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Thomas Jefferson “Tom” Henderson

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Birth	:	27 Mar 1860 Rich Gulch, Calaveras County, California, USA
Death	:	30 Dec 1936 Yuba City, Sutter County, California, USA
Burial	:	Live Oak Cemetery, Live Oak, Sutter County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.2768784, -121.6790924
Plot	:	Sec 1. Lot 9. Space D
Description	:	Beginning in the late 18th century, the area known as Alta California was colonized by the Spanish Empire. In 1821, Mexico, including Alta California, became an independent republic. It was August 1848 before the United States Senate ratified the treaty ending the Mexican War and recognizing the transfer of California to American hands. California was the 31st state on September 9, 1850, when President Fillmore signed the bill that gave California statehood. At that time there were 15 states pro-slavery and 15 states anti-slavery so California came in as an anti-slavery state. Tom was born in Rich Gulch in 1860... Read More	Beginning in the late 18th century, the area known as Alta California was colonized by the Spanish Empire. In 1821, Mexico, including Alta California, became an independent republic. It was August 1848 before the United States Senate ratified the treaty ending the Mexican War and recognizing the transfer of California to American hands. California was the 31st state on September 9, 1850, when President Fillmore signed the bill that gave California statehood. At that time there were 15 states pro-slavery and 15 states anti-slavery so California came in as an anti-slavery state. Tom was born in Rich Gulch in 1860 in an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California, and located 5 miles (8.0 km) east-northeast of Mokelumne Hill. It lies at an elevation of 1903 feet (580 m). A post office was opened at Pleasant Springs in 1855. The name was changed to Rich Gulch in 1857. The post office was closed in 1867, re-established in 1887, and closed for good in 1903. Calaveras County is situated in the heart of California’s Gold Country, nestled between Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains – approximately one hour from the Central Valley, two hours from Sacramento and three hours from the Bay Area. Calaveras is bordered by Amador, Tuolumne and Alpine counties and by the Mokelumne River to the north and the Stanislaus River to the south. The Calaveras Chronicle, the first weekly newspaper published in California, was first published on October 28, 1851, at Mokelumne Hill. The first grove of Big Trees, "Sequoia Gigantea," discovered in California was the Calaveras Grove of Big Trees. These were located in 1852 by A. T. Dowd, a hunter for the Union Water Company which was at that time building an aqueduct from the Stanislaus River to Murphys. The largest gold nugget found in the United States was taken from the Morgan Mine at Carson Hill in November, 1854. When weighed on Adams Express Company's gold scales in Stockton, it balanced the scales at 214 pounds and eight ounces, Troy. The first three story building erected in the interior of California was in Mokelumne Hill. Calaveras County is famous for its lode and placer mines, and for many years it was the principal copper producing county in California. Cement production from its vast limestone deposits has become one of the county's major industries in recent years. ---------------- History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924...this was the article included. THOMAS J. HENDERSON An experienced carpenter and builder who has become a very enterprising and successful contractor, and has done much to forward the development of Sutter County, is Thomas J. Henderson, of 109 Forbes Street, Yuba City. He was born at Rich Gulch, Calaveras County, on March 27, 1854, the son of Benjamin Riley and Caroline Henderson, the former a pioneer of 1853, who came to California in that year from Arkansas, crossing the great plains with oxen, and was six months on the road. (1854 would appear to be incorrect in this article given other sources have him born in 1860.) He landed at Jackson, Amador County, where he mined and made a fortune; and then he returned to New York, by way of the ocean routes. Going westward again as far as Kansas, he spent two years in that State, and then, with nine yoke of oxen and two wagons, driving 100 head of cows, he recrossed the plains in a train of 100 wagons and after another six months of travel once more reached Jackson. On the plains, just before he reached Salt Lake Valley, he lost all of his oxen but one, from alkali water; he broke a cow to drive with the remaining ox and, leaving his two wagons, secured a spring wagon and made the rest of the journey with an ox and a cow yoked together. Coming through the Salt Lake Valley the train went into camp just before sundown. Very soon afterwards five men rode up and camped about 100 yards away; at sundown, one of the five men fired a gun and it was answered by similar reports from a distance to the north, south and east. The old plainsman in charge of the train, Captain Smith, ordered more precautions than were usually observed in making camp. They made a corral by placing the wagons one after another in a large circle, with the cattle as well as the families inside, and the able-bodied men formed a line around the outside of the wagons as a guard for the whole night; and then Captain Smith, with some of his men, went to the five men and took them prisoners, taking their guns away and placing over them a guard of four men, of whom Benjamin R. Henderson was