Joseph Adams Henderson and Mary Elizabeth Claypool

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Husband Joseph Adams Henderson ¹

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           Born: 16 Dec 1836 - near Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Feb 1914 - Osceola, Clarke Co, IA 2
         Buried:  - Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, Clarke Co, IA

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

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Mary Atkinson (      -Abt 1875) 1 - Abt 1874

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Wife Mary Elizabeth Claypool ¹

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           Born: 12 May 1859 - Jackson Co, IA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Nov 1919 2
         Buried:  - Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, Clarke Co, IA

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         Father: Aaron Claypool (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Mary Moorehouse (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Dean Wensel Henderson ²

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           Born: 12 Nov 1879 - the area of Osceola, Clarke Co, IA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Jan 1937 - Des Moines, Polk Co, IA 5
         Buried:  - Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, Clarke Co, IA

         Spouse: Minnie Thompson (1883-1908) 2
           Marr: 8 Feb 1904 5

         Spouse: Lydia E. Johnson (1886-      ) 2
           Marr: 19 Nov 1913 5

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2 F [Infant] Henderson

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: at birth
         Buried: 

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3 M Chester Claypool Henderson ²

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           Born: 10 Oct 1882 - Ward Twp, Clarke Co, IA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: May 1972 - ? Osceola, Clarke Co, IA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hallena Bolibaugh (1880-      ) 2

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4 F Emma Belle Henderson ²

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           Born: 23 Apr 1885 - Ward Twp, Clarke Co, IA 2
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           Died: 30 Mar 1934 6
         Buried:  - Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, Clarke Co, IA

         Spouse: George Garfield Griffin (1881-1917) 6
           Marr: 23 Apr 1902 - Iowa 6

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5 F Hannah Sylvia Henderson ²

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           Born: 7 Oct 1887 - Ward Twp, Clarke Co, IA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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         Spouse: Carl Willis Turk (1887-1918) 7
           Marr: 1 Dec 1907 - Osceola, Clarke Co, IA 7

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Adams Henderson

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He was educated in the public schools and was proficient in the "three R's" of that period and especially in spelling, probably as a result of many "spelling bees" prevalent in the schools of that period. He removed with his father's family to Indiana in 1857 where they resided until 1860 when they decided to go farther west and located on a farm six miles west of Osceola, IA, in Ward Twp., Clarke County, on which he lived 52 years. He was a man of large stature, six feet two inches in height and weighing 200 pounds. Of great strength, he, as a young man in Pennsylvania, revelled in the barn and house raisings as well as wood chopping contests of the early days in the Hendersonville neighbor­hood. On August 9, 1862, at the age of 25 years, he enlisted in Co. D, 39th Infantry, IA Vols. He was mustered out June 6, 1865, at Washington, D. C. He went through three years of war and never used coffee or liquor and was not ill during that time. His regiment served with Sherman and made that famous march from Atlanta to the Sea. He served as Trustee of Ward Twp. for 24 years and was a school director for many years. He also attended many Republican county and state conventions, usually as a delegate. He was a member of the Osceola Post, G. A. R.

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 65.

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 111.

6 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 112.

7 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 113.