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Cbrutian, MIm. HCBderson, John Brooks, Hulditr. hivy> r. juristi L'nited Stateii senator, wan born Nov. He 16, 1826. in Pittsylvania county. Va. ail iu ailt'iuit iliii'iit ion wuii givi-ii the degree uf LL.I). r<'<"«Mv<><l
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by the iiiiiveraity of MiBaouri. Since 1646 he liaa been <-ng:i{r«-»l in tin- |»nu"ti»v of law. In 1848 ami lh.'ir»-.'>7 lie vn8 a inemlMT of the MlMtouri atate le<.MKhitiire. In 1M.'>(( antl ISdO )i« WAS a {iresidt-ntial tderttjr. In !Sf>l )it' Nas a iiieniher of the Missouri convirition to deli-rniine the qiMsation of aeceasion. In 1862* he waa a member of the I'niti ! StnteH senate. In 1867 he was appointed a special t'oinmifiHioner to paeify the Indian tnlx ~ ot the west. In 1872 be was a candidate for governor of Missouri. In 1875 he was spc> il.'?
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States attorney to proaecute
the
whitikey ring.
Henderson, John Brooks, lawyer, author. was hnrn Fi-h. IS. ISTtt. in I.mii-iana. Mo
He wa»
private tMH-retary to lionuruble .Julin Foster, a diplomatic adviser of the Chinese government. He wan attaclic to (Jineral Miles' suite in Europe on army inii|HH-tion. He in the author of American Hip-
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D., journalist, tderg
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July 23, 1810.
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representative from (Jregon to the thirtyninth congress as a republican. He died in Oregon. Henderson, John Joseph, soldier, lawyer. juri.Ht,
was
lK)rn S«'pt.
2:i,
IS4.3, in Allej-ln-ny
county. Pa. Jn 1862-65 he served in the nnion army. In 1873-76 he was district attorney of M«-aiiviIIt'. Pa.; and in iSSS-'.tH was presiding judge of the thirtieth distriet of P^nsylvania. Since 1063 he has been judjie of the superior court of Pennsylvania for the t<*rm expiring in II) I.'I.
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Henderson, Joseph, ei«ngre>:-man, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1833-37 he was a representative from Pennsy Ivani;! to the twenty-third and twenty-fourth congriMises as a democrat. He died in Pennsylvania. HendenoBt Leonard, lawver, jurist, waa born Oct. 6, 1772, in Granville county, N.C. lie moved t«> Hillsl>orough, N.C: and in ISds he was made judge of the appellate court. In 1818 he was elected to the supreme court of
Nortli
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He died Aug. 13, 1833, Wiiiiamsborough, N.C. Henderson, Lizzie George, was bom June arrtdl county, .Miss. She has 24, 186.1, in lieeri engaged in gathering material for a history of the war U-twecn the states; and pointed ehiet justice.
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Henderson, John H. mail. (ongreiiHman, in Salem, Ky. In
ItKHIKAPHY.
ge president, Was burn July 27, 1S.'>S. in iioin Uelltown, Tenn. In 1683 he graduat* the ( ar-oii and Ne«nu»n eollege; and subse*
- «'orge Washour-^e in the
(pn iitly took a (n;;ton university. He has Ix-en prolessor of mathematics in the Carson and Newman college; and in I8II3-1903 he was president of that in^ttitutioii of learning. Since ItMi.'t he I.UM been president of the Virginia institute of Bristol. Va. In 1866 he was the president of the l)apti>t rt>njiri»s; for eleven years uas president of the Tennessee baptist convention; and in 1K68 was vice-president of li
0|scar,
journalist,
wnft
lK>rn Sept. I. IHlT. in New I^)ndi»n. Ind. Since 1876 ha has been the editor and owner of the Kokomo Dispatch of Indiana. He wan
appointed eollector of internal revenue in IH8.>: and for four years was auditor of Ntate for the state of Indiana. Henderson, John Steele, soldier, lawyer, ••ngressman, was born Jan. 6, 1846, in Salishiiry. N.C. In IM4 he entered tlte confederate army: and served a« a private until the close of the civil war. In 1871 and 1875 he was a delegate to the state constitutional convention; and in 1876 was elected a representative in the North Carolina state le}.'islature. In 1870 he was cUtted n state senator; and in 1880 was a delegate to the democratic national convention. In ISSS-O.") he was a representative from North Carolina to the forty-ninth, fiftieth, llfty-rtrst, fiftysecond and fifty-third congresses as a demo•
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Henderson, John Thompson, educator,
lelief
work
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has
veterans,
been president-gcneml
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lor the .Sick.
Hendersoii, MattlMw, elergyman, missionly. wa-< Itorn in in Stotland. In 1782 he removed to Washington county; and beaine pastor of the Associate reformed eluinh of ( hartiiTs ami lUilfalo, beinj; the only clergyman of his denomination in that portion of Pennsylvania. He died Oct. 2, in Washington county, Pa. I «{>.">, Henderson, Peter, florist, author, was born lune 2.'>. 1823. in Scotland. In IS«;."> he engaged in the seed business as Henderson and Iteming; and in 1871 founded the now (amnus firm of Peter Henderson and coin pany. seedsmen and florists. He was the jiiithor of Gardening for Profit; Practical I'loriculture fJanlening for Pleasure; Handhook of Plants; How the Farm Pays; and (':ir<len and Farm Topics. He died Jan. 17. <
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Henderson, Pleasant, >oliiier. lawyer, legwas born .Jan. !•. 17.')t5. in Hanover county. Va. Ho entered the revolutionary army in 177.'»: and at the close of the war was major of Colonel Malmedy's Tiiounted corps. For forty years he was clerk of the linnse of commons of Korth Carolina. He i>Iator,
-lied
col-
among confederate she
Daughters of the confederacy. Henderson, Mrs. Mary Foots, litterateur, author, was born in 1844, in Seneca Falls. N.Y. She organized the Industrial art school in 8t. Tx>uis. Mo. She is the author of PracCooking and Dinner-Giving; and Diet lira
Dec.
10.
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Hunt iiiL'ton.
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Henderson, Richard, pioneer, lawyer, jur-
