DIED. - At his residence in Eugene City, Oregon, on Sabbath
morning, Dec. 13, 1885, at 10 minutes before 11 o'clock, Rev.
J. H. D. Henderson, in the 76th year of his age. He was born in
the State of Kentucky July 23, 1810. When about 7 years old he,
with his parents, emigrated to Missouri, where he remained for
many years. In his early manhood he became a Christian and soon
afterward entered the ministry in the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, and for fifty years has preached the Gospel as opportunities
were afforded him. He spent several years of his early ministry
as an itinerant preacher; later he was Pastor of the Concord Church
in Washingon county, Pa., for seven or eight years. In 1852 he
emigrated to Oregon, coming overland, with many other emigrants.
He settled in Yamhill county, where he remained until 1857. He
then came to Lane county and purchased a farm near Eugene City,
and after a few years moved into the town, where he has continued
to reside up to the time of his death. In 1864 he was elected
a Representative
to Congress from the State of Oregon. In politics he's
a decided Republican, and also a firm supporter of the temperance
cause. A more conscientious and sincere Christian minister was
not to be found. As a preacher he was clear and logical in his
sermons, and his published articles on various subjects, both
political and religious, were always forcible and interesting.
He was a king and obliging neighbor, an affectionate husband and
father, and he will be greatly missed in this community. The widow
and children have the sympathy of the entire community in their
irreparable loss.
[Source: Eugene
City Guard, Dec. 19, 1885]
J. H. D. Henderson - Oregon
Presbytery
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1886]
On Sunday following the session of Synod, a very affecting
and solemn memorial service was held in memory of the late Rev.
J. H. D. Henderson. One by one the fathers in Zion are falling.
They have long been bearing the heat and burden of the day. Let
us cherish their memories for their integrity and zeal, and the
privations endured in planting the standard of Christianity on
the Pacific Coast. - W. C. CRAWFORD, S.C.
[Source: Extract of the Minutes of Oregon Synod in:
The Cumberland Presbyterian, June 24, 1886, page 8]