Henderson Web Generation Three

22. ELIZABETH³ HENDERSON (Samuel², James¹); born 12 April 1818; died, 3 March 1882; buried in Miller Farm Cemetery;¹⁰² married 25 January 1842 or 1844 ALONZO POOR, born 1 January 1818; died 24 January 1891 of heart disease; buried in Miller Farm Cemetery.¹⁰³ In 1880, Alonzo and Elizabeth and several boarders were living in Oil Creek Township, Venango County.¹⁰⁴

Alonzo’s parents were William and Ritta (called Kitty) (Dart) Poor, who came to Venango County from Massachusetts.¹⁰⁵ Alonzo’s sister Nancy Poor married Richard Henderson Watson (#71), a child of Robert Perry and Martha (Henderson) Watson. The Alonzo Poor family started holding church services in a building in Shamburg (near Pleasantville, Pennsylvania), and by 1870 they were joined by John S. and Hannah (Jamison) Fleming and family. In 1903 the church was organized as a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Church services were eventually held at the church’s present location, about two miles south of Pleasantville, on Rt. 227; the church is called the Shamburg Christian Church. See the Shamburg Christian Church in the Fleming section.

From Bell (1890), page 1105:

Alonzo Poor, farmer and oil producer, was born near Titusville, Crawford county, January 1, 1818, and removed with his parents, William and Ritta (Dart) Poor, to this county in May of the same year. He received an ordinary education and learned the carpenter trade. He settled on his present farm in 1841, and two years later was married to Miss Elizabeth Henderson of Oil Creek township, Crawford County. She died March 3 1882, and was the mother of three children: Cornelius L., who married Sarah M. Goodban, March 20 1867, and is an attorney of Burlington, Iowa; Mary, married to C. C. Matheson of Titusville, April 29, 1879; and William B., who married Ellen Nash April 1, 1879 and has two children: Lee and Glenn. Mr. Poor has always been identified with the Republican party, and served one term as a county auditor. He has also been a school director for over thirty years. He is a member of Oil Creek Grange No. 400, P. and H., and of the Freewill Baptist Church.

Children of Alonzo and Elizabeth (Henderson) Poor:

+	99	i.	Cornelius⁴ Poor; born 13 May 1845 in Pennsylvania; married 20 March 1867 Sarah Goodban.
	100	ii.	Mary Jane Poor; born 11 April 1847; married 29 April 1879 C. C. Matheson.
	101	iii.	George W. Poor; born 7 June 1850; died 5 September 1852; buried in Miller Farm Cemetery.¹⁰⁶
+	102	iv.	William Boyd Poor; born 8 June 1852; married 1 April 1877 Ellen Nash. In 1880 William and Ellen, were living next door to William’s parents in Oil Creek Township, Venango County.¹⁰⁷

26. SUSAN³ JANE HENDERSON (Samuel², James¹); born July 1827; married David White, born May 1825 in New York. David was a farmer. The family lived in Eldred, Warren County in 1850 and 1860; and in Chautauqua County, New York, in 1870, 1880 and 1900.¹⁰⁸ At the time of the death of her brother William in 1900, the family was still living in Forestville, Chautauqua County, New York. Susan Jane was a widow in 1910, living with her daughter Berdina in Hanover Township, Chautauqua County, New York (census page 146A).

Children of David and Susan Jane, known from the federal censuses (all born in Pennsylvania):

103	i.	Aurelia⁴ White; born circa 1846.
104	ii.	Delia White; born circa 1856.
105	iii.	Lydia (Hattie) White; born circa 1864.
106	iv.	Berdina White; born October 1867; married Walter Rogers, born May 1870 in New York. In 1900 Walter, Berdina and child were living with Susan Jane's parents. Child known from the 1900 federal census: (a) Ruth Rogers, born December 1895 in New York.

28. JOSEPH³ C. HENDERSON (Samuel², James¹); born March 1834; died 19 August 1924 in Oil Creek Township;¹⁰⁹ married (first) HARRIET STACKPOLE; died 13 November 1863; married (second) PAMELA BENNETT, born May 1838 in Pennsylvania.¹¹⁰

In 1850, Joseph was living with his parents in Oil Creek Township, Crawford County. In 1870, 1880, 1900 and 1910 Joseph, Pamela and family were living in the Titusville area where Joseph was listed as a farmer.¹¹¹ In 1920, Joseph was living with his married daughter Leola Watson and family in Oil Creek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (census page 8B). Joseph C. Henderson’s will is in Venango County Will Docket 24, page 450.

