NEWTON WESLEY HENDERSON, a well known and competent farmer of Hall County for a number of years, is well remembered in Jackson township for his many traits of sterling character. He was born in Fulton County, Illinois, December 5, 1886, and died on his farm in Hall County, October 19, 1909. He was the fifth in a family of nine children born to Elijah J. and Sarah E. (Watson) Henderson. His father was born in Fayette County, Ohio, April 22, 1835, and his mother in Indiana, September 18, 1832.
Newton Wesley Henderson was nineteen years old when he accompanied his parents to Nebraska in 1885, and had been well educated in the schools of his native state. The family settled in South Jackson township, Hall County, and he remained at home assisting his father as long as he was needed, then worked on neighboring farms until 1894, when he became a farmer on his own responsibility, and so continued until the close of his life. He carried on his farm operations with much success, was a kind husband and father and was neighborly and just in the community.
On December 8, 1897, Mr. Henderson married Miss Emma A. Alberts, of Jackson township, Hall County, a daughter of Gottlieb H. and Lena C. (Majewskey) Alberts, the former of whom was born January 1, 1822, at Baden, Germany, and the latter, February 7, 1838, in Mecklenburg, Germany.
For about four years after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson lived on a farm north of Wood river and then removed to the Alberts homestead in Jackson township. They became the parents of three sons: Ralph W.; Earl A. and Elijah R. Ralph W. Henderson was born October 19, 1898, was in military service and accompanied the American Expeditionary Force to France. His record appears in the soldier section of this publication. He returned home safely with duty well performed, and is assisting his mother on the homestead. Earl A., who was born April 11, 1900, and Elijah R., who was born March 18, 1904, are also engaged in farm pursuits on the home farm, and all three are reliable, steady, highly respected young men. During the World War, Mrs. Henderson was continuously active in Red Cross work, going into Wood River for supplies and taking them home to make into the articles most needed, her kind heart at all times overflowing with good will and sympathy for the sick and wounded. She is very highly esteemed in Jackson township.
United States Census, 1900
Newton W Henderson, Jackson Township, Hall, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 86, sheet 5A, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,929.
Newton W. Henderson Birth: Dec. 5, 1866 Death: Oct. 19, 1909
Family links: Spouse: Emma A. Alberts Henderson (1873 - 1946)
Burial: Wood River Cemetery Wood River Hall County Nebraska, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 21585080
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