Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Allen County. LEMUEL E. HENDERSON was born August 19, 1844, in Calloway County, Ky., and in infancy removed with his parents to Allen County, Ky., where he grew to manhood and still resides. His father, Calloway B. Henderson, also a native of Calloway County, Ky., is a blacksmith, and is now living, aged seventy-six years. He espoused in marriage Melinda, daughter of Hardy and Catherine Witherspoon, of Allen County (died 1878, aged fifty-six years), and their children are Lemuel E., Thomas I. and Louise B. (Motley). Lemuel E. had but very limited opportunities of obtaining an education, but he is a reading man. He married, May 19, 1880, Mary E., daughter of William T. and Amanda (Williams) Weaver, of Allen County, born September 6, 1862, and to them have been born Alonzo, Melissa E. and William T. Mr. Henderson began for himself in the world with one horse, bridle and saddle, as his earthly possessions, but by industry and a close attention to business has secured a comfortable competency; he is a farmer, having 161 acres of productive land; he is a member of the Methodist Church, and in politics a Republican. Henderson Witherspoon Motley Williams Weaver = Calloway-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/allen/henderson.le.txt