"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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EBENEZER HENDERSON (ex-Auditor of State) was born in this county June 2,
1833. His duties called him to Indianapolis quite often, and he resided
there from January, 1875, until 1879. His parents, James C. and Mary
(Piercy) Henderson, natives of Shelby County, Ky., were married in July,
1831. They came to Morgan County the following fall, and the father entered
eighty acres of land five miles south of Martinsville. He built a cabin,
and began to clear the wilderness. At this death, January 8, 1867, he owned
360 acres of land. The mother died in Martinsville, October 25, 1879.
Ebenezer Henderson was educated in Morgan County in the three-months' winter
schools. At the age of twenty, he entered the State University at
Bloomington, where he remained for two years. On returning home, he took
charge of this father's farm and traded in stock, fast accumulating money.
He was married, in 1856, to Ann C. Hunt, daughter of a neighboring farmer,
soon after which he was appointed Deputy County Treasurer, in which office
he served for four years. In 1860, he received the nomination, on the
Democratic ticket, for County Treasurer. In 1868, he was nominated for
State Senator for the counties of Morgan and Johnson, was elected, and
served four years. On retiring from this office, he gave his attention to
his extensive farm, and the erection of a large pork-packing house in
Martinsville, which was run under the firm name of Henderson, Parks & Co.
until 1880, and now under the firm name of Harrison, Parks & Co. In 1874,
he was elected Auditor of State, and was re-elected one year later, serving
for three years. he was chosen by the Democratic party in their State
Convention a member of the State Central Committee for the Indianapolis
District, which position he occupied for two years. At present, he resides
in Martinsville, in the full vigor and prime of his manhood. He is the
father of six children--Fannie, Ella, Maggie, June, William, Howard and Court.
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