Edward's father (James Corneilus Henderson) was born in Georgia and mother (Jennie Leake) in Mississippi. He was the youngest of eighteen children, nine half-brothers and sisters and eight full ones. On the 1900 Census, he was listed in Cass County, Texas with his parents, brothers William, Clopton, Samuel, Thomas, and Emmet, and sisters Vesta and Quida. At the age of 12, he found himself on his own upon the death of his father. He acquired his first sawmill at the age of seventeen. On the 1920 Census, he was listed as the owner of a saw mill in Upshur County, Texas with his wife Pauline and son James. After cutting out in Big Cypress bottom in early 1925, he moved his mill near Jefferson, Texas, and from there to the former A.M. Rhyne-Whitworth Bros planer site on a railroad siding. He operated there for the balance of 1925, selling out to R.H. Poole in the fall of 1926. He and his family moved to Avinger, Texas in 1926. He then switched professions to that of mercantile, which he took over the former Tucker-Coulter-Mitchell Co. Store. He later divided the store in dry goods which he managed, the "M" System Grocery which he leased out, and a cafe which he rented out. In 1928, he built a new home which was the first brick residence in town. On the 1930 Census, he was listed as a dry goods merchant in Avinger, Texas with his wife Pauline and sons James, Edward, and Paul. In 1935, Ed partnered to form the Henderson & Knowles Lumber Company, known locally as "the Knothole". During the pre-WWII defense plant days, they had a very successful run that made them very rich. Midway through WWII, Ed sold all of his interest in Avinger and moved to Marshall. He was originally buried in the Daingerfield, Texas cemetery. His wife had his vault and casket transferred to the Shrine of Good Shepherd Mausoleum in the Algoma North Cemetery in Marshall, Texas in the 1970's.
Edward's father (James Corneilus Henderson) was born in Georgia and mother (Jennie Leake) in Mississippi. He was the youngest of eighteen children, nine half-brothers and sisters and eight full ones. On the 1900 Census, he was listed in Cass County, Texas with his parents, brothers William, Clopton, Samuel, Thomas, and Emmet, and sisters Vesta and Quida. At the age of 12, he found himself on his own upon the death of his father. He acquired his first sawmill at the age of seventeen. On the 1920 Census, he was listed as the owner of a saw mill in Upshur County, Texas with his wife Pauline and son James. After cutting out in Big Cypress bottom in early 1925, he moved his mill near Jefferson, Texas, and from there to the former A.M. Rhyne-Whitworth Bros planer site on a railroad siding. He operated there for the balance of 1925, selling out to R.H. Poole in the fall of 1926. He and his family moved to Avinger, Texas in 1926. He then switched professions to that of mercantile, which he took over the former Tucker-Coulter-Mitchell Co. Store. He later divided the store in dry goods which he managed, the "M" System Grocery which he leased out, and a cafe which he rented out. In 1928, he built a new home which was the first brick residence in town. On the 1930 Census, he was listed as a dry goods merchant in Avinger, Texas with his wife Pauline and sons James, Edward, and Paul. In 1935, Ed partnered to form the Henderson & Knowles Lumber Company, known locally as "the Knothole". During the pre-WWII defense plant days, they had a very successful run that made them very rich. Midway through WWII, Ed sold all of his interest in Avinger and moved to Marshall. He was originally buried in the Daingerfield, Texas cemetery. His wife had his vault and casket transferred to the Shrine of Good Shepherd Mausoleum in the Algoma North Cemetery in Marshall, Texas in the 1970's.
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