This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/yNi.2ACEB/5409 Message Board Post: From Ancestry.com's "Biographies of Notable Americans-1904": HENDERSON, Joseph, representative, was born in Shippensburg, Cumberland county, Pa., Aug. 2, 1791; son of Matthew and Margaret Hem derson. His father was a surveyor. In 1802 the family removed to Centre county, Pa., and in 1812-13 Joseph attended lectures at Jefferson Medical college, from which institution he received his M.D. degree. He also studied medicine under an older brother, Dr. John Henderson, of Huntingdon county, Pa. In 1813 he was appointed first lieutenant in the 22d regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, and in the spring of that year marched his troops to Sacket Harbor, where they joined the main army on the frontier. In the fall of 1813 he was promoted captain and in 1814 was brevetted major, with the command of a regiment. He engaged in the battles of Chippewa, Lundy's Lane and the siege of Fort Erie. After the close of the war he settled at Brown's' Mills, where he practised medicine until 1850. He was a representative in the 23d and 24th congresses, 1833-37. ! In 1850 he removed to Lewiston, Pa., where he practised his profession until his death. He held high rank as a physician and was a trustee of the state lunatic asylum. He was twice married: first to Jane E., daughter of Judge Samuel and Elizabeth (Plunket) Maclay; and secondly in 1852, to Margaret Isenberg. By his second wife he had three sons, Juntos L., Joseph and William B. He died at Lewiston, Pa., from injuries received fifty years before at Fort Niagara, Dec. 25, 1863. Deloris Williams