John A. Henderson

Title

• John A. Henderson

Image Number

• RC11550

Year

• 186-

Series Title

• General: Reference collection

General Note

• Henderson moved to Tampa from Georgia in 1847 where he studied law in the office of James J. Gettis. He later moved to Tallahassee where he became one of the state's leading corporate lawyers. He married twice, first to Mary Turman of Tampa who bore him a daughter named Flora Abijah, and second to Mattie Ward of Tallahassee with whom he had two children, John W. and Jennie.



General Note

• He served in Company B of the 7th Florida Infantry Regiment as 2nd Lieutenant during the Civil War.

Physical Description

• 1 photoprint - b&w - 10 x 8 in.

Subject Term

• Soldiers--Portraits

Geographic Term

• Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Portraits

Personal Subject

• Henderson, John Alexander, 1841-1904--Portraits

Subject Corporate

• Confederate States of America--Army--Florida Infantry Regiment, 7th--Company B
• Confederate States of America--Army--Officers

Shelf Number

• Shelf number: 02321.

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