Henderson, Lena Urcle

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Charles Richard Henderson, the son of Wiley and Sarah Church Henderson, was born Feb. 7, 1876, in Wayne County, Illinois.

He was united in marriage to Maggie ( Herdes ) Henderson, Dec. 2, 1903. To this union were born seven children, four of whom survive, two sons, Eugene and George Elmo of Clay City, and two daughters, Mae Dobbs of Cisne, and Blanche Staley of Fairfield.

He also leaves his wife, Maggie; one sister, Dora Trotter, Beardstown, Ill.; one brother, Francis M. Henderson of Clay City; 21 grandchildren and 26 great-granchildren.


Charles Henderson's mother is Sarah ( Church ) Henderson, Charles's father is Wiley Henderson, Wiley is buried at Madden Cemetery. I think Maggie is his wife. I believe Maggie's maiden name is Herdes . The R. in his name is for Richard

Charles married Herdes, Maggie. Maggie (daughter of Herdes, James Monroe 'Roe' and Snyder, Sarah D.) was born on 27 Jan 1884 in Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois; died on 21 Jul 1973 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Foster Hill Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _FGRAVE: 54037300
• Military Service: American Civil War, Private, Company K, 61st Illinois Voluntary Infantry Regiment

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Wiley Henderson was the son of Nathaniel and Nancy Ruth (Hollingsworth) Henderson .

Nathaniel was born in Edgefield, S.Carolina on Feb. 8 , 1788, Nathaniel died in Wayne County Il. on Oct. 9, 1854.

Nancy Ruth was born in S. Carolina on Feb. 16 , 1792, Nancy Ruth died March 8, 1838.

Wiley's first wife was Margaret M. ( Hudson ) Henderson, they were married April 11, 1849 in Vermillion County, Illinois.

Wiley and Margaret were the parents of seven children, after Margaret's death Wiley married Sarah Elizabeth Church. Sarah Elizabeth Church was born in Meigs County Ohio on Feb.16, 1845 Sarah died Oct. 17, 1940 in Clay County Il.

Wiley and Sarah were married in Johnsonville, Il. on February 26, 1868 . Wiley was born in La Salle County, Il. on Mar.3 , 1828, Wiley died Nov. 11, 1879 in Pittman, Il. Wiley and Sarah were the parents of five children.

During the Civil War, Wiley served in the Union Army, he was a Private in the 61st Illinois Infantry Co. K .

1. Luiza Henderson January 9 , 1851 Daughter of Wiley and Margaret Henderson

2. Lonzo Henderson April 29 , 1852 Son of Wiley and Margaret Henderson

3. Washington Henderson July 5 , 1853 Son of Wiley and Margaret Henderson

4. Ruth Henderson April 11 , 1858 Daughter of Wiley and Margaret Henderson

5. Jasper Henderson February 27 , 1860 Son of Wiley and Margaret Henderson

6. Mary Henderson April 11 , 1861 Daughter of Wiley and Margaret Henderson

7. Eliza Henderson January 24 , 1864 Daughter of Wiley and Margaret Henderson

Margaret died June 29 , 1867

8. William Henderson February 25 , 1869 Son of Wiley and Sarah Henderson

9.Dora Henderson May 12 , 1874 January 1 , 1971 Daughter of Wiley and Sarah Henderson

10. Rosa Henderson April 1 , 1871 --Feb. 18 , 1954 Daughter of Wiley and Sarah Henderson

11. Charles Richard Henderson Februaray 7 , 1876 - Oct. 8 , 1958 Son of Wiley and Sarah Henderson

12. Francis M. Henderson January 20 , 1879 Son of Wiley and Sarah Henderson

UNION ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS

61st Regiment, Illinois Infantry

Organized at Carrollton, Ill., and mustered in February 5, 1862. Moved to Benton Barracks, Mo., February 21, and duty there till March 26. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 26-30. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army Tennessee, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to September, 1862. Unattached, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. Post of Bolivar, District of Jackson, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Post of Bolivar, District of Jackson, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 1st Brigade, Kimball's Provisional Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, Kimball's Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to November, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, August, 1864. Veteran furlough, Dept. of Missouri, October-November, 1864. Veterans. 1st Brigade, Nashville and Chattanooga R. R., Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. Veterans, Unattached, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. 2nd Sub-District, Middle Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to September, 1865.

