James Gilliland Henderson and Caroline Mahan

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Husband James Gilliland Henderson ¹

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           Born: 22 Sep 1834 - near Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Apr 1882 - ? Seward, Seward Co, NE 2
         Buried:  - Seward Cemetery, Seward, Seward Co, NE

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         Father: John Henderson (1799-1870) 3
         Mother: Hannah Gilliland (1808-1870) 3 4

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       Marriage: 1 Jan 1869 - ? Clarke Co, IA 2

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Wife Caroline Mahan ¹

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           Born: 19 Sep 1846 - ? Blacklick Twp, Indiana Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Jun 1881 - Seward, Seward Co, NE
         Buried:  - Seward Cemetery, Seward, Seward Co, NE

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         Father: John Mahan (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Oren Vitellius Henderson ²

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           Born: 8 Jan 1870 2
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         Spouse: Henrietta Elizabeth Wilson (      -      ) 2

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2 M Clark L. Henderson ²

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           Born: 17 Mar 1871 - Ward Twp, Clarke Co, IA 2
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Myrtle Conrey (      -1920) 2
           Marr: 24 Nov 1898 - Atwood, Rawlins Co, KS 5

         Spouse: Stella M. Hubbell (      -      ) 2

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3 F Myrtle May Henderson ²

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           Born: 20 Sep 1873 or 20 May 1873 - Ward Twp, Clarke Co, IA 2
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         Spouse: Myron Adams (1870-1940) 2
           Marr: 26 Dec 1894 - Stoneboro, Lake Twp, Mercer Co, PA 6

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4 F Martha Louise Henderson ²

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           Born: 13 Feb 1877 - Murray, Clarke Co, IA 2
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         Spouse: John Sterling Bird (      -1935) 6
           Marr: 11 Jun 1903 6

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5 F Edna Henderson ²

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           Born: Jul 1879 2
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           Died: 30 Sep 1879 - Seward, Seward Co, NE
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - James Gilliland Henderson

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He was educated in com­mon schools and was quite proficient in arithmetic, advancing to the "double rule of three" which was some accomplishment then. When a young man he was apprenticed to a Mr. Ball, a carpenter and cabinet maker. He lived with this family for seven years or until he had served his term of apprenticeship. He removed with his father's family to Rushville, IN, in 1857, where they remained until 1860, then removing to Osceola, Clarke County, IA, where they arrived late in the fall of 1860. His father purchased a farm six miles west of Osceola, in Ward Twp.
In 1872 he removed to Murray, IA, a small town about four miles west of the home farm, where he followed his trade until 1879 when he removed to Lincoln, NE, where he and his family resided for about six months and then moved to Seward, NE. They were members of the Presby­terian Church, but on removing to Seward and there being no church of that denomination, they united with the Methodist Church. He was a Republican but never held a public office, and was radically opposed to secret orders. He was a tall, slender man, six feet one and one-half inches in height, weighing about 165 pounds with black, bushy hair, and wore short chin whiskers for years.

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General Notes: Wife - Caroline Mahan

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She was born near Blacklick, PA, and moved with her parents to a farm near Osceola, IA.

1 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 37.

2 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 64.

3 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 30.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1012.

5 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 109.

6 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 110.