Name |
Samuel Henderson [1, 2] |
Suffix |
M. D. |
Born |
8 Oct 1804 |
Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee [1, 3] |
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Gender |
Male |
Biographical |
never sold negroes [4] |
Dr. Henderson never sold negroes. He would buy negroes, but would not sell them. He feared that they might fall into unkind hands. He did sell for a small amount one negro, Lydia, to her husband, ho had been set free.
Before Mr. Thomas Logan Douglas died he requested Dr. Henderson, his family physician and friend, to see that his negroes, all of whom he freed by his will, were sent to Liberia in Africa, if he should be living when Mrs. Douglas died. This was a colony for emancipated slaves, founded by the American Colonization Society, Dec. 31, 1816. Henry Clay was president of this Society. Among old family papers we can see that in fitting out the negroes, old-time wolsey-linsey was used. Lydia was the wife of one of these Douglas negroes, and she went to Liberia with them.
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Religion |
Abt 1821 |
Maury County, Tennessee [5] |
joined the Methodist Church |
Graduated |
Bef 1830 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1, 6] |
Jefferson College |
Clubs |
From 25 Oct 1836 [1, 5, 7] |
Masons, Knights Templer, and Knights of Malta |
From his diary:
Dec. 27, 1847 - This day I was installed High Priest of Franklin chapter.
Jan. 8, 1848 - I assisted in burying NIcholas Perkins in Masonic order
3 Feb 1848 - After having been elected previously to the degree of the Nashville Encampment, I this evening in Nashville received the degree of the Red Cross
Feb. 4, 1848 - This evening I was made Knight Templar, and Knight of Malta, with which I was well pleased.
Oct. 8, 1849 - I am this day forty-five years of age. I attended the meeting of the Grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons at Nashville and was elected Scribe of said Grand chapter for the next year.
Nov. 30, 1849 - On Friday met the companions at Hardeman's X Roads - Opened and organized a chapter of Royal Rach Masons to be called Triune Chapter, No. 30
Oct. 14, 1850 - Attended a meeting of the Grand Chapter at Nashville, and I was elected Grand King
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Occupation |
Jul 1851 [4, 5] |
until it was merged into the Louisville and Nashville R. R. |
Religion |
25 Nov 1852 [5] |
doner of the lot for the Southern Methodist Church |
The building of the new Douglas church, along in the eighteen and fifties, was largely his work. This was built on a corner of Rev. Thomas Logan Douglas' place on the Lewisburg pike. Mr. Douglas intended to give the site to the Methodist church, but died without making a deed to the land, and when his widow died no deed had still been made. On winding up her estate, Dr. Henderson himself bought one acre of land on which the church stands, paying for this sixty dollars, and gave the ot to the Southern Methodist church. He bought this lot Nov. 25, 1852."
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Biographical |
Bef 1860 [5] |
built Henderson Academy and aided in building the Lewisburg turnpike |
Henderson Academy was built principally at his expense. This was on the public highway just across the orchard from his home. It was a two-story brick building with two large recitation rooms down stairs, an entrance hall-way with two cloak closets and a stairway to the right, and a stairway to the left. On the second floor was one large auditorium and two small music rooms When school first opened here Mr. Sterling Brewer and his wife taught, and Miss Laura Hardeman taught music. Later, when the writer started to school, Mr. Stokely Page, father of Williamson county's superintendent of public instruction (1916), Mr. Fred Page, had charge of this school. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer made their home at the "Red House" on my grandfather's place.
Samuel Henderson ... believed in good roads. He aided in building the Lewisburg turnpike. He had that part of the pike upon which his home place bordered, built. He was Superintendent of the Nashville and Franklin turnpike.
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Military Service |
Aft 1860 [5, 7, 8] |
during the Civil War |
- At the opening of the War between the state his health was wretched and he was too old to take active service, so in 1861 he was made Captain of the Franklin Home Guards. His grand-daughter, Mrs. Susie Miller, became a U. D. C. through him.
Dr. Henderson was an old line Whig "of the strictest sect." When the war between the states was brewing he took the same position that Robert E. Lee, John Be.. and some other devoted Southerners took. He did not want to see the Union dissolved. This was the first stand taken by the Whigs. Whigs were conservative. But when Tennessee seceded, he said "My heart is with my people;" and he did all in his power to aid the South. He helped Col. John McGavock equip a company of soldiers. His own sons were little boys, so he aided some of his nephews who joined the army. Samuel Henderson, however, was a firm believer in the constitutional right of a State to secede from the Union. Indeed, this had never been doubted either by the North or the South. It is interesting to recall the fact that the first Confederacy thought of was a Northern Confederacy 1803, which was to begin with the secession of Massachusetts. Col. Timothy Pickering, who had held many offices of trust, and at this time was a Representative of the State of Massachusetts in U. S. Senate, was one of the leading secessionists of his day.
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Name |
Samuel Henderson [3, 9, 10] |
Residence |
Williamson County, Tennessee [1] |
Died |
9 Dec 1884 |
Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee [1, 3, 11] |
Person ID |
I116485 |
If the Legends Are True... |
Last Modified |
9 Oct 2014 |
Family |
Rachel Jane Martin Hughes, b. 27 Feb 1818, d. 16 Jun 1858 (Age 40 years) |
Married |
14 Mar 1844 [1, 3] |
Move |
13 Apr 1848 |
Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee [6] |
- "April 13, 1848. I removed to Franklin this day, having bought Dr. S. S. Mayfield's possessions. This home was on Maple avenue, where Mr. Alex Hughes Ewing lived in 1912. His lot in 1848 extended back and included what is now the Louisville and Nashville railroad depot, etc...
The house was always the home of doctors. Dr. Mayfield sold the place to Dr. Henderson. He sold the place to Dr. Morton, and he sold the place to Dr. John Park, who lived here for half a century, a most highly respected and beloved man, Dr. John Park was grandfather of Mrs. A. H. Ewing."
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Children |
| 1. Samuel Henderson, b. 1845, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee , d. Infant |
+ | 2. Sarah Martin Henderson, b. 14 Sep 1847, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee , d. 26 Oct 1899 (Age 52 years) |
| 3. Mary Jane Henderson, b. 17 Jan 1849, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee , d. 29 May 1915, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee (Age 66 years) |
+ | 4. Judge John Hughes Henderson, LL. B., b. 18 Dec 1849, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee , d. Yes, date unknown |
+ | 5. Lucy Matilda Henderson, b. 14 Jan 1851, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee , d. Yes, date unknown |
+ | 6. Doctor Samuel Henderson, Junior, b. 27 Jun 1852, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee , d. 15 Sep 1913 (Age 61 years) |
+ | 7. Susan Virginia Henderson, b. 9 Jun 1855, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee , d. 5 Dec 1889 (Age 34 years) |
| 8. Levisa Henderson, d. Infant |
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Last Modified |
9 Oct 2014 |
Family ID |
F42906 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |