The Brown Roots
Genealogy spoken here
Born: 20 Nov 1822 In: Jasper Co., Georgia
Died: 3 Feb 1891 In: in Atlanta, Fulton/DeKalb Co., Georgia.
(40)
Profession:
Married: Laura Elizabeth Wood on 2 Apr 1846 in Newton Co., Georgia.(43)
Laura was daughter of Cary Wood and Mary Richardson Billups
Laura Elizabeth Wood(44) was
born on 2 May 1829.(45)
She died on 26 Sep 1899 in Atlanta, Fulton/DeKalb Co., Georgia.
(46)
Military: Civil War
General Robert Johnson Henderson sources(36) (37)(38)
Robert and his wife resided in "Swanscombe" between 1875 and 1883 in Covington,
Newton Co., Georgia.(39)
The mansion was built by his wife's family (the Wood's)
The name "Swanscombe" was given to the house by it's
present owner)
U S Census of:
1850 shows living in Newton Co., Georgia
Book Article:
ROBERT JOHNSON HENDERSON
Among the Georgia heroes of the Civil War was General Robert J. Henderson.
The Henderson family is of Scotch extraction. The earlier homes of the family
in America were in Maryland and North Carolina. In the early part of the last
century Isaac P. Henderson came from Maryland and settled Newton county, and
was first Mayor of Covington. He was a farmer by occupation, and engaged in the
milling business in a large way for that day. He married Mrs. Johnson (nee Sheppard),
and of this marriage Robert J. Henderson was born in Newton county on November
20, 1822.
Reared on his father's farm he attended high school at Lawrenceville, Georgia,
and thence went to the University of Georgia, where he attended the full term
and graduated in due course.
He took up the work of his father as a farmer and miller, and was in prosperous
circumstances prior to the Civil War. A prominent citizen of his section, he
was a Major in the State Militia before the Civil War came on. When that struggle
opened he became a Colonel of the Forty-second Georgia Regiment, serving with
such conspicuous gallantry and fidelity that in the later part of the war, when
attached to Johnston's Army at Bentonville, N. C. he was promoted to Brigadier-General.
His farms were devastated by Sherman's Army and his mills destroyed. Returning
from the army he rebuilt his flouring mills in Newton county, and resumed his
former occupations. After many years of industrious effort he retired from business
in 1892 and moved to Atlanta, where he died in February, 1894.
In 1848 General Henderson married Miss Laura E. Wood, a daughter of Carey
and Mary (Phillips) Wood, of Newton county. His wife's father was a prominent
merchant. Of this marriage nine children were born, of whom six are now living,
as follows: Mrs. L. J. Hill, of Atlanta; Mrs W. I. Hill, of Washington, Ga.;
Charles Y., William, Henry, and John Franklin.
General Henderson was a lifelong Democrat, and affiliated with the Masonic
fraternity. His religious preferences inclined to the Presbyterian church. Like
his Scotch ancestors, he was a faithful and industrious citizen in times of peace
and a gallant soldier in time of war. He represented the highest type of American
citizen, and in his seventy-two years of life built up a character and left an
example which may well be emulated by the men of the present generation
Compiled by Publisher
Newspaper Notice:
Obituary: General Robert Johnson Henderson
Robert and Laura were Interned at
Obituary: Laura Elizabeth Wood