Rev. Ebenezer Henderson and Agnes Noble

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Husband Rev. Ebenezer Henderson ^{1 2 3 4}

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            AKA: Rev. Eleazer Henderson 5
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           Died: 17 Sep 1804 - Staunton, Augusta Co, VA 2 6
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         Father: Rev. Matthew Henderson (1735-1795) 3 7 8 9
         Mother: Mary Ferris (      -      ) 3

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Wife Agnes Noble ^{1 5}

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            AKA: Mary Novle Henderson,10 [Unk] Noble 3
           Born: 30 Jan 1781 6
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           Died: 25 Feb 1871 - Lancaster Co, PA 6
         Buried:  - Fagg's Manor, Chester Co, PA

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         Father: James Noble (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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   Other Spouse: Dr. Robert Agnew (1785-1858) 6 10 11 12 - 1 Aug 1815 10

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Children

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1 M James N. Henderson ^{1 5}

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           Died: Aft 1877
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2 F Mary A. Henderson ^{1 5}

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           Died: Aft 1877
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         Spouse: Davies Wallace, Esq. (1798-1866) 1 5
           Marr: 5 Sep 1824 1

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Ebenezer Henderson

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He was licensed in the city of New York, May 30, 1799; ordained May 24, 1800, and was settled in the united charge of Pittsburgh and Turtle Creek, Dec. 30, 1801. Early in the year 1803 he was sent to Philadelphia, to supply the congregation left vacant by the death of Rev. William Marshall, and was about to be settled in charge of that congregation when he was sent on a missionary tour to the Carolinas. Having finished his work in the South, he had started on his return northward, when he contracted a fever, but, anxious to reach his home, traveled on from day to day on horseback till he reached an inn in the town of Staunton, in the valley of Virginia, where, growing speedily worse, he died in the midst of strangers. [HWC 1882, 709]

He was first settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and on one of his trips over the Allegheny Mountains, Mrs. Henderson carried an infant son on a pillow before her on the horse, and frequently spoke of sitting, in those early times, out in the open air, in the absence of a church building, in mid winter, the ground covered with snow, during a protracted Sabbath service. A call having been given to Mr. Henderson as successor to Mr. Marshall, the first pastor of the First Associate (now First United Presbyterian) Church of Philadelphia, the Presbytery placed it in his hands, with the stipulation that, before entering on his pastoral work, he should visit the scattered flocks of their adherents in the South. This duty he fulfilled, and, on his return, was attacked by a violent fever, brought on by exposure, swimming rivers, etc., and died in Staunton, Virginia.

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General Notes: Wife - Agnes Noble

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Her last years were spent in the enjoyment of good health. To the last her powers were unimpaired. Her mind had lost none of its vigor-she was still employed with her favorite books. These were the standard religious treatises of a former age, Boston's Fourfold State, Owen on Forgiveness and on the Spirit, Edwards' History of Redemption, Baxter's Saint's Rest, and Henry's Commentary. Of these and of the Bible she was never weary. Always serene, contented and cheerful, perfectly guileless and ingenuous in character, unusually clear and full in knowledge of divine truth, she daily walked with God, and ripened for glory.
Reverence for divine things was a marked feature in her character, and she could never allow a quotation from the Scriptures, for any light or trifling purpose, to go unrebuked.
She was most happily qualified for the positions she held as the partner of a pastor and of a physician. Though she lived long, she did not outlive her usefulness, but lived the object of general regard, and died to the regret of all who knew her.
She was a distinguished and excellent woman, a "mother in Israel"; a widow who was a "widow indeed," and who, like "Anna the prophetess-the daughter of Phanuel-lived to a great age," and to the last moment of her long life faithfully "served God night and day." She died of paralysis, in the ninety-first year of her age.
To her son, Dr. Agnew, who was summoned to her bedside, she said, "I am glad to see you. You have come to see the broken frame of your old mother; but in my feebleness I have still great cause for thankfulness. God has kept my mind untouched," and, as if to assure him of the fact, commenced repeating to him one of her favorite chapters, (John xiv.) "Let not your heart be troubled," &c.; also the 71st and 91st Psalms. She constantly spoke of her decease with the utmost composure, and, as her end drew nigh, repeated the passage, "O death! where is thy sting? O grave! where is thy victory?"
She wished her dust to repose beside that of her husband and ancestors in the old burying-ground of Fagg's Manor-and there, on a lovely spring day, after appropriate services by her pastor, the Rev. Mr. Easton, at the house of her nephew, Rev. W. F. P. Noble, her remains were laid to rest near the place where she was born and twice married.
Old friends gathered in to see her, and so gently had time dealt with her, so little was she changed-not a furrow on her face-that one and another said, "This is indeed my old friend; nothing is wanting but the bloom upon the cheek."

1 Editor, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 185.

2 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 709.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 194.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1556.

5 Editor, Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1903), Pg 5.

6 Editor, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 186.

7 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 708.

8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 617.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1555.

10 Edward B. Reighard, John Agnew of Hominy Ridge (Clearfield, PA: Self-published, 1984), Pg 6.

11 Editor, Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1903), Pg 6.

12 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 429.