Biography of Thomas E. Henderson, Franklin Co, AR

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.

Thomas E. Henderson was born in Cass County, Ga., September 7, 1840,
and is a son of James and Nancy (Brown) Henderson, natives of the same
State. In 1850 the family moved to Sevier County, Ark. After farming
four years there they moved to Polk County, where the father died in
1855. The mother died in Franklin County in 1880. Thomas E. grew to
maturity in Polk County, on the farm, and during the latter part of
1861 enlisted in the Fourth Arkansas Infantry, Confederate army, under
Col. McNair. He served in several minor engagements, and was once
taken prisoner, but made his escape in about twenty-four [p.1244]
hours. He was discharged for disability about a year after enlisting,
and then returned to Polk County, and after his recovery engaged in
farming. He was married in that county April 11, 1865, to Miss E. D.
Ransom, a native of Alabama, who was reared in Franklin County, and
daughter of George Ransom, now deceased, but formerly of Virginia.
After his marriage Mr. Henderson farmed a year in Polk County, and
then in January, 1866, located in White Oak Township, Franklin Co. He
moved upon his present farm in 1873. This place he has cleared and
enlarged, and it is now one of the nicest farms in the neighborhood.
He lives in a good one-story residence, has two tenement houses and
comfortable out-buildings, and devotes about three acres to fruit
raising. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson have three children: Maggie, wife of
Prof. H. A. Nickell; James W. and Mary E. Both our subject and wife
are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, to which all their
children belong. Mr. Henderson is an elder in the church and an active
worker.