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Henderson County, Illinois

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Profiles

  • Celia A. Langston (1855 - 1910)
  • Blanche L. Goodloe-Axsom (1908 - 1994)
  • Joseph Edward Long (1875 - 1955)
  • Harry M. Putney (1868 - 1942)
    Son of Ira Maxwell & Azubah Ann Haislett Putney, he married on 21 Nov. 1889 (1) Florena Mae McIntire, a sister of his brother, Bert's wife, Mary Florence McIntire. They had a son, Thomas Marshall Putne...
  • Bert Brown Putney (1872 - 1946)
    Bert Putney, well known resident of this city, passed away Tuesday, at the home of his son, Virgil, in Burlington, IA, following a stroke. Burial will be in the Stronghurst Cem. with the Gittings-Sandi...

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Henderson County was formed in 1841. It was named for Henderson County, Kentucky, which was named for Richard Henderson, founder of the Transylvania Company, an early attempt to organize what later became Kentucky around 1775.

Adjacent Counties

Cities & Villages

  • Biggsville
  • Dallas City (part)
  • Gladstone
  • Gulf Port
  • Lomax
  • Media
  • Oquawka
  • Raritan
  • Stronghurst

Other Townships & Communities: Bald Bluff, Carman, Carthage Lake, Decorra, Hopper, Olena, Rozetta, Shokonon, Stronghurst, Terre Haute and Yellow Banks

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Illinois

Links

Wikipedia

US Gen Net

Genealogy Trails

Henderson County Library - Genealogy & History

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