Children of Joseph and first wife Harriet (Stackpole) Henderson (all born in Pennsylvania):

	107	i.	George⁴ W. Henderson; born circa 1857. The right time period has a George Henderson of Crawford County marrying Mary E. Davis.¹¹²
	108	ii.	Lizzie Henderson; born circa 1858.
+	109	iii.	Julia Henderson; born 1859, still alive in 1949 at age 90; married John H. Lewis.

Children of Joseph and second wife Pamela (Bennett) Henderson (all born in Pennsylvania):

	110	iv.	Hattie Henderson; born circa 1866.
	111	v.	Robert Henderson; born circa 1867.
+	112	vi.	Leola Henderson; born circa 1871; died 1952 or 1953; married 18 August 1899 Andrew C. Watson
	113	vii.	Ida Henderson; born 26 August 1872; died 1957; married Clyde Cassius Clark, born October 1870 in New York state; died 1927. The family lived in the Titusville area, where Clyde was a farmer. In 1910, Clyde and Ida were living with Ida's parents in Titusville. Their children were (a) Delos (Red) P. Clark, born circa 1912 in Pennsylvania; married Dorothy Schwanz. (b) Mildred J. Clark, born circa 1913 in Pennsylvania ; married Charles Clarke.¹¹³
+	114	viii.	Percy J. Henderson; born December 1873 in Pennsylvania; married Cora Burrows
	NN	ix.	Ray Kepler Henderson; born circa 1878 (adopted, according to Heinen, 1992, page 470).
	115	x.	Mildred Henderson; born 1 April 1882 in Pennsylvania; married George J. West, born circa 1874 in Pennsylvania; lived in Pleasantville. George was an oil well producer. Living with the family in 1910 and 1920 was Delia West, widow, mother of George, born circa 1849 in New York state.¹¹⁴ Apparently George and Mildred did not have children.

36. SARAH³ HENDERSON (David², James¹); born circa 1816; died circa 1858; married NATHAN FOLWELL, born circa 1816 in Dempseytown, Oakland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania; died 1891.¹¹⁵ In 1850, Nathan, Sarah and family were living in Allegheny Township, Venango County.¹¹⁶ After Sarah died, Nathan, in 1860, was living in Pleasantville, Allegheny Township.¹¹⁷ He was enumerated as a shoemaker in 1850 and 1860. E. D. Dodge, a harness maker, was in the household in 1860. In 1870, Nathan and children Adelaide, Ida, Charles and George were enumerated in Oil Creek Township, Venango County.¹¹⁸ By 1880, Nathan had married Barbara [—?—], born circa 1846 in Wales; they apparently had one child, Estella Folwell, born circa 1871.¹¹⁹ Heinen (1992), page 359, reports Sarah (Henderson) Folwell died in 1858, and this is supported by Sarah’s absence in the 1860 (and 1870 and 1880) censuses for Nathan Folwell. This would mean that at least two of the children enumerated with Nathan, namely Charles and George (both born in the 1860s), could not have been children of Sarah (Henderson) Folwell. An explanation might be that Nathan married in the early 1860s and his second wife died before the 1870 census. We know that by 1880 Nathan had married Barbara [—?—].

Children of Nathan and Sarah (Henderson) Folwell:

+	116	i.	William⁴ H. Folwell; born 24 March 1839; died 4 December 1901; married Lucy Miller
	117	ii.	Jane Folwell; born circa 1841.¹²⁰
	118	iii.	Delia (Aldelia) Folwell, born circa 1846; married (tentative) F. D. Cox.¹²¹ There was a Finly D. Cox, born 1844 in Pennsylvania, who was a constable in Duke Center, McKean County, Pennsylvania, with apparently wife L. D. Cox, born 1854 in New York state.¹²²
	119	iv.	Seldon (Sheldon?) Folwell, born circa 1848.
	120	v.	Emma J. Folwell; born January 1852; died 1930; buried in Fairview Cemetery; Pleasantville, Pennsylvania; married 25 November 1875 Samuel A. Lytle, born 8 November 1852; died 30 December 1924 in Shamburg (near Pleasantville); buried in Fairview Cemetery, Pleasantville. Samuel A. Lytle was a son of William and Sarah (Fleming) Lytle. The children of Samuel and Emma (Folwell) Lytle were (a) Maude Lytle. (b) Leota Lytle (Monroe). (c) Arlie Lytle (Roth). See #74 of “Lytles for information on Samuel and Emma Lytle and their descendants.
	121	vi.	Adelaide Folwell, born 24 October 1855; died 13 June 1936 in Longmont, Colorado; married Lily Lovejoy, born August 1838 in Iowa. born circa 1855.
	122	vii.	Ida Folwell, born circa 1858. In the 1880 census for Allegheny Township,¹²³ Ida was enumerated with Samuel and her sister Emma Lytle, along with a Frank Cox, born circa 1873, reported as a “nephew.” This Frank Cox was probably a child of F. D. and Delia Folwell Cox (Ida’s sister).
	123	viii.	Charles Folwell, born circa 1863. **Charles was probably not a child of Sarah (Henderson) Folwell, see above; although, until this conflict is resolved, he will be listed under Nathan and Sarah (Henderson) Folwell.
	124	ix.	George Folwell, born circa 1868. **George was probably not a child of Sarah (Henderson) Folwell, see above; although, until this conflict is resolved, he will be listed under Nathan and Sarah (Henderson) Folwell.

