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| HENDERSON, Samuel J.
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HENDERSON, Samuel J. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Samuel married Mary E. CAMPBELL about 1865 in Prob. Perry County, Illinois. (Mary E. CAMPBELL was born about 1847 in Connecticut and died before 1900 in Nebraska.) |
1 1880 US Census (District 295, Carleton, Thayer County, Nebrasks). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists S.J. Henderson (age 27, b. NY), wife Mary E. [Campbell] (age 42 [age hard to read], b. CT) and children Christina (age 13, b. IL), W.H. [son] (age 11, b. IL), R.L. [Roxa Lavina] (age 5, b. IL), Ella (age 3, b. IL) and M.B. [daughter] (age 1, b. IL), living in Carleton, Nebraska. Also in the household is "brother-in-law" O.M. Campbell (age 32, b. NY). S.J. is listed as a "laborer," and indicates that both his parents were born in Scotland. Mary E. indicates that both her parents were born in Vermont. O.M. Campbell is listed as a "painter" and indicates that both his parents were born in Vermont.
2 1870 US Census ([Galum Post Office], Township 5 Range 4, Perry County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists S.G. Henderson (age 27, b. NY), wife Mary E. [Campbell] (age 32, b. CT) and children Christena (age 4, b. IL), William Henry (age 2, b. IL) and [probably] Mary's son from a previous marriage Campbell (age 15, b. IL), living in Perry County, Illinois. S.G. is listed as a "farmer."
3 1900 US Census (District 32, Stanton, Fillmore County, Nebraska). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists William Henry Henderson (age 31, b. Nov 1868, IL), wife Jennie L. (age 28, b. Nov 1871, Missouri) and children Marion E. (age 5, b. Feb 1895, NE) and Audrey (age 2, b. Mar 1898, NE), living in Stanton, Nebraska. Also in the household is William's father, Samuel J. Henderson (age 57, b. Sep 1842, NY), widower. William is listed as a "farmer," and indicates that his father was born in [blank] and his mother in New York. Samuel is listed as a "blacksmith" and indicates that both his parents were born in Scotland. The couple indicate that they have been married for 7 years, and have had 2 children, both living.
4 1910 US Census (District 28, Geneva Ward 3, Fillmore County, Nebraska). Surety: 4. Lists Samuel J. Henderson (age 67, b. NY), widower, living as a "boarder" in a hotel owned by William J. Pickerill (age 55, b. IL) in Geneva, Nebraska. Samuel is listed as a "blacksmith, general" and indicates that both his parents were born in Scotland.
5 1860 US Census ([Sparta Post Office], Township 5 Range 4W, Perry County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists William Henderson (age 49, b. Scotland), wife Sarah (age 43, b. Scotland) and children William R. (age 20, b. NY), Saml J. (age 17, b. NY), Mary (age 15, b. NY), Christine (age 13, b. NY) and Sarah J. (age 7, b. IL), living in Perry County, Illinois. Also in the household is James Thompson (age 40, b. Scotland), who is Sarah's brother. William Sr. is listed as "farming." William Jr. and Samuel are listed as "farm laborers." James Thompson is listed as a "carpenter." This record indicates that the family emigrated from New York to Perry County, Illinois around 1851.
6 1850 US Census (District 7, Perry County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists William Henderson (age 39, b. Scotland), wife Sarah (age 35, b. Scotland) and children William (age 10, b. NY), Samuel J. (age 8, b. NY), Mary (age 5, b. NY), Christianna (age 3, b. NY) and Henry R. (age 1, b. WI), living in Perry County, Illinois. Also in the household is James Thompson (age 25, b. Scotland), who is Sarah's brother. William Sr. and James Thompson are both listed as "farmers." This record indicates that the family emigrated from New York to Wisconsin around 1847, then to Perry County, Illinois by 1850.
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American Civil War Soldiers. Surety: 4. Name: Samuel J Henderson
Residence: Pinckneyville, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 10 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Unit Numbers: 406 406
Service Record: Promoted to Full Sergeant
Enlisted as a Private on 10 August 1862
Enlisted in Company C, 81st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 26 August 1862.
Mustered out Company C, 81st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 05 August 1865 in Chicago, IL
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