Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
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&iHFNcS anu tenucrNOnS.
Z Marriages: Micajah Clarke TO Sarah
Henderson. with consent OF John Hen
dersUn, her father Jan. 10, 1857: John
/ Clark to Susannah Henderson, spinster
ovember IL. 1921: Va. Co. Eecs.,
! lii Alhemarle County. Sec also
/ Critic" on Clarkes and Hendersons:
Nol .. PIP. IS and 80 In letter. dated
April Z, 1911, addressed to a descend
ant OF this Henderson family. Micajah
j. Clarke, lately deceased, OF Clarks-
Vile, Tenn. states. that:
Il am descended from Capt. Christie
/ pher Clarke, born 17G5-S0. his son Mica
/ i:th ST.. born Sept. 16, Ills. his Youngest
son William. born Sept. 4. 1860 (solder
! ia Revolutionary war;. his son DR..
Micajah Clarke tmy father). all OF Han
over. Louisa and Albemarle Counties.
n Tho names Christopher and Micajah
! frequently appear among the descend
ants.
. col. John Henderson married Miss
/ Goodc, first cousin OF Thomas Jeffer-
son. Micajah Sis son, Robert Clarke,
/ married Susan Henderson. your grand
! athcr Thomas LOWS Gaines married
! ier sister. Lucy Patterson Henderson,
! laughter OF Col. John Henderson. md
rst cousin once removed from Thomas
| cfferson. One OF Robert
Clarkes sons. james Clarke, was Gov
ernor OF Kentucky. lie was your
Erandmother's nephew and my fathers
first cousin. Micajah Sis. son. John,
married Miss Moore OF Campbell Coun-
" Va. and always lived there. His
! ons John and Micajah. moved to Ken
ucky and married two Hendersons
sstcrs). NIcajah's children; John.
iiraiah. Fannie. Bennett. Grayson,
= 1". rolly-all Of Kentucky. The
C,l',!r"n OF Robert Clarke and Susan
lend erson were: Christopher on. c..
ia.). William. James Gov. OF Ky.).
/ Sowing, Robert, Mary (and Il daughter.
/ tc., c,cD. Micaiah Clarke. ST.. and
/ Zen. George Rogers Clarke and his
,rothcr William Clarke tGov OF MOI
were cousins"
/ Alicajah ]. Clarke. tho author OF this
} otter. years ago, gave considerable
/ tudy to these trees"
/ Professor Andrew l.. Martin. Cumbcr-
and Law School. Lebanon, Tenn. is a
o.. or grandson of the Miss Clarke who
. married. u Martin, hereinafter men
Toned.
The will or Col. Henderson. dated
unc Ii. 1890. probntcd Sept 1874, In
( Albcmar!e County. Va. mentions his
( wife, Frances" sons. Bennett. Mat
hcw and William. daughters, Mary,
owls, Frances Hines, Sarah Clarke.
elizabeth Martin. Susan Henderson
/ lucy henderson," executors: Jeremiah
I hammer, brother Bennett Henderson.
/ amcs Lewis, Edward Moore, and my
/ on, Bennett Henderson. My son, Ben
/ EFT Henderson. and my brother Bennett
henderson to assist in managing tho
I state" Witnesses: David Powell Tor
/ 'owcra) Nelson Crawford. William
/ harmon" The Will OF Frances Hen
2 crson. the widow of this testator. Col.
ohm Henderson, dated November 90,
SIC, Was probatcd, In Warren County,
~, February 4, ISIS" the witnesses
..f, a,.t- 1.
] Clarke. Sarah c. Hines
During her w'dowhood and to her
death. she was member Of the fam
lily OF her son-in-law, Thomas Lewis
. Gaines (born In Culpeper County. Va.),
who had married, in 1900. her daugh-
ter. Lucy. who died July "a. 1854. In
! Nashville Tenn. where Mr.. Gaines and
his family and many OF their relations
/ moved (from Kcntucky). between 1890
! ana lS3C. as the census OF kentucky
/ and Tennessee for those years show
( The hTst item OF the Will OF Frances
/ Henderson, IN part. reads: II leave to
my daughter. Lucy Gaines, wife Of
/ Certified copies OF these Wills and the
/ disposition -; Bennett IL. Clarke and
! William Gaines (brother of Thomas L..
| Ga!nes). OF simpson and Warren Coun-
ties. Ky, respectively. arc before the
writer OF this communications and
u,
in re Colonel John Henderson and his
wife, Frances, and their children
Many OF the grandchildren of Thomas $
/. Gaines and Lucy Henderson Gaines
reside In Nashvilic---the children of
Frances Asbury Gaines. DR.. John w.
Gaines. William L. Mosoby. Henry
Hyde. Liston Temple. Susan Gaines
'I'c'way. Malvina Henderson Gaines
Winchester (Mcmph!s)--all deceased.
II there are any errors in thus digest
ing these records. or in the statements
~ NJ: M!cajah j. Clarkes letter first
quoted. corrections are invoked.
In 1916, BENNETT II. Henderson was
Representative in Congress from
Tennessee. But little appears to be
recorded Of him. 4 Bennett H. Hen
d"rs"n was cadet 10 West ro.n; about
this time. and rose TO distinction in
Tie army and died In 81. Louis tGra-
hams District. L. s. Army, Further
Information as to each OF these is re-
4ucsrch
VIII OF John Henderson, Sr.
VII! dated june s. 1882. rrobatca
NiHcmar!c County. October l.. lTSG.
'ucnuons. "My daughter, Frances Hen
dcrso0. MY TIRE sons, John, Bennett
ana william. NY daughters. Elizabeth
Crawford, :;usaurah Clark, Mary Bill
lock. Hannah Bullock and Frances
Henderson; my grandchildren, John
homas. Elizabeth Wood, Lucy Lewis,
JanF Thomas and Cornelius Thomas.
do appoint my sons, John. Bennett
aud william Henderson, my exccut ors.
witnesses. Charles Wingheld. william
WinEhold, Dudley Jones. Chris,opher
Wlngncid"
THIS ;cstator. John Henderson. ST..
vas tho father Of John (who married
Frances Moore). Hcnnc;: Henderson
ana other licndcrsons. Josiah Lewis.
CHARLES Lewis and other I.ewises. Pen
dl",on and Gaines pcopIc. Moved
! tsoc-lo) TO Kentucky Barrow. Simp.
son. Faycttc, Jossamino and other
countcs). SEQ early ceDsuscs of Ken
tucky.
The Moncurc Family.
DIR. ". Peyton NIoncure.
EDITOR o! The Times Dispatch:
some weeks ago there appeared in
theSe columns & brief account OF thu