Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 
1886.  Barren County.

JEFFERSON W. HENDERSON was born September 3, 1809, in Buckingham County, 
Va., where he was reared to manhood.  In December, 1829, he moved to 
Monroe County, Ky., and engaged as a merchant's clerk for one year each 
in Scottsville and Martinsville.  In 1833 he began business for himself, 
and merchandised for one year at each of the following places:  Port 
Oliver, Scottsville and Pageville.  He then superintended for two years 
the salt works on Barren River, near Port Oliver, Allen County.  In 1848 
he engaged in farming and trading at Holly Springs, and returned in 1850 
to Barren County, where he has since resided.  He has been twice 
married; first, in 1833, to Elzira Fant, who has borne him the following 
children:  Sarah F. (Cole), John F., Virginia W. (Lewis and Green), 
Narcissa A. (Jameson and Griggs), Andrew J., William R., Cornelia D. 
(Spillman), Quitman B., Lorenzo D. and Ivanora F. (Smith).  Mrs. Elzira 
Henderson was born April 16, 1815, a daughter of Fielding and Frances 
(Harding) Fant, of Allen County, and died August 19, 1872.  Mr. 
Henderson's second marriage took place July 15, 1875, with Nannie P., 
daughter of Thomas F. and Elizabeth J. (Lewis) Smith, of Barren County; 
she was born February 1, 1856, and to their union the following children 
have been born:  Peter C., Thomas D., Mary J., and Nannie Lois.  Mr. 
Henderson has always been a Union man; he lost thirteen slaves valued at 
$15,000 by the late war; is now engaged in the loan and real estate 
business, and is the owner of 700 acres of well cultivated land, besides 
having given a goodly inheritance to his children.  He was for many 
years a magistrate and member of the court of claims of Barren County.  
His father, John Henderson, a native of Virginia, was an officer in the 
militia, and died in Allen County, Ky., in 1833, aged sixty-four years; 
he was of Irish descent, and married Sarah Fortune, of Nelson County, 
Va., and to their union the following children were born:  Bennett E., 
Emily A. (Whitson), Lorendo D., John H., Jefferson W., Turena A. 
(Moore), Jackson R., Nathaniel and Nicholas (twins) and Benjamin, 
deceased.  Mrs. Sarah Henderson died in Texas, about 1870, aged seventy-
five years.

Cole Fant Fortune Green Griggs Harding Henderson Jameson Lewis Moore Smith Spillman Whitson
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Allen Buckingham-VA TX
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