Sources for William Henderson & Elizabeth

• 1840 United States Census, Tippah, MS
• 1850 United States Census, District 2, Tippah, MS
• 1860 United States Census, Ripley, Tippah, MS
• 1870 United States Census, Prentiss, MS
• 1870 United States Census, Township 5, Range 3, Tippah, MS
• 1880 United States Census, Prentiss, MS
• 1900 Census of Tippah County, MS, via RootsWeb
• 1900 United States Census, Ripley, Tippah, MS
• 1910 Tippah County Census pages 151-200, via RootsWeb
• 1910 United States Census, Ripley, Tippah, MS
• Andrew Brown, History of Tippah County, Mississippi: The First Century
• Baldwyn Masonic Cemetery, Baldwyn, Lee Co., MS, via Findagrave.com
• Baldwyn Masonic Cemetery, Baldwyn, Lee Co., Ms, via Findagrave.com
• Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi Vol I, page 894
• Mike Murphy.
• Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935, via Ancestry.com
• Old Tippah County Land Patents, via RootsWeb
• The Ripley Advertiser, July 29, 1882
• Ripley Cemetery, Ripley, Tippah Co., Mississippi, via Findagrave.com
• Ripley Cemetery, Ripley, Tippah Co., Mississippi, via Findagrave.com
• Ripley Cemetery, Ripley, Tippah Co., Mississippi, via Findagrave.com
• Ripley Methodist Evangelical Church South, via RootsWeb
• The Ripley Transcript, October 5, 1837
• The Ripley Transcript, October 26, 1837
• The Ripley Transcript, November 2, 1837
• The Ripley Transcript, November 9, 1837
• The Ripley Transcript, November 16, 1837
• The Ripley Transcript, December 21, 1837
• The Ripley Transcript, January 4, 1838
• The Ripley Transcript, January 11, 1838
• The Ripley Transcript, January 18, 1838
• The Ripley Transcript, January 25, 1838
• Tippah County Deed Book D, via RootsWeb
• Tippah County Marriages, via RootsWeb

Notes:
• Because William does not appear in the 1850 census with his children and wife, it is believed he died before then.
• Because Elizabeth does not appear in the 1860 census with her children, it is believed she died before then.
• John only appears in the 1850 census. It is believed he is Blake's older brother and that he doesn't appear in later Tippah Co. censuses because he probably had his own household somewhere else.
• Findagrave.com's entry for Joel Anderson Hearne calls his wife Josephine Fleming. Tippah County Marriages and Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 call her Josephine R. Fleming. The 1860 census calls her Joephine. The 1870 census calls her F R Fleming. The 1900 census calls her Josafene. The 1900 census says she married Joel in 1858; however, Joel married his previous wife Ellen C. Allman in Pontotoc Co. that year. Joel and Ellen appear in the 1860 census for Pontotoc Co. Mike Murphy says she is buried at New Bethel AME Church Cemetery, Putnam, Georgia, but I believe this is a different Josephine Hearn (with dates abt 1830 VA-26 May 1928 Putnam, GA).
• The 1850 census for Tippah Co. calls daughter Nannie Nancy. The 1870 census for Prentiss calls her Nancy T [Huncy T]. The 1850 census says she was born in Tennessee.
• Findagrave.com and her tombstone call daugther Catherine Kittie. Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 calls her Kate E. The 1850 census for Tippah Co. calls her Catharina. The 1850 census for Tippah Co. says she was born in Tennessee.

Sources for Robert Blake Henderson & Sarah Angeline Hill

• 1870 United States Census, Township 5, Range 3, Tippah Co., MS
• 1880 United States Census, Third Supervisors District, Tippah Co., MS
• 1900 United States Census, New Albany, Union Co., MS
• 1900 Census of Tippah County, MS, via RootsWeb
• 1930 United States Census, Ward 1, Baton Rough, LA
• 1985 Recording between Ruth Blackwell Day Henderson & Mary Harriet Henderson Wood
• 2nd Mississippi Infantry, via RootsWeb
• 2nd Mississippi Rosters, via 2ndMississippi.org
• The American Civil War Research Database
• Andrew Brown, History of Tippah County, Mississippi: The First Century
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Family Search.
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
• Katherine Cain
• Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., MS, via Findagrave.com
• Memphis Burial Permits 1902-1913 and Memphis and Shelby County Death Certificates 1914-1939
• Mike Murphy
• New Albany Cemetery, New Albany, Union Co., MS, via Findagrave.com
• New Albany Cemetery, New Albany, Union Co., MS, via Findagrave.com
• New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery, Blue Mountain, Tippah Co., MS, via Findagrave.com
• New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery, Blue Mountain, Tippah Co., MS, via Findagrave.com
• Obituaries from Ripley's -SOUTHERN SENTINEL -and other sources -1836 through 1936, via RootsWeb
• Our Trees, Our Branches (site no longer exists)
• Paul Wood
• Pontotoc Co., Mississippi RootsWeb query by Robert G. Johnston, re: Fannie Johnston
• The Ripley Advertiser, March 19, 1881
• The Ripley Advertiser, January 28, 1882
• The Ripley Advertiser, June 10, 1882
• The Ripley Advertiser, July 1, 1882
• The Ripley Advertiser, July 29, 1882
• The Ripley Advertiser, November 4, 1882
• The Ripley Advertiser, April 14, 1883
• The Ripley Advertiser, June 30, 1883
• The Ripley Advertiser, January 12, 1884
• Ripley Cemetery, Ripley, Tippah Co., MS, via Findagrave.com
• Robert Hill Family Bible, courtesy Kevin Thompson
• Ruth Henderson's birthdays book
• Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN, via Findagrave.com
• T.F. Henderson of Memphis Dies; Was Former Resident, courtesy Katherine Cain
• The Thompson Family Genealogy, via RootsWeb
• Tippah County Death Notices
• Tippah County Marriages, via RootsWeb
• Tombstone, New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery, Blue Mountain, Tippah Co., MS
• The USGenWeb Archives: New Hope Cemetery, Tippah Co., MS