one, with the admonition that if anything happened to the train they would be the first to be shot. Naturally, there was not much sleep in the train that night; but nothing unusual happened, and in the morning the men were given their arms and told to move on, and the train of immigrants came on their way. Arriving in Jackson, Mr. Henderson spent the first winter at that place. Then he took up land near Lodi, and carried on farming there until 1876, when he sold out and moved to Chico; and there his death occurred, at the age of eighty-nine. Mrs. Henderson reached the age of seventy-six before she was called to close her earthly career. Both parents were highly esteemed in their day, and justly so, for they helped to make easier the paths for those who came after them. Tom Henderson attended the Alpine School, near Lodi, and when seventeen left home and for several years rode the range in Nebraska. Returning to California and Butte County, he went onto a ranch for three years; and then he rented land near Biggs, which he farmed. After that, he bought a ranch on Honcut Creek, Butte County, and went "broke." Then he followed mining for twenty years, in Magalia, Butte County, and in Tuolumne County, and during this time did a lot of prospecting. He next became chief foreman of the Electrical Power house at De Sabla, Butte County, for the Bay Counties Power Company, and continued to hold that position for five years; and having paid all his debts, he came to Yuba City, in 1903, with a surplus of $500, which he put into three lots. He has since erected many houses, which he has sold on the investment plan; and in this he has been more than successful, no doubt because of his known principle of giving the purchaser the squarest kind of a deal in his work as a contractor and builder. He has also made a success of raising chickens and producing eggs, having built a large poultry yard where he keeps about 250 hens, maintaining the largest and finest poultry establishment in town. Mr. Henderson passed through this section, driving cattle to San Joaquin County, when there was little but brush and property could be bought for $1.25 an acre. Since then he has built the Herzog Flats, Ogden Apartments, and over a hundred residences in Yuba City, as well as many farm houses and buildings in the environs. On September 28, 1884, Mr. Henderson was married, at Gridley, to Miss Anna Fox, a native of North Carolina; and their fortunate union has been blessed with four children: Ruth, now Mrs. O. Samson, and Lilla, Mrs. Herr, both residing in Yuba City; Evelina, Mrs. Jewel, of Riverdale, Nebr.; and Victor, who died at the age of eleven. There are eleven grandchildren. Mr. Henderson belongs to the Order of Odd Fellows, and his wife is a Rebekah. In politics he is a Democrat. When he takes a real holiday, it is to go off hunting in the mountains, for he has never lost his liking for outdoor life. ------ 1910 Census TJ Henderson and O. Samson together View Record J O Sampson Ruth B Yuba, Sutter, California abt 1879 Kansas Head View Record Ruth B Sampson J O Yuba, Sutter, California abt 1886 California Wife View Record T J Henderson Anna Yuba, Sutter, California abt 1859 California Head View Record Anna Henderson T J Yuba, Sutter, California abt 1860 North Carolina Wife View Record ------ His brother, George Washington Henderson (1853-1927) is at memorial 61364633 and he is buried at Chico Cemetery. ------ Here is something to consider about the history of Calaveras County from Wiki: "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. The story has also been published as "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" (its original title) and "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". In it, the narrator retells a story he heard from a bartender, Simon Wheeler, at the Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, about the gambler Jim Smiley." --------------- Important California Elections Leland Stanford (1861) 1879 adoption of the state constitution Voter approval of the Los Angeles aqueduct (1905) Hiram Johnson (1910) Frank Merriam (1912) Earl Warren (1942) Pat Brown (1958) Creation of full-time Legisllature (1966) The Political Reform Act (1974) Proposition 13 (1978) Technology and money in the 1980 campaign, with the backstory of the speakership fight between Howard Berman and Leo McCarthy Term limits - Proposition 140 (1990) Proposition 187 (1994) Spending shattering national spending records in the Al Checchi v. Gray Davis v. Jane Harman primary (1998) Gray Davis recall (2003) Top-two primary (2010)

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Where is Thomas Jefferson “Tom” Henderson's memorial?
Thomas Jefferson “Tom” Henderson's memorial is located at: Live Oak Cemetery, Live Oak, Sutter County, USA.
When did Thomas Jefferson “Tom” Henderson death?
Thomas Jefferson “Tom” Henderson death on 30 Dec 1936 in Yuba City, Sutter County, California, USA
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Latitude: 39.2768784
Longitude: -121.6790924

Family Members:

Parent

Benjamin Riley Henderson

(1820 - 1898)

Caroline Ruth Weddington Henderson

(1812 - 1887)

Spouse

Siblings

George W. Henderson

(1853 - 1927)

Children

Lillie Versa Henderson Herr

(1888 - 1931)

Evalena “Lena” Henderson Juhl

(1890 - 1938)

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Coordinate: 39.2768784, -121.6790924

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Coordinate: 39.2831001, -121.3891983

23. Oroville Chinese Cemetery
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24. Meridian Cemetery
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