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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rev. Ebenezer Henderson, in Young, W.S. The Evangelical repository and United Presbyterian review. (Presbyterian Church, 1871).
p 344 - There may be some still living who can remember the grief occasioned by intelligence of the sudden or unexpected death of the Rev. Ebenezer Henderson; who had received a harmonious and unanimous call to take charge of the Associated Presbyterian Church, or congregation of Philadelphia. Mr. Henderson had been chosen, as the successor of Rev. Wm. Marshall. Intelligence did not then fly with the speed of lightning; and while the congregation eagerly awaited the arrival of their pastor elect, they received the news of his death.
... Mr. Ebenezer Henderson was first settled in Pittsburg, and upon one of his trips aver the Allegheny Mountains, Mrs. Henderson carried an infant son (who survives her), upon a pillow before her on the horse, and frequently she has spoken of sitting in those early times out in the open air, in the absence of a church building, in mid-winter, the grounds covered with snow, during a protracted Sabbath service. A call having been given to Mr. Henderson as successor to Mr. Marshall, the first pastor of the first Associate now first United Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Presbytery placed it in his hands, with the stipulation that before entering on his pastoral work he should visit the scattered flocks of their adherents in the South. This duty he fulfilled, and on his return was attacked by a violent fever, brought on by exposure, swimming rivers, etc., and died at Stanton [sic], Virginia. Of this marriage two children survive, Mr. James N. Henderson of Baltimore County, Md., and Mrs. Mary A. Wallace, of Lancaster Co., Pa.
- Rev. Ebenezer Henderson, in Adams, Jedidiah Howe. History of the life of D. Hayes Agnew. (The F.A. Davis company, 1892).
p 25 - Her [Agnus Noble's] first husband was the Rev. Ebenezer Henderson, a Presbyterian minister, by whom she had two children, - James N. and Mary A. Henderson. The Rev. Ebenezer Henderson was one of the pioneer Presbyterian preachers of America. His father, the Rev. Matthew Henderson, had been sent to this country by the Associate Synod of Edinburgh, being the fourth minister of that church, in order of time, entering upon this work in America. The Rev. Ebenezer Henderson's first charge was in Pittsburgh, which was, at that time, in a very wild and uncivilized condition; it being necessary to make the trip over the Allegheny Mountains on horseback. Mrs. Henderson, on one of these trips, carried her infant son upon a pillow on the saddle before her.
Mrs. Agnew frequently described the church services of those early times, which, in the absence of a church building, were often held in the open air, even in mid-winter with the ground covered with snow. A call was given to Mr. Henderson to succeed Mr. Marshall as the pastor of the First Associate, now the First United Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. The Presbytery placed it in his hands with the stipulation that before entering on his pastoral work he should visit the scattered flocks of adherents in the South. This duty he fulfilled, but on his return he was attacked by a violent fever brought on by exposure to the elements, swimming rivers, etc. He died at Staunton, Va., before he reached home. Intelligence did not then fly with the speed of lightning, and, while the congregation eagerly awaited the arrival of their pastor-elect, they received the news of his death.
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