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The practice of medicine and surgery in accordance with modern methods and advanced ideas finds a worthy exponent in Dr. Henderson, of Roscoe. He was born in Carrollton, Carroll county, Ohio, March 4, 1837, his parents being William H. and Mary (Storey) Henderson, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of New Derry, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. The father came to the United States in his boyhood days with his parents., who settled near Millersburg, in Holmes county, Ohio, and in early manhood learned the stonemason's trade, which he followed throughout his active life. He removed from Carroll county to Tiverton township, Coshocton county, and subsequently to New Castle township, where his death occurred, as one of the boys in blue of the Eightieth Ohio Regiment and died in the battle at Corinth, Mississippi. Private schools offorded Dr. Henderson his educational privileges. When thirteen years of age he was permanently crippled through an attack of typhoid fever. When about sixteen or seventeen years of age he began clerking in a general store in Walhonding and in July, 1864, came to Coshocton, where he secured a position in a store. His leisure hours were devoted to the reading of medicine under the direction of Dr. J. B. Inghram, of Coshocton, and Dr. M. Johnston, of Roscoe, and in 1867 he entered Starling Medical College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1869. Dr. Henderson located for practice in Wills Creek in this county and there remained for nineteen years, at the end of which time he took up his abode in Roscoe, arriving here January 1, 1887. With the professional interests o the town he has since been identified and a large general practice has brought him a goodly measure of esteem. Dr. Henderson has given his political support to the republican party since its organization, and at the present time is serving as township treasurer and also as pension examiner, while for sixteen years he was a member of the school board, the cause of education finding in him a stalwart champion. At the present writing in 1908, he is the candidate of his party for county coroner. On the 3rd of July, 1867, Dr. Henderson was married to Miss Henrietta Lynch, of Coshocton, and unto them were born three children, of whom two are living: Hattie A., the wife of Archie Clark, who is engaged in the livery business in Coshocton; and Nellie, at home. Dr. Henderson and his family attend the Methodist Episcopal church, and for nineteen years he was a member of the official board. His progressive citizenship his political activity, his professional ability and his social qualitits have gained him a foremost place in public regard, and he now has a very wide and favorable acquaintence.
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