When Harold William Henderson was born on 5 December 1919, in Bismarck, St. Francois, Missouri, United States, his father, George Washington Henderson, was 36 and his mother, Kitty Robinson McCoy, was 35. He married Betty Bell Taylor on 28 August 1938, in Flat River, St. Francois, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Iron Township, St. Francois, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Bonne Terre, St. Francois, Missouri, United States in 1935. He registered for military service in 1944. In 1969, at the age of 49, his occupation is listed as deacon of united methodist church, missouri east annual conference in Fayette, Howard, Missouri, United States. He died on 21 March 2003, in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Bismarck, St. Francois, Missouri, United States.