Jonathan Henderson, who was a prominent farmer and stock raiser in Valley township, was born in Virginia, November 19, 1804 and was the son of Jonathan and Jane ( Thomas ) Henderson, who moved to Lawrence county Indiana some few years after. The subject of this sketch was married in Lawrence county Indiana, in 1828 to Miss Nancy Dale, a daughter of William and Mary ( Lisles) Dale. They had eleven children-Mary J., married Michael Carberry; James, married Polly A. Montgomery; William, died in March 1839; Nancy C., married Hiram Payne; Sarah A., died April 14, 1858; Emily E., married James Moody; John, married Emeline Fenn; Samuel, married Ella Halley; Lewis S., died in December, 1872; Lucinda C., married William Mains.
Mr. Henderson came to Jackson township, Guthrie Center, in 1855, and settled on section 22, and there remained until the spring of 1879, when he came to Valley township. In august 1881, Mr. Henderson died, leaving his widow to mourn his loss, and who now makes her home with son James.
