Francis Gardere Henderson
Photograph submitted by Terry Henderson<thenderson@mac.com> 
Date: Sep. 2003


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Francis Gardere Henderson, son of Stephen Henderson 
of Baton Rouge. Francis G. Henderson was born around 1826 in Baton Rouge 
and was son of Stephen Henderson who was "Magistrate" (Mayor) of Baton Rouge 
in the mid 1830s. This picture was taken in New Orleans as the first wave 
of volunteers left Baton Rouge to "rescue" our American Troops in Mexico in 
1846. Francis G. Henderson will become editor of the Baton Rouge Gazette in 
1847 and will marry Lucretia Calvit Cheatham, also from Baton Rouge. He 
will die in Missouri in 1862 fighting for the South.