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Henderson. — Alexander Henderson, of Augusta county,
Va., had sixteen children, and raised ten of them. The
names of those who lived were — John, Samuel, Joseph, Robert,.
David, Alexander, Jr., William, George, James, and DanieL
The latter married Martha Steele, of Virginia, and settled on
Auxvasse creek, in Callaway county, in 1823. They had four
children, all of whom were born in Virginia and came to Mis-
souri with their parents. Their names were — Alexander, James-
S., John S., and Jane. Alexander married Dicey Finley. Judge
James S. married Emily Boone, daughter of Judge Jesse Boone.
John S, was married twice ; first to Mary Snell, and second to-
Elizabeth Pratt. Jane married Colonel Isaac Tate. Joseph
Henderson, brother of Daniel, married Susan Rallef, of Virginia,,
and settled in Callaway county in 1835. John married Polly
Burton, of Kentucky, and settled in Callaway county in 1835.
William married a widow lady named Irvine, and settled in
Audrain county. George and James also settled in Missouri, the
former in Clay county, and the latter in St. Louis. David mar-
ried Ellen Anderson, and they had — Alexander, David, Jr.,,
Joseph, John, William, Margaret, Rachel, Elizabeth, and Elsa.
Alexander, son of David Henderson, Sr., was married first to
Margaret Hart, and second to Elizabeth Morrison. He had ten
children by his two wives. Mr. Henderson settled in Callaway
county at an early date, and taught singing school for a number
of years. It is said that he and George W. Burt sang love songs
so sweetly that the pupils all fell in love with them. David J.,
son of Alexander Henderson, Jr., married Mary R. Blackenburg,
and settled in Callaway county in 1828. They had nine sons and
two daughters.
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