37. ELIZABETH³ HENDERSON(David², James¹), born December 1819; died 28 September 1851; buried in Union Cemetery, Oil Creek Township, Crawford County; married WALKER H. SEDORUS (the name is also spelled Sardoris, Sardoras, Sardoris, Sedoris) (his given name is clearly spelled Walker, not Walter, in the 1880 federal census for Oil Creek Township¹²⁴), born 8 December 1818; died 20 January 1904.¹²⁵ After Elizabeth died, Walker married Mary Jane McCray, born circa 1830¹²⁶ (daughter of William and Elizabeth Story McCray, according to Heinen, 1992, page 359) and had three children: Catherine Sedorus, born circa 1856, married George P. Siggins; James W. Sedorus, born circa 1859; died 4 August 1906, married Retta Marilla; and John M. Sedorus, born 1864. Mary Jane also raised Elizabeth’s two children.¹²⁷

Bell (1890), page 1094, gives a biographical sketch of William and Elizabeth (Story) McCray. Bell does not list a Mary Jane McCray as a daughter, but does list an Elizabeth McCray who married “Henry Sedors.” Besides Bell (1890), there are several Venango County documents naming the children of William and Elizabeth (Story) McCray. None mentions a Mary Jane McCray. Two are 1843 documents,¹²⁸ both mentioning Elizabeth Jane McCray and Mary Eleanor/Ellen McCray. Neither was married in 1843. An 1863 land deed¹²⁹ lists the married names of the children, but both Elizabeth Jane and Mary E. were listed as McCrays. William McCray’s will,¹³⁰written 21 June 1861, recorded 6 August 1861, mentions daughter [Elizabeth] Jane, “intermarried with Henry Sardorus . . .”

The will of Walker¹³¹ H. (Henry?) Sedorus of Oil Creek Township, Venango County¹³² mentions wife (also the executrix) Mary Jane Sedorus, sons James W. and John M. Sedorus, and daughters Esther Carpenter, Catherine M. Siggins and Melina L. Britt. Melina was not mentioned as a child by Allen (1901) or Heinen (1992), although Heinen (page 360) lists a Margaret Sedorus as a daughter of Walker and Elizabeth Henderson Sedorus. Witnesses were A. Holeman and H. J. Hopkins.

Children of Walker and Elizabeth (Henderson) Sedorus (the name is spelled Sedorus in Walker’s will):¹³³

	125	i.	Esther⁴ Sedorus; born circa 1845 in Pennsylvania; married Henry Carpenter, born circa 1834 in New York state. Henry worked in the oil fields; was enumerated as "glycerine" in 1880 [probably was a well shooter]. The family was in Cherrytree Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania in 1870 and eventually moved to Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania.¹³⁴ Esther was mentioned in the will of her father. Children of Henry and Esther (Sedorus) Carpenter were (a) Emma Carpenter, born circa 1861. (b) J. Florence Carpenter, born circa 1868.
	126	ii.	Melinda L. Sedorus;born August 1849 in Pennsylvania; married James Britt (re her father’s will), born May 1841 in New York state. In 1900, the family lived in Lima, Ohio, where James was listed as an oil producer. Children known from the 1900 federal census: (a) Daisy P. Britt, born September 1880 in Pennsylvania. (b) Ona M. Britt, born Jun 1892 in Ohio.¹³⁵

39. ROBERT³ A. HENDERSON (David², James¹); born February 1821; died 13 May 1864; buried in Union Cemetery, Oil Creek Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; married MARGERY COYLE, born 1 February 1821; died 17 June 1900. The family lived in Oil Creek Township, Crawford County.¹³⁶ In 1850, a Jane C. Henderson, born circa 1836 in Pennsylvania, was enumerated with Robert and Margery and family. ¹³⁷ James B. Kerr's obituary is in the 8 January 1894 edition of the Titusville Herald.¹³⁸ In 1880, James and Margery, with two Kerr children (Eva Kerr, born circa 1858, and Hubert Kerr, born circa 1860) and four Henderson children (see below) were enumerated in Titusville, Oil Creek Township, Crawford County. At this time, James Kerr was listed as a retired farmer.

