Past and present of Menard County, Illinois .. . d Mr. Henderson entered aclaim about nine miles northwest of Jackson-ville. He afterward purchased an additionaltract of forty acres, so that hi- farm comprisedtwo hundred ami ten acres, which be owned upto the time of his death in 1844. He was oneof the valued early settlers of the community,contributing in indefatigable manner to thesubstantia] upbuilding and improvement of bissection of the state. At his death his remainsweTe interred in Arcadia cemetery and manyfriend- deeply deplored bis loss. In the familywere seven children, two sons and
Past and present of Menard County, Illinois .. . d Mr. Henderson entered aclaim about nine miles northwest of Jackson-ville. He afterward purchased an additionaltract of forty acres, so that hi- farm comprisedtwo hundred ami ten acres, which be owned upto the time of his death in 1844. He was oneof the valued early settlers of the community,contributing in indefatigable manner to thesubstantia] upbuilding and improvement of bissection of the state. At his death his remainsweTe interred in Arcadia cemetery and manyfriend- deeply deplored bis loss. In the familywere seven children, two sons and five daugh-ters. William P. being the third in order ofbirth. Mary Ann. the eldest, became the wifeof John Smith and they went to Californiaduring th mo-! prosperous epoch in the historyof that state. They became the parents oftwelve children, and three of their sons arenow holding county offices, one being countysheriff, a second county clerk, while the thirdis county commissioner of Mendocino county,California. Roth Mr. and Mr-. Smith arc yet. W. P. HENDERSON.
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