Notes:
• The 1850 census for Tippah Co. calls Robert senior Blake. His birth year has been estimated as abt 1836 or 1838 in census documents. Malone Mountain is in Benton Co. today. The 1850 census says he was born in Tennessee. Findagrave.com says he died 8 Jan 1912. I am looking for a copy of the following source in which Robert is mentioned: "Brief statement regarding Mrs. Nancy McCain, widow of a Revolutionary soldier ; John Riley, veteran of the Revolution ; Capt. A. M. Jackson, Captain in the Mexican War and Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico; Judge Orlando Davis, Hon. John W. Thompson, Hon. Thomas Jefferson Word, Gen. M. P. Lowrey, Gen. T. C. Hindman, Gen. Samuel Benton, Col. W. C. Falkner, R. Blake Henderson, Mike Reed, and the outlaws. Big Harp and Little Harp. This manuscript is in the Archives of the Mississippi Historical Society."
• Mike Murphy also calls first wife Sarah Sallie. The 1870 census calls her Ange. Her son Robert's Ripley Cemetery listing at Findagrave.com calls her Sara. Mike Murphy, the 1870 census, and the 1900 census listing her son's household say she was born in Tennessee. The Thompson Family Genealogy and Robert Hill Family Bible say she died 23 Nov 1892.
• Our Tree, Our Branches calls daughter Katherine Katie Ellis. Ruth Blackwell Day Henderson calls her Aunt Kitty. Tippah County Marriages, Findagrave.com and her tombstone call her Kittie. Mike Murphy spells her daughter's name Sarah.
• Daughter Josephine R. is called Joe in the 1900 census, in which her birth date is listed as Feb 1884.
• Ruth Blackwell Day Henderson calls daughter Nancy Aunt Nan. Findagrave.com and Tippah County Marriages call her Nannie E. The Murphy family says she was born aft 1880. T.F. Henderson's obituary says she died bef 1959. Findagrave.com also gives her husband's middle name as Kendred and Kindred.
• Findagrave.com calls second wife Sarah Fannie Johnson and Fannie Johnston. The New Hope Cemetery listing calls her Fannie Johnston.

Sources for Robert Blake Henderson II & Sally Harriet Kendrick

• 1870 United States Census, Township 5, Range 3, Tippah Co., MS
• 1900 United States Census, New Albany, Union Co., MS
• 1940 United States Census, Township 8, Clifton City, Bosque Co., TX
• 1985 Recording between Ruth Blackwell Day Henderson & Mary Harriet Henderson Wood
• American Duroc-Jersey Record, Volume 47, Page 434
• American Poland-China Record, Volume 68, Page 234
• Biennial Report of the Secretary of State ot the Legislature of Mississippi, Page 160
• Company Profiles of Mississippi
• DAR Genealogical Research Databases
• Family record book of Mary Harriet Henderson.
• Florists' Review, Volume 40, Issues 1028-1040, Page 96
• Handwritten list of death dates of some of Noah Roberts' descendants (possibly written by Hattie K. Henderson).
• The Hummer, July 2, 1915
• Information from Cousin Hattie Kendrick Henderson to Caroline Roberts Dean, courtesy of Louise Brode
• Memphis Burial Permits 1902-1913 and Memphis and Shelby County Death Certificates 1914-1939
• Memphis and Shelby County Death Certificates 1914-1939.
• Mike Murphy
• Obituaries from Ripley's -SOUTHERN SENTINEL -and other sources -1836 through 1936, via RootsWeb
• The Pharmaceutical Era, Volume 35, Page 436
• Ripley Cemetery, Ripley, Tippah Co., MS, via Findagrave.com
• Ripley Cemetery, Ripley, Tippah Co., MS, via Findagrave.com
• Ripley Methodist Evangelical Church South, via RootsWeb
• Ruth Henderson's birthdays book
• Ruth Henderson's family Bible.
• The Southern Pharmaceutical Journal, Volume 6, Page 368
• Tippah County Death Notices
• Tippah County Marriages, via RootsWeb
• Historical Society's new postcard book features scenes from the past, via Union County Heritage Museum
• The USGenWeb Archives: Ripley Cemetery, Tippah Co., MS.

Notes:
• Ruth Henderson's Birthdays book says Robert was buried on 1 Jul 1926.
• Mary H. Wood's record book calls Sally Sarah Hattie and Harriet Sallie. She's called Sarah under Robert's Findagrave listing.

Sources for Robert Blake Henderson III & Ruth Blackwell Day

• 1940 United States Census, Township 8, Clifton City, Bosque Co., TX
• Address cards of Mary H. Wood
• Certificate of Birth: Ruth Blackwell Day
• Certificate of Death: Ruth Blackwell Henderson
• Family record book of Mary Harriet Henderson.
• In Memory of Ruth Henderson, May 7, 1995 funeral program
• My Riverside Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions, via TNGenWeb.org
• Obituary of Robert Black Henderson III: Services To Be Today For Heart Attack Victim, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, 21 Jul 1968.
• Riverside Cemetery J. D. Day Lot (Section 8, Lot 344 BN) plot map, March 1990.
• Ruth Henderson's birthdays book
• Ruth Henderson's family Bible.
• Social Security Death Index.

Notes:
• Mary H. Wood's family record book says Bob died 1967.
• Ruth's funeral program and death certificate say she was born in Canton, Illinois.
• Mary Harriet Henderson was my grandmother.

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