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Henry B Henderson
HENRY B. HENDERSON, now serving his fourth term as register and recorder of
Armstrong county, a prominent member of the Republican party and a successful
agriculturist, is a son of Brice and Martha Jane (Woodward) Henderson, the
former a well-known citizen of Armstrong county in his day, the latter a
member of a highly respected pioneer family of this region.Brice Henderson was born in Indiana county, but passed the greater part of
his life in Armstrong county, and was a prosperous farmer of Elderton. He
served two terms as commissioner of Armstrong county. He was twice married,
and by his first wife, whose maiden name was Clark, had four children:
William; Anna, who married Robert Walker; Jane, who married Dr. M. R. George;
and Melissa, who married Ira J. Ray. His second marriage was to Martha Jane
Woodward Donley, a native of Armstrong county, whose father, Robert Woodward,
was a prominent farmer of the county and served three terms as associate
judge; he was an influential man in his time and enjoyed high standing among
his fellow citizens. To Brice and Martha Jane (Woodward) Henderson were also
born five children: Robert A., deceased; Howard B., deceased; and Harry B.,
the only surviving member of the family. Brice Henderson died June 3, 1892;
Martha Jane Woodward Henderson died March 17, 1902.Harry B. Henderson was born Aug. 17, 1869, at Elderton, Armstrong county,
and received his education in the public schools and the academy at Elderton,
which latter institution he attended for three years. He then taught school
for two years at Elderton, for another two years was bookkeeper for the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, of Ford City, this county, and then went West,
teaching for two years in Kansas. Returning to Armstrong county he again
became a teacher at Elderton, where he continued thus for three years, after
which he followed farming for a time. Receiving the appointment, of deputy
prothonotary, he served in that position from 1900 to 1902, a period of three
years, toward the close of which he was elected, on the Republican ticket, as
register, recorder and clerk of Orphans’ court of Armstrong county.Mr. Henderson has been an active worker in the Republican party, and in
1905-06 was chairman of the county committee and member of the Republican
State central committee.On Nov. 20, 1912, he was married to Sally Campbell Findley, daughter of
Abel C. and Mary E. Findley, and member of a respected and pioneer family of
the county.Mr. Henderson owns the old Brice Henderson farm in Plum Creek township,
this county, which he has managed very successfully, taking an intelligent
interest in agricultural operations, which he has found quite profitable. He
belongs to the Red Men’s lodge at Kittanning.FRANK B. HENDERSON, brother of Harry B. Henderson, was educated in the
public schools and the academy at Elderton, and for ten years clerked in the
store of R. A. Heilman, at Kittanning. He became deputy recorder of the county
under his brother, serving in that position about seven years. A man of genial
disposition, he had a large circle of friends, was widely acquainted
throughout the county, and was exceedingly popular with his fellow citizens,
his untimely death, which occurred Nov. 7, 1909, being mourned in many
circles. His was the first death in the membership of the Kittanning Aerie of
the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and he was the first president of that
organization, continuing to hold the office until he died. Mr. Henderson
married Margaret Butler, and they had one son, Howard B., who is now a student
at college.Source: Page 574, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed January 1999 by Connie Mateer for the Armstrong County Beers
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