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Samuel Henderson Sr


Birth21 February 1785Knoxville, Greene, Tennessee, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Samuel Henderson, Sr (1785-1856), memorial #20793388.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Samuel Henderson, ID: KWJY-85Q.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Samuel Henderson, 24 February 1856; citing Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States, p. 16, no. 627; Salt Lake County Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 4,139,616.
Death24 February 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Samuel Henderson, 24 February 1856; citing Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States, p. 16, no. 627; Salt Lake County Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 4,139,616.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," 12 March 1856, p. 8, column 3.
BurialFebruary 1856Salt Lake City Cemetery, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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FatherJames Henderson
MotherHannah Sollars
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   • Mary Polly Goforth
Married20 December 1804Greene County, Tennessee, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Samuel Henderson Sr., ID KWJY-85Q entry for Mary Elizabeth 'Polly' Goforth, ID LCJR-TGH.
          Children:
               James Goforth Henderson
               Elizabeth Henderson
               William Wallace Henderson
               John Marr Henderson
               Jane Henderson
               Sarah Henderson
               Minerva Henderson
               Jemina Henderson
               Rachel Henderson
               Isabel Henderson
               Samuel Goforth Henderson Jr
               Mary Henderson
               George Henderson


   • Elizabeth Harris
Married21 May 1827Washington County, Missouri, United States
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    Recorder of Deeds, Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri State Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Samuel Henderson and Elizabeth Harris (21 May 1827); citing Washington County, Missouri, Recorder of Deeds, “Marriage records, 1815-1954,” image 30, FHL microfilm 7,513,937.
          Children:
               Nancy Henderson
               Abigail Henderson
               Thomas Henderson
               Hannah Henderson
               Martin Henry Henderson Sr
               Charlotte Henderson
               Joseph Henderson
               Hyrum Henderson
               William Ira Henderson

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• 1840Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusHancock County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population Censusthe District No 21, Pottawattamie, IowaExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Easton Kelsey CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure29 Jun 1851
       Arrival22 Sept 1851

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