SERVICE.-Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Moved to Bethel, thence to Jackson and Bolivar, Tenn., June 6-17. Duty at Bolivar till May, 1863. March to support of Rosecrans, at Iuka, Miss., September 16-22, 1862. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations against Forest, in West Tennessee, December 18, 1862-January 3, 1863. Action at Salem Cemetery, near Jackson, December 19, 1862. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence to Vicksburg, Miss., May 31-June 3, 1863. Expedition up the Yazoo to Satartia June 2-8. Action at Satartia, Mechanicsburg, June 4. Moved to Haines' Bluff June 6. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 9-July 4. Moved to Black River Bridge July 17, thence to Helena, Ark., July 27-31. Steele's Expedition against Little Rock, Ark., August 1-September 10. Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock September 19. Duty at Little Rock and Duvall's Bluff, Ark., till August, 1864. Expedition to Clarendon, Ark., June 25-29, 1864. Action at Clarendon June 25-26. Veterans on furlough August 14 to September. Company "K" joined Regiment from Camp Butler, Ill., March 20, 1864, and remained with Recruits at Duvall's Bluff, Ark., till February, 1865. Joined Regiment at Murfreesboro, Tenn., February 4, 1865. Veterans halted at St. Louis while returning to Arkansas. Companies "B," "D" and "G" guard river at Chester, Ill., till October 14, then joined Regiment at St. Louis. March through Missouri in pursuit of Price October 16-November 6. Moved to Paducah, Ky., November 6-11, thence to Nashville and Murfreesboro, Tenn., November 24-28. Action at Overall's Creek December 4. Hood's attack on Murfreesboro December 5-12. Wilkinson's Pike, near Murfreesboro, "The Cedars," December 7. Action with Forest near Murfreesboro December 15. Duty at Murfreesboro till March 21, 1865. Moved to Franklin, Tenn., and duty there till September. Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., September 8 and discharged at Camp Butler, Ill., September 27, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 34 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 183 Enlisted men by disease. Total 224.

Birth:
Vickie McCracken's research shows he was born on 28 Apr 1828

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61st Regiment, Illinois Infantry


Organized at Carrollton, Ill., and mustered in February 5, 1862. Moved to Benton Barracks, Mo., February 21, and duty there till March 26. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 26-30. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army Tennessee, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to September, 1862. Unattached, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. Post of Bolivar, District of Jackson, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Post of Bolivar, District of Jackson, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 1st Brigade, Kimball's Provisional Divvision, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, Kimball's Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to November, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, August, 1864. Veteran furlough, Dept. of Missouri, October-November, 1864. Veterans. 1st Brigade, Nashville and Chattanooga R. R., Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. Veterans, Unattached, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. 2nd Sub-District, Middle Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to September, 1865.

SERVICE.-Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Moved to Bethel, thence to Jackson and Bolivar, Tenn., June 6-17. Duty at Bolivar till May, 1863. March to support of Rosecrans, at Iukaka, Miss., September 16-22, 1862. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations against Forest, in West Tennessee, December 18, 1862-January 3, 1863. Action at Salem Cemetery, near Jackson, December 19, 1862. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence to Vicksburg, Miss., May 31-June 3, 1863. Expedition up the Yazoo to Satartia June 2-8. Action at Satartia, Mechanicsburg, June 4. Moved to Haines' Bluff June 6. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 9-July 4. Moved to Black River Bridge July 17, thencce to Helena, Ark., July 27-31. Steele's Expedition against Little Rock, Ark., August 1-September 10. Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock September 19. Duty at Little Rock and Duvall's Bluff, Ark., till August, 1864. Expedition to Clarendon, Ark., June 25-29, 1864. Action at Clarendon June 25-26. Veterans on furlough August 14 to September. Company "K" joined Regiment from Camp Butler, Ill., March 20, 1864, and remained with Recruits at Duvall's Bluff, Ark., till February, 1865. Joined Regiment at Murfreesboro, Tenn., February 4, 1865. Veterans halted at St. Louis while returning to Arkansas. Companies "B," "D" and "G" guard river at Chester, Ill., till October 14, then joined Regiment at St. Louis. March through Missoururi in pursuit of Price October 16-November 6. Moved to Paducah, Ky., November 6-11, thence to Nashville and Murfreesboro, Tenn., November 24-28. Action at Overall's Creek December 4. Hood's attack on Murfreesboro December 5-12. Wilkinson's Pikee, near Murfreesboro, "The Cedars," December 7. Action with Forest near Murfreesboro December 15. Duty at Murfreesboro till March 21, 1865. Moved to Franklin, Tenn., and duty there till September. Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., September 8 and discharged at Camp Butler, Ill., September 27, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 34 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 183 Enlisted men by disease. Total 224.

