Cyrus Henderson, farmer, section
31, is a native of Muskingum County, Ohio, born Oct. 2,
1815. He moved from there to Galena, Ill., in 1831,
thence to Dubuque, Iowa, in June, 1833, where he remained
until January, 1835, then came to Clayton County. From
1838 to 1843 inclusive, excepting the year 1840, he
worked at blacksmithing for the Winnebago Indians. On
April 26, 1839, he married Mrs. Harriet M. Wells, Knee
Walker, a native of Gainsborough, Tenn. She had one child
by her first husband, Nicholas Wells, a son Alonzo D. Mr.
and Mrs.Henderson have had eleven children, viz.: Martha
E., born Feb. 13, 1843; Cyrus M. (deceased), Feb. 16,
1845; James E., Feb. 14, 1847; Jefferson F., Jan. 13,
1849; Eliphalet, March 9, 1850; Harriet Jane, April 22,
1851; Marceline L., Oct. 22, 1853; Daniel R., Dec. 9,
1855; John W., Oct. 28, 1858, and Effie S., May 6, 1860.
Cyrus M. was a member of Company G, Twenty-first Iowa
Volunteer Infantry, and was wounded while bravely
defending his country's cause, at Rolla, Mo., on Nov. 16,
1862. He died from the effects of his wounds Dec. 26,
1862. John Henderson, a brother of our subject, was the
first white man buried in Clayton County, his death
occurring in 1836. Politically Mr. Henderson favors the
Republican party. source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa, 1882, p. 1014-1015 |