William Edwards Henderson

1870 - 1962  (92 years)

• Name	William Edwards Henderson
  Born	29 Jan 1870	Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Sep 1962	Columbus, Ohio
  Buried	Wooster, Ohio
  Person ID	I8322	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Father	Samuel McFarren Henderson,   b. 24 Dec 1839, Ohio ,   d. 2 Apr 1879, Pennsylvania  (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Jane (Jenny) Mateer,   b. 7 Nov 1837, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania ,   d. 6 Sep 1926, Columbus, Ohio  (Age 88 years)
  Married	22 Oct 1863	, Mercer, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F3076	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Frances Lucas,   b. 1873, Allahabad, India ,   d. 1944, Columbus, Ohio  (Age 71 years)
  Married	Apr 1922
  Family ID	F3087	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  He was educated at Wooster College, B. A. 1891, M. A.; John Hopkins University, Ph. D. 1897; Wooster awarded him an honorary D. Sc. in 1925. From 1899 until his retirement in 1940 Dr. Henderson was at Ohio State University as Professor of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1908-1940, Dean of the College of Arts, Philosophy and Science 1921-1927; for many years he was Chairman of the Entrance Board and was a member of the Faculty Committee to advise the Board of Trustees. Mrs. Henderson, a graduate of Wellesley College, was founder of the Lincoln School for Girls in Providence, Rhode Island, and later was a volunteer worker at the Henry Street Settlement in New York City. ---------- Reference: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 111.