Died:
Could this be Pitman Township, Montgomery County, Illinois?

Wiley married Church, Sarah Elizabeth on 26 Feb 1868 in Johnsonville, Wayne County, Illinois. Sarah (daughter of Church, Alfred 'Bill' and Root, Jane Rose) was born on 16 Feb 1845 in Meigs County, Ohio; died on 17 Oct 1940 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Foster Hill Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James Monroe Herdes (Roe),only son of Joseph Herdes, married at age nineteen to Sarah D. Snyder. They were married in Clay City on February 15, 1883 and also lived on a farm northeast of Clay City.

Sarah, who was ten years Roe's senior, had been married previously to Seth Evans and had one child, Johnny Evans, who was remembered fondly by his nieces and nephews.

Roe and Sarah had eight children, five of whom lived until adulthood.

The three sons, Claude, Charles (Chart), and James all lived out their lives as farmers in the Lathrop Chapel neighborhood near Smith Cemetery northeast of Clay City.

The Herdes legacy now continues more widespread through the progeny of Claude, Chart and Jim Herdes.

James married Snyder, Sarah D. on 15 Feb 1883 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. Sarah (daughter of Snyder, Samuel H. and Hamilton, Margret) was born on 4 Sep 1853 in Indiana; died on 21 Jan 1926; was buried in Smith Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nathaniel married Hollingsworth, Nancy Ruth. Nancy (daughter of Hollingsworth, G. and ?, S.) was born on 16 Feb 1792 in South Carolina; died on 8 Mar 1838. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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I need to verify Alfred's dates. If my dates are correct, his mother would have been 8 years old when Alfred was born.

Alfred married Root, Jane Rose. Jane (daughter of Root, S.) was born on 24 Mar 1818 in New York; died after 15 Jul 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military Service: American Civil War, Private, Company D, 155th Illinois Infantry

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JOSEPH HERDES
1832-1867

Joseph Herdes, the forefather of the Herdes family in Illinois, was born in Germany in 1832. He immigrated to the United States around 1850 while still a teenager, according to family lore. On May 27, 1857 he was married in Carlinville, Illinoiis to Mary Ann Higgens. She was still a minor, so her father came to the Macoupin County courthouse to sign an affidavit giving his consent. After her untimely death, Joseph was re-married to another Mary Ann, Mary Ann Minard Mead, on February 26 1860 in Clay City Illinois. They lived on a farm northeast of Clay City and had two children, James Monroe, born May 7, 1863, and Samantha Jane, born February 1863.

On February 15, 1865 Joseph at age thirty-three joined the Union Army to serve in the Civil War. He enlisted for a period of one year and joined Company D of the 155th Illinois Regiment at Camp Butler, Illinois. The timing of his enlistment is ssomewhat inexplicable since the end of the war was two months away and he joined two weeks prior to the birth of his daughter. He signed up with two of his neighbors, and they may have been attracted by a bounty of thirty-three dollars, which was paid at the time of their discharge.

According to pay slips in his Military Service Records (file no. 701-051) at the National Archives, Joseph was five feet eight inches tall, had fair complexion, light hair and blue eyes. He was mustered out of the service at Murfreesboro, Illinois on September 4, 1865 after eight months of service and after the Civil War had ended in April 1865. Under a general order of the War Department he was able to keep his Springfield rifled musket for six dollars. According to one of his granddaughters, Margaret Herdes Henderson, in later years the bayonet from the rifle was used as a corn knife on her father's farm

The Adjutant General's Report on the 155th Illinois Infantry Regimental History indicates that the regiment was organized at Camp Butler by Colonel Gustave A. Smith, and mustered in February 28, 1865. On March 2, the unit of 904 men moved to Tullahoma, Tennessee and was assigned to the command of Brevet Brigadier General Dudley. On June 17 the regiment was divided into detachments of twenty to thirty men each and assigned to guard duty on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. Their duties included occupying blockhouses on the railroad from Nashville to Duck River, a distance of fifty miles. On September 4, 1865 the entire regiment was mustered out of service and moved to Camp Butler where the men received final pay and discharge. The 155th was the last regiment organized in Illinois during the Civil War.

