Illinios:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin.  O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882.  Cass County

DAVID HENDERSON, farmer; P. O. Beardstown; was born in 
Piketon, Pike Co., O., April 20, 1825; son of James and 
Rachel (Henderson) Henderson, natives of Virginia, both 
deceased.  James Henderson was born April 23, 1789; 
followed the occupation of a civil engineer and surveyor, 
and died March 11, 1849; his wife, born March 25, 1793, 
died Oct. 31, 1862; they had a family of nine children.  
David attended school in his native town till he was 
fourteen years old, and in May, 1844, came to Illinois, and 
located in Meredosia; afterward lived in Arcadia, Ill., two 
years, and in March, 1846, came to this county, and settled 
near Beardstown.  He learned the carpenter's trade with his 
father, in Piketon, O., and worked at it till he came here, 
since which time he has followed farming.  Inn Beardstown, 
this county, Aug. 14, 1873, he married Martha Morgan; born 
in North Carolina, Dec. 15, 1847; daughter of George and 
Louisa Morgan; from this union four children have been 
born: James H., Mary G., Gertrude and Fannie A.  Mr. 
Henderson is a Republican; his wife is a member of the M.E. 
Church.

Henderson Morgan
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Pike-OH VA NC