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HENDERSON, JAMES E.

HENDERSON, HAMILTON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:54

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

HENDERSON, JAMES E., guard at the prison ; was born in Wayne Co., Ind., Aug. 27, 1828; when 10 years of age. he came with his parents to Iowa ; they came by wagon ; were four weeks on the road, and arrived in this county Aug. 20, 1839, and were among the early settlers ; when the war broke out, he enlisted in 1862 in the 19th Regiment I. V. I., Co. E, and was Sergeant of the company ; he was in the battle of Prairie Grove, siege of Vicksburg, Mobile, and many other fights and skirmishes , he was wounded at the battle of Prairie Grove ; at the close of the war he returned, and has occupied the position of guard at the prison for many years. He married Miss Margaret Hamilton, from Indiana, Dec. 25, 1854; they have three children—Thomas W., Charles and John I.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879


 

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