Less than a year and a half after he was discharged as a private, Joseph Herdes died on January 20, 1867 at his farm home northeast of Clay City. He was buried in the Leonard/Snyder cemetery (known locally as the Wease cemetery) located in Pixleley township north east of Clay City near the boundary with Clay City Township. Joseph's only son and namesake, James Monroe Herdes, who was known as Roe, was three years old. Joseph's wife, Mary Ann, re-married a year later on January 7, 1868 to William Leonard. Some thirty years later in 1899 Mary Ann started an eight year long effort to acquire a Civil War survivors pension based on her claim that Joseph's death was caused by his Civil War service.

The US Congress had enacted legislation following the Civil War to provide pensions to the survivors of war veterans. The Interior Department's Bureau of Pensions administered the pension program, and pensions were paid when the War Department certified that the death of a veteran was war related. After several petitions by Mary Ann Leonard, the War Department denied her claim in 1907 saying that there was no evidence to support that Joseph's death was related to his military service.

The Interior Department's Bureau of Pensions records on file in the National Archives have several documents (docket no 121-1116) on the efforts by Mary Ann to justify her claim. According to a number of affidavits she was able after thirty years to obtain from former neighbors, Joseph died of chronic diarrhea and lung trouble. Two of his comrades in the 155th, Henry and George Payne, said that Joseph came down with diarrhea in June 1865 when they were stationed in Tullahoma, Tennesseeee. Henry and George were also neighboring farmers to Joseph after the war, and both said that he never recovered from the disease. There were, however, no medical records to substantiate the cause of his death. There were also no church records, and the affidavits indicated that Joseph was not known to have belonged to a church.

Joseph's only son, James Monroe Herdes (Roe), married at age nineteen to Sarah D. Snyder. They were married in Clay City on February 15, 1883 and also lived on a farm northeast of Clay City. Sarah, who was ten years Roe's senior, had been married previously to Seth Evans and had one child, Johnny Evans, who was remembered fondly by his nieces and nephews. Roe and Sarah had eight children, five of whom lived until adulthood. The three sons, Claude, Charles (Chart), and James all lived out their lives as farmers in the Lathrop Chapel neighborhood near Smith Cemetery northeast of Clay City. The Herdes legacy now continues more widespread through the progeny of Claude, Chart and Jim Herdes.

To commemorate the Civil War service of Joseph Herdes, a Veterans Administration marble headstone was erected in his honor in September 2003 at his unmarked gravesite in the Leonard/Snyder cemetery. The GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) headstone that had previously marked his grave was displaced during decades of neglect at the remote cemetery before cemetery stewardship was mandated. A family dedication at the Joseph Herdes gravesite is planned for the spring of 2004.


The brief biography of Joseph Herdes was authored by one of his great great grandsons, Darold R. Herdes.

Military Service:
On February 15, 1865 Joseph at age thirty-three joined the Union Army to serve in the Civil War. He enlisted for a period of one year and joined Company D of the 155th Illinois Regiment at Camp Butler, Illinois. The timing of his enlistment is ssomewhat inexplicable since the end of the war was two months away and he joined two weeks prior to the birth of his daughter. He signed up with two of his neighbors, and they may have been attracted by a bounty of thirty-three dollars, which was paid at the time of their discharge.

According to pay slips in his Military Service Records (file no. 701-051) at the National Archives, Joseph was five feet eight inches tall, had fair complexion, light hair and blue eyes. He was mustered out of the service at Murfreesboro, Illinois on September 4, 1865 after eight months of service and after the Civil War had ended in April 1865. Under a general order of the War Department he was able to keep his Springfield rifled musket for six dollars. According to one of his granddaughters, Margaret Herdes Henderson, in later years the bayonet from the rifle was used as a corn knife on her father's farm

Joseph married Minard, Mary Ann on 26 Feb 1860 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. Mary was born in UNKNOWN; died in yes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Samuel married Hamilton, Margret. Margret was born on 8 Dec 1824; died on 1 Dec 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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