page_title: Joseph Henderson (pilot)
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph Henderson (pilot) / Death
caption_attribution_description: English: This is the tombstone of Captain Joseph Henderson from the Green-Wood cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
context_page_description: Joseph Henderson was a 19th century American harbor pilot who guided large vessels into and out of New York Harbor as a Sandy Hook pilot. During his long career he was involved with a number of historical pilotages including bringing the Statue of Liberty safely into port after its trip from Europe, and was called upon as an expert seaman to determine the height of the water span of the Brooklyn Bridge, a new bridge from Brooklyn to New York City.
context_section_description: In what would become Joseph's last outing, on October 4, 1890, Henderson left home in good health and sailed to Sandy Hook on board his pilot boat America, No. 21. During this trip, he became ill and was brought home to New York and died of peritonitis on October 7, 1890. The Brooklyn Eagle newspaper carried a front-page article titled: "Captain Joseph Henderson Dead – An Old Pilot and a Long Resident of Brooklyn Passes Away".
  Henderson was buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery. The Evening World newspaper said, "He was one of the oldest and best known of the Sandy Hook crew. The flag on the New York Sandy Hook pilots' building, at 20 State Street, hung at half-mast this morning in respect to the memory of Capt. Joseph Henderson, one of the oldest pilots in the service, who died at his home, 633 Willoughby avenue, Brooklyn, yesterday of peritonitis."
caption: Joseph Henderson tombstone at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Lot #13244 and Section #88
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