Biography of James Henderson, pages 653 / 654. History of De Kalb County, Indiana. Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885. James Henderson, son of Samuel and Letty (Moody) Henderson, was born in Richland County, Ohio, June 2, 1831, and was in his sixth year when his parents moved to De Kalb County. He lived with them till manhood, receiving as good an education as could be obtained in the district schools. He was reared a farmer, and has made that vocation his life work, Oct. 5, 1856, he married Mary Jane Sanders, a native of Wayne County, Ohio, born June 22, 1837, a daughter of Henry and Mary Sanders. The first three years he worked his father’s farm, and then moved to the home where they now live, which is 160 acres of his father’s old homestead on section 36. His land is well cultivated and his residence and farm buildings are among the best in the township. He pays special attention to sheep-growing, having one of the finest flocks in the county, He and his wife take a just pride in their henery where they have about twenty varieties of pure-bred fowls. They have a family of three sons---Newton, William Franklin and George. Mr. Henderson is a worthy representative of one of the leading pioneer families of De Kalb County. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com