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Jeremiah Martha Henderson

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Jeremiah Martha Henderson

Birth
Hopkins County, Texas, USA
Death
12 Mar 1902 (aged 50)
San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA
Burial
San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Jeremiah Martha HENDERSON was born 19 Jan 1852 in Hopkins County, Texas, USA, and died 12 Mar 1902 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA. He was buried in San Angelo in Fairmount Cemetery, Tom Green County, Texas, USA. He was the son of Henry Jackson HENDERSON and Nancy O MCMACKIN. He married Mary Emma WHATLEY 27 Jul 1875, daughter of Michael S WHATLEY and Caroline S WHITE. She was born 25 Apr 1859 in Alabama, USA, and died 16 Sep 1931 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA. She was buried 19 Sep 1931 in San Angelo in Fairmount Cemetery, Tom Green County, Texas, USA.

Jerry was the fourth child born to Dr. Henry Jackson Henderson and Nancy O McMackin. He was a jailer for the Ben Ficklin Jail in Tom Green Co., Texas before the then county seat was washed away in the Ben Ficklin flood in the 1880's.
He later became the County's Tax Accessor and Collector when the town of Santa Angela became the couty seat after the flood.
He and his brother Augustus Gaugh Henderson raised sheep on a ranch "10 miles this side of Sterling City. Family tradition has it the ranch was on what is now Arden Road.
Between 1880-1900 He was a Jailer, County Tax Accessor, and rancher.
6 Jun 1900 Jerry worked in a Wagon Yard.
Jeremiah Martha HENDERSON was born 19 Jan 1852 in Hopkins County, Texas, USA, and died 12 Mar 1902 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA. He was buried in San Angelo in Fairmount Cemetery, Tom Green County, Texas, USA. He was the son of Henry Jackson HENDERSON and Nancy O MCMACKIN. He married Mary Emma WHATLEY 27 Jul 1875, daughter of Michael S WHATLEY and Caroline S WHITE. She was born 25 Apr 1859 in Alabama, USA, and died 16 Sep 1931 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA. She was buried 19 Sep 1931 in San Angelo in Fairmount Cemetery, Tom Green County, Texas, USA.

Jerry was the fourth child born to Dr. Henry Jackson Henderson and Nancy O McMackin. He was a jailer for the Ben Ficklin Jail in Tom Green Co., Texas before the then county seat was washed away in the Ben Ficklin flood in the 1880's.
He later became the County's Tax Accessor and Collector when the town of Santa Angela became the couty seat after the flood.
He and his brother Augustus Gaugh Henderson raised sheep on a ranch "10 miles this side of Sterling City. Family tradition has it the ranch was on what is now Arden Road.
Between 1880-1900 He was a Jailer, County Tax Accessor, and rancher.
6 Jun 1900 Jerry worked in a Wagon Yard.


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