The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-03-24
CAPTAIN HENDERSON ANSWERS TAPS.
Old Veteran and Popular Citizen 0beys
The Command.
The mnllled drums sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattoo

Capt. Henderson is dead This brief
announcement, last week, surprised and
saddened johnson City. TWAS known
to only few friends that he was i'll,
and even they did not believe his con
ditlon critical. He was taken sick Sun
day evening, after spending the after
noon visiting friends, andhis condition
became serious Monday at midnight.
He never rallied, and died at $3.50 on
Wednesday afternoon, surrounded by
all his family, except his son, Walter,
who was hurrying to his bedside from
Florida, For years he has not been en-
ioylng perfect health, but there seemed
no reason to believe that he was near
ing that bourne from whence no tray.
eler returns, and for this reason the
news of his death was all the more
startling. He was familiar figure in
business circles, and was one of our
most enterprising and progressive mer-
chants. He was Mason, in all the
term implies, and Confederate vet.
eran with his whole heart. His home
life was ideal, and O more considerate
and indulgent father is seldom found.
Capt. Henderson had many friends in
East Tennessee, who loved him because
his big Confederate heart rebelled
against everything that looked like in
gratitude or hypocrisy.
A respected citizen, loving father
and warm-hearted, generous friend
has passed to his final reward. May his
soul rest in peace.
The funeral services occurred at 2:9O
Friday afternoon and were conducted
at the late residence by Rev. ]. Ed
munds Brown, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church, of which Capt. Hen
derson was a member. He was buried
with Masonic honors, the local Lodge
4S6 having charge Camp Gordon Con-
federate veterans attended in q body,
and hundreds offriends followed the re-
mains to their last resting place in Oak
Hill cemetery. The decorations were
the most beautiful ever seen in the city
and were contributed by Daughters of
the Confederacy, Camp John B. Cor
don, Johnson City Masonic Lodge,
Merchants Association and q large
number of friends of the family.
Mr.. Henderson was a Tannesaaan,
being born in the county of Greene,
October II, 1887. He was, therefore,
sixty-six years Of age. he was vol
unteer in the Confederate army, join
ing the Nineteenth Tennessee. In 1853
he was transferred to Jackson's brigade
as assistant commissary, with rank Of
Captain, in which capacity he served
until the close of the war. Wars grim
alarm over, he settled at Bedford City,
Va, and engaged in the lumber and
manufacturing business. In 1866 he
was joined in wedlock to Miss Cornelia
Richardson Jones, descendant Of and
connected with the most prominent
families of Virginia. To them were born
seven children, five of whom survive,
viz: Walter H., Frank S., Charles f.
and Misses Matte and Gordon Hen
derson. Also brother and sister,
namely, Major +. H. Henderson, of
Knoxville, and Mrs. Anne G. Burts, of
Fort Worth, Texas.
Capt. Henderson was q son OF Joseph
Henderson, a wealthy and prominent
man in Tennessee, and one of the pro-
motors and directors of the old Il. T. &
Va. railroad, between Knoxville and
Bristol, now part of the 81 eat South
ern system.