Andrew Gillespie Henderson (1823-1899)

HENDERSON, HATFIELD, MILES, MORGAN, BARROW

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 11/11/2012 at 22:33:33

Sioux City Journal, February 19, 1899

DIED

HENDERSON- In Spokane Falls, Washington, February 16, 1899, A. G. Henderson, aged 70 years.

Deceased was the father of John T. and James Q. Henderson and Mrs. C. E. Hatfield, all of Sioux City; Mrs. H. M. Miles of Maquoketa, Iowa, and Mrs. T. J. Morgan of Spokane, Washington. The remains will be taken to Maquoketa and interred beside those of Sarah Ann Henderson, wife of the deceased. Mr. Henderson was a member of the A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F. and the G. A. R. He was a cousin of Theodore N. Morrison, Bishop-elect of the Episcopel Diocese of Iowa and was a lifelong friend of E. B. Washburn, Minister to France under Grant's administration.

He was married in 1846 at Council Hill, Illinois to Sarah Ann Barrow. Their five children are all living. Andrew Gillespie Henderson was born at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania January 4, 1823. In 1833 he removed to Springfield, Illinois, where he entered the office of the State Journal as an apprentice. At the age of 14 he finished his trade on the Galena Gazette, which paper he finally conducted. In 1854 he conducted the Dubuque Tribune. In 1855 he removed to Maquoketa, where he resided forty-four years, being one of the founders of the Maquoketa Excelsior, he being at one time manager of the state printing of Iowa. In 1857 he was a candidate for representative, but was defeated by a small majority, the district being overwhelming democratic. In 1862 he enlisted in Company F., Thirty-first Iowa Regiment, being elected first lieutenant and served nearly three years, participating at the siege of Vicksburg, the battle of Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Chickamauga, Ringgold and Atlanta, serving in the 15th Army Corps under General John A. Logan.

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