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William Peyton Henderson - Timeline



Date Place Event
1 Nov 1866 Moulton, Davis Co, Iowa Born to Robert Alexander Henderson and Nancy Monorcas Wilcox Henderson.
1885 Denver, CO Went from Iowa across Kansas to Denver while working on a railroad. He continued to work for the railroad after reaching Denver.
1 Nov 1887   21st Birthday. His Mother presented him with a Bible.
    In Washington, Idaho, and Oregon worked for D M Watson drilling Artesion wells.
Before Nov 1889 Walla Walla, WT PHOTO of WP Henderson taken in Walla Walla, Washington Territory
11 Nov 1889 Washington Washington Territory became Washington State
13 Oct 1891 Chehalis, Lewis Co, WA Married Minerva Elizabeth Bever Henderson
7 July 1893 Portland, Multnomah, OR Born: dau Ruth Monorcas Wilcox Henderson
Oct 1893   Moved to Idaho
1910   Returned to Portland, Oregon.
8 Apr 1910 Portland, Multnomah, OR Born: dau Elizabeth Rae Henderson
Summer, 1910 Portland, Multnomah, OR Purchased "first car on their block", an Interstate.
14 April 1915 Portland, Multnomah, OR Rented his 14' x 20' garage as a Special Election polling place. Precinct No 175, "Garage Between Salmon and Main - on 29th".
1919 Portland, Multnomah, OR At about this time his mother, Nancy Wilcox Henderson, moved to Nebraska to spend her remaining years with her daughters. THREE-GENERATION PHOTO
4 May 1920 Escondido, CA Dau Ruth married Ernest Herman Trump
2 Feb 1923 Pierce County, NE Died: Mother, Nancy Monarcas Wilcox Henderson
23-31 May,1924   Auto trip from San Diego, CA to Portland, OR
14 Apr 1936 Portland, Multnomah, OR Died: William Peyton Henderson
1 Mar 1961 Portland, Multnomah, OR Died: wife Minerva Elizabeth Bever Henderson
27 May 1983 Hillsboro, Washington, OR Died: dau Ruth Monarcas Wilcox Henderson Trump
2 Aug 1996 Longview, Cowlitz, WA Died: dau Elizabeth Rae Henderson




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