Brief Life History of William Taylor
When William Taylor Henderson was born on 15 October 1844, in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States, his father, Hugh Carnes Henderson, was 43 and his mother, Lucretia Taylor, was 32. He married Dohia Or Donia Catherine Hogsett on 2 January 1867, in Madison, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Madison, Tennessee, United States for about 30 years. He died on 31 December 1919, in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Taylor Cemetery, Oakfield, Madison, Tennessee, United States.
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- William S Henderson in household of Hugh C Henderson, "United States Census, 1850"
- William T Henderson, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- William Taylor Henderson, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: usually from Middle English and Older Scots Hener(i)son ‘Henry's son’, occasionally from Middle English Hendeson ‘son of Hen’, a pet form of Henry , both with an intrusive -d-. Compare Hendrie . In Scotland Henderson was sometimes substituted for McKendrick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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