 13, 1865, he was made brevet colonel and brevet brigadier-general for services and gallantry on the Peninsula during the seven days fights and at the second Bull Run.
He and his wife were members of the First Presbyterian Church, of which for many years he was trustee. In 1871 he was elected ruling elder in the church. [HCC 1886, 379]
He was educated in the public schools of Carlisle and at Dickinson College, graduating from the former in 1838, and from the latter in 1845. He pursued the study of law with the Hon. John Reed, and on Aug. 25, 1847, was admitted to the Bar of Cumberland County. He at once entered upon the practice of his profession at Carlisle. His interest and activity in the politics of that period gave him the Whig nomination for the Legislature in 1851, and although the party in his district was in the minority, he was elected, and also re-elected in 1852. At the outbreak of the war of the Rebellion, he raised a company at Carlisle, of which he was elected captain, and was duly commissioned April 21, 1861. The company proceeded to Camp Wayne at West Chester, and formed Company A, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves, 36th P. V. I. This regiment was attached to the 2d Brigade, McCall's Division, of the Army of the Potomac. Capt. Henderson served as judge advocate, court martial of the division from December, 1861 to June, 1862. The 7th Pennsylvania Reserves was sent to the front on July 25, 1861, two days after the first battle of Bull Run, and saw the hardest kind of service. In the summer of 1862 it went into the memorable seven days fight before Richmond with full ranks, and when the fighting was over scarcely 200 of the brave men were left to answer the roll call. While leading his company at Charles City Cross Roads, on June 30, 1862, in this series of battles-the color guard having fallen-Capt. Henderson (quoting from the Official Records) "seized the standard and bore it off the field," receiving at the same time a wound in the left shoulder. Although wounded he refused to leave his command, and on July 4th, upon recommendation of Brig. Gen. Seymore, was promoted for "brilliant gallantry" to Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment. Soon afterward the Reserves were transferred from the Peninsula to the Army of Northern Virginia, then under command of Gen. Pope, and on the 29th and 30th of August, 1862, participated in the second battle of Bull Run. Here the Seventh was led by Lieutenant Colonel Henderson, and on the evening of the second day, while engaged in a desperate struggle for a vitally important position, he was shot from his horse, a minie ball passing through his body. He was borne from the field by four of his soldiers, all of whom feared and believed that he had received a mortal wound. He, however, recovered, and on the 2d of January following, rejoined his regiment at Belle Plain, and was detailed by Gen. Doubleday, Inspector General of the Division. He served in that capacity until April 18, 1863, when President Lincoln appointed him Provost Marshal of the Fifteenth District of Pennsylvania, in which position he served until the close of the war, and was honorably discharged Nov. 10, 1865. On March 13, 1865, he was brevetted colonel and brigadier general for gallantry in the seven days fight before Richmond, and in the second battle of Bull Run.
After the war Gen. Henderson resumed the practice of his profession at Carlisle. In April, 1874, he was appointed by Gov. Hartranft, additional law judge of the Harrisburg district (12th), composed of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon. In November of that year he was elected to the position by the people without opposition, and in January, 1882, became the President Judge of the District. He subsequently resigned from the Bench, and resumed practice at Carlisle, associating with him his former partner, John Hays, Esq., and his son, J. Webster Henderson, under the firm name of Henderson & Hays. A few years later Mr. Hays withdrew from the firm, and Judge Henderson & Son continue in practice. The degree of Doctor of Laws (LL. D.) was conferred upon him by Dickinson College, his alma mater. He was one of the original members and officers of the Pennsylvania State Bar Association, and was the first president of the Cumberland County Bar Association. He was president of the Carlisle Deposit Bank; also of the Board of Trustees of Metzger College; a trustee of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School; a director of the Carlisle Gas & Water Company; and of the Manufacturing Company. He was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; the Grand Army of the Republic; and president of the "Pennsylvania Reserves Association." He was also a member of the Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish Society; Phi Beta Kappa; and other learned and patriotic societies. For many years Judge Henderson was a trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of Carlisle, and a ruling elder of the congregation beginning in 1871. [BACC, 7]
General Notes: Wife - Margaret Ann Webster
from Baltimore, MD
1 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 379.
2 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 6.
3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 598.
4 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 380.
5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 597.
6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 587.
7
—, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 8.
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