Dr. Samuel Graham Henderson and Helen Mar Welsh
Husband Dr. Samuel Graham Henderson 1
Born: 16 Nov 1899 - Vandergrift, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Samuel Joseph Henderson (1870- ) 1 Mother: Augusta McCandless (1870- ) 1
Marriage: 13 Apr 1925 1
Wife Helen Mar Welsh 1
Born: 4 Feb 1903 - Claysville, Donegal Twp, Washington Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Edward Hill Welsh (1876- ) 2 Mother: Jane Bush Miller (1876- ) 3
Children
1 F Mary Wynne Henderson 1
Born: 25 Jan 1931 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
2 M Samuel Graham Henderson 1
Born: 12 Aug 1933 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Dr. Samuel Graham Henderson
He spent most of his childhood on the McCandless family homestead, near South Bend, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He attended Elder's Ridge Vocational School and Vandergrift High School. In May, 1917, he enlisted for service in the first World War, and was the only member of his class unable to return to the graduation exercises of the class of 1917. After spending twenty-five months in the army, Mr. Henderson resumed his studies, was graduated from the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania as a member of the 1925 class, and in that same year began his professional career. After serving an interneship at Allegheny General Hospital, in Pittsburgh, he practiced in Vandergrift until 1935, when he returned to the University of Pennsylvania as a Fellow in Radiology. In June, 1937, he was certified by the American Board of Radiology organized under the supervision of the American Medical Association. On October 1, 1937, he became associate radiologist at the Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital, in Pittsburgh, and on July 1, 1938, he was appointed director of the department of Radiology in that hospital.
General Notes: Wife - Helen Mar Welsh
She was a graduate of Wilson College, class of 1924, and of Columbia University, class of 1925, with the degree of Master of Arts in political science.
1 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 379.
2 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 377.
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Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 378.
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