Children of Robert and Margery (Coyle) Henderson:¹³⁹

	127	i.	infant⁴ Henderson; born 1844; died 1844
	128	ii.	Lydia Louise Henderson; born 23 September 1845; died 30 November 1872; married George Kerr, born 1842; died 7 December 1909 in Farnum, Nebraska. Both are buried in Kerr Hill Cemetery, Oil Creek Township, Crawford County. George was a grocer.¹⁴⁰ Their children were (a) Ray Kerr, born January 1867; died 8 February 1867. (b) Charles Kerr, born 18 October 1868; died 16 September 1871. (c) Chester Kerr, born 30 November 1872; died circa 1937 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; his mother died on the same day Chester was born. Chester was raised by his grandmother, Margery (Coyle) Henderson Kerr.
+	129	iii.	Mary Eugenia Henderson; born 1847; died 1913; married James Ruland Kerr.
	130	iv.	Adelia Henderson; born circa 1848; died 1860.
	131	v.	Cassius Henderson, born circa 1849; died 1860.
	132	vi.	died 1860., born circa 1848.
	133	vii.	Ida Josephine Henderson; born 27 November 1853; died 26 October 1928 in Titusville. In 1880 Ida was living with her mother and step-father in Titusville. She did not marry.¹⁴¹
	134	viii.	Olivia Henderson, born circa 1855; died 1860.
	135	ix.	David Lavan Henderson, born 11 January 1857; died 17 February 1901; married 15 June 1881 Elizabeth Coates, born 16 September 1862; died 1 November 1932. Both are buried in Union Cemetery, Oil Creek Township, Crawford County. He was a farmer in the Centerville, Rome Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, area.¹⁴² David was educated in the School for Soldiers’ Orphans, Titusville, Pennsylvania.¹⁴³ br>Their child was (a) Robert Henderson, born 5 March 1884; died 13 October 1949; married Lena Odell, born 31 January 1888. In 1920, Robert and Lena , no children, were in Centerville, Crawford County (census page 1B), where Robert was enumerated as a hardware merchant.
	136	x.	Freind (Friend?) Henderson, born circa 1859; in 1880, Freind was living with his mother and step–father in Titusville. He was still single in 1920, when he was living as a roomer in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, listed as a drilling contractor.¹⁴⁴
	137	xi.	James D. Henderson, born 10 July 1860; died 29 May 1897. In 1880 James was living with his mother and step-father in Titusville. James was a teamster; apparently he did not marry.
	138	xii.	Clarence RulandHenderson, born 18 July 1862; died 10 May 1901. In 1880 Clarence was living with his mother and step-father in Titusville. He apparently did not marry. Note: Adelia, Cassius, George and Olivia Henderson all died within a week (1860); the cause was scarlet fever.¹⁴⁵

Robert Henderson, when in his early forties, with a wife and seven living children, volunteered during the Civil War. He was in Company D, 63rd Regiment, Pennsylvania 18th Cavalry (or Pennsylvania 22nd Cavalry, according to a list of members of the Keystone Cavalry, online) from 20 September 1862 until May 1864 when he died in the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.¹⁴⁶

Andersonville Prison
The Andersonville Prison was located near Americus, Georgia. It is now a National Historic Site, maintained by the National Park Service as a memorial to all Americans ever held as prisoners of war. Andersonville is a rural area 10 miles north of Americus on Highway 49.

The Andersonville Prison was opened in February 1864. Some sources indicate the prison was meant to hold about 10,000 prisoners. It is not necessary to describe the horrors resulting in part from the crowded conditions. These are well documented, some with graphic photographs, in numerous publications pertaining to Andersonville.¹⁴⁷ Undoubtedly a contributing factor to the overcrowding was General Ulysses S. Grant’s decision, at the time seemingly justifiable, to cease prisoner exchanges, which he did on 17 April 1864. By June 1864 (Robert died 13 May 1864), the prison population was over 20,000 and by August over 30,000. By early September, General William Tecumseh Sherman was advancing towards Andersonville, and the prisoners were removed from Andersonville and eventually many were relocated in South Carolina. Many surviving prisoners were eventually released through Union’s lines 1 March 1865.