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1914 HISTORY
OF DELAWARE COUNTY
CHARLES W. HENDERSON
Charles W.
Henderson, a representative and enterprising agriculturist of Delaware county,
operates a well improved farm of two hundred acres on sections 35 and 36, Adams township. His birth occurred in Jackson township, Linn county, Iowa, in 1876, his parents being Henry and
Hannah (Blodgette) Henderson. The father, a native of
Canada, was born twenty-five miles north of Quebec, while the mother's birth occurred in Jackson township, Linn county,
this state. Their marriage was celebrated in Linn county
in February, 1876, and there they still reside. Throughout his entire business
career Henry Henderson has devoted his attention to general agricultural
pursuits. To him and his wife have been born two children, namely: Charles W.,
of this review; and Lester, who is married and lives in Waterloo, Iowa.
Charles W.
Henderson .supplemented his early educational training by a high school course
at Coggon. Since putting aside his text-books he has given his time and
energies to agricultural pursuits and now operates a valuable farm belonging to
his wife's father, which comprises two hundred acres south of Ryan, on sections
35 and 36, Adams township. He
cultivates the cereals best adapted to soil and climate and also devotes
considerable attention to stock-raising, this branch of his business adding
materially to his annual income.
On the
21st of June, 1899,
Mr. Henderson was united in marriage to Miss Louise Patton, her parents being
Mr. and Mrs. James Patton of Coggon, the former a native of Ireland. Our subject and his wife have two
children, Bertha and James Wilbur Henderson. Fraternally Mr. Henderson is
identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Coggon and Manchester and also with the Modern Woodmen of
America. His life has been such as to merit the respect, of his fellowmen, and
by his honesty, uprightness and industry he has contributed much toward the upbuilding of the community of which he is a representative
citizen.
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