Husband David Henderson 1
Born: 30 Jun 1797 - Bald Eagle Valley, Centre Co, PA 2
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Died: 7 Oct 1882 - Spruce Creek, Huntingdon Co, PA 2
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Father: Robert Henderson ( -Abt 1808) 1
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Marriage: 1821 2
Wife Margaret Conrad 2
Born: Abt 1800
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Died: 10 Apr 1877 2
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Father: Daniel Conrad ( - ) 1 3
Mother: Elizabeth Shank ( - ) 3
Children
1 M Robert L. Henderson 2
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2 M Thomas K. Henderson 2
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3 M Samuel C. Henderson 2
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4 M David P. Henderson 2
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5 F Elizabeth Henderson 2
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Spouse: Daniel Weight ( - ) 2
6 F Isabella Henderson 2
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Spouse: John S. Weight ( - ) 2
7 F Jane Henderson 2
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Spouse: Samuel Dysart ( - ) 2
8 F Mary Henderson 2
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General Notes: Husband - David Henderson
His father died when David, the son, was just seven years old. When fourteen years of age he was employed by the Anshutz Iron Company at Huntingdon Furnace to carry their mail to and from Alexandria, Pennsylvania, which was then their nearest post-office. This position he filled for one year, at the expiration of which time he was apprenticed to Joseph Wagner to learn the shoemaking business. After serving three years and learning his trade, he for a time worked as a journeyman shoemaker. He then for the purpose of bettering his fortune went to the state of Ohio, accomplishing most of the distance on foot. Arrived at his destination he worked for some time at his trade. He was then prostrated by a severe attack of sickness, on recovering from which he concluded to retrace his steps to the land of his nativity. Purchasing a horse for forty dollars he made the homeward journey on horseback, arriving at Wallace's tavern, near Union Furnace, with but twelve and one-half cents in his purse. This he paid for a feed for his horse, then made his way to Half-Moon Valley, where he joined his mother in her humble home.
Soon after he commenced working at his trade in Franklin township, Huntingdon County, his only capital being the forty dollars received for his horse. He did a large amount of work for the extensive iron-works in that neighborhood, viz., Pennsylvania, Bald Eagle, and Huntingdon Furnaces and Coleraine Forges. It was at a time when the work had to be done entirely by hand, and he employed as many as eighteen journeymen at one time. He received his pay in bar-iron, which he wagoned to Pittsburgh twice a year. About the time he thought the teams would have reached the summit of the Allegheny Mountains he would start on foot, overtake and precede them to Pittsburgh, where he would sell his iron, purchase leather, etc., to reload his wagons for their homeward trip.
In 1831 he commenced farming on the farm that became known as the family homestead, one and a half miles from the village of Spruce Creek, in Franklin township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. For the farm he paid the then large sum of seventeen hundred dollars. To this pursuit he ever afterwards devoted his undivided energies. He never speculated nor engaged in any other business, and in time became one of the most successful farmers in the county, paying for one farm only to buy and in time to pay for another. In the year 1864 he purchased a property in the village of Spruce Creek, to which he removed and where he spent the last years of his life. At the time of his death he was possessed of considerable wealth of real and personal estate.