Hon. Davis Woodward Henderson and Clelia W. Knox

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Husband Hon. Davis Woodward Henderson ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 25 Dec 1875 - Franklin Twp, Fayette Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: Stewart Henderson (1849-1924) 4 5
         Mother: Harriet Woodward (1851-Aft 1912) 3 5 6 7

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       Marriage: 24 Jan or 24 Jun 1903 - Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA 2 8

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Wife Clelia W. Knox ^{2 8}

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           Born:  - Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA
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         Father: John J. Knox (      -Bef 1912) 2 8
         Mother: Carrie E. Shupe (      -      ) 2 8 9 10 11

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Children

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1 M Davis Knox Henderson ^{2 8}

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           Born: 27 Apr or 27 Oct 1906 - Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA 2 8
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         Spouse: Ruth Emily Griswold (      -      ) 12

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2 F Mary Clelia Henderson ^{2 12}

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           Born: 27 Mar 1910 2 12
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Caroline Harriet Henderson ²

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            AKA: Carolyn Henderson 12
           Born: 18 Jul 1911 2 12
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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Davis Woodward Henderson

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He received his early education in the public school, and grew up on the home farm. At the age of sixteen years he entered the State Normal School at California, Pennsylvania, whence he was graduated in class of 1894. He taught school one year after his graduation, then entered Waynesburg College, whence he was graduated A. B., class of 1897. He taught again for one year in Jefferson township, Fayette County, then carried into effect a long cherished ambition, the study of law. In September, 1898, he registered as a law student with David M. Hertzog, an eminent lawyer of Uniontown, continuing study under his perceptorship until admission to Fayette county bar, December 4, 1900. He established a practice in Uniontown and was admitted to all state and federal courts. He was a Republican in politics and was active in party management of local affairs. He was chairman of the county committee in 1902-03, assistant district attorney, 1905-07, and in November, 1907, was elected district attorney, serving in that office four years. He was a member of the Masonic order, holding the thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite. He also was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 370, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania. In religious faith he was a Presbyterian, belonging to the First Church of Uniontown, and was an active worker in the Sunday school.

1 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1030.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 639.

3 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 29.

4 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 953, 1030.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 218, 639.

6 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 403.

7 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1044.

8 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 30.

9 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 510.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 495.

11 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 132.

12 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 31.