DAVID HENTON, second child of Sarah Hopkins and Benjamin Henton, was married in 1824 to Elizabeth Myers, who was born in 1800. David was reared and educated in Rockingham, Va. He served in the War of 1812 in Capt. Tommy Hopkins's company (Hopkins was his uncle). David Henton was also colonel of state militia. He was in the mercantile business in Harrisonburg, Va., for a while, then moved to his farm, where he remained until he removed in 1839 to a place in the vicinity of Waverly, Lafayette County, Mo. "Where for many years he was an important factor in the upbuilding and local advancement of this progressive city and its immediate neighborhood. He was a man of superior business ability, energetic in all the duties of life, temperate in his habits, and withal possessed of excellent judgment and honesty of purpose. A citizen of rare integrity of character, liberal and public spirited, he commanded the respect and confidence of all who knew him, and when he passed away, September 9, 1870, his death was mourned as a public loss. He was a loving husband and father, a kind friend and neighbor, and one of the tried and true pioneers of the early days, whose memory will be enshrined in the hearts of coming generations." (Quoted from a biographical sketch.)
CHILDREN:
Benjamin F. Henton, born Aug. 20, 1826; died May 14, 1859.
DAVID, born Mar. 9, 1828; died Jan. 9, 1850. Was full of energy and enterprise. At twenty years of age, he with hundreds of others set out for the gold-fields in California. He succeeded well while there and started for home, but died at St. Louis, Mo., on his way.
Sarah Jane Henton, was born on Oct. 26, 1829. Married Gen. Benjamin Franklin Gordon, (May 18, 1826 – September 22, 1866) a Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War. She married a Rev I.F. Scurlock on November 20, 1873.
Mary Catherine Henton Yancey, born Aug. 25, 1831 and died October 1, 1917 at the Confederate Home in Higginsville, Missouri.
Elizabeth Henton, was born May 1, 1834 and passed away on May 25, 1923.
John Henton, born Mar. 2, 1836; died in Waverly on Nov. 23, 1850.
Rebecka Carolyn Henton Corder, born Dec. 16, 1838. Married John Elias Corder.
CHILDREN:
Benjamin F. Henton, born Aug. 20, 1826; died May 14, 1859.
DAVID, born Mar. 9, 1828; died Jan. 9, 1850. Was full of energy and enterprise. At twenty years of age, he with hundreds of others set out for the gold-fields in California. He succeeded well while there and started for home, but died at St. Louis, Mo., on his way.
Sarah Jane Henton, was born on Oct. 26, 1829. Married Gen. Benjamin Franklin Gordon, (May 18, 1826 – September 22, 1866) a Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War. She married a Rev I.F. Scurlock on November 20, 1873.
Mary Catherine Henton Yancey, born Aug. 25, 1831 and died October 1, 1917 at the Confederate Home in Higginsville, Missouri.
Elizabeth Henton, was born May 1, 1834 and passed away on May 25, 1923.
John Henton, born Mar. 2, 1836; died in Waverly on Nov. 23, 1850.
Rebecka Carolyn Henton Corder, born Dec. 16, 1838. Married John Elias Corder.
DAVID HENTON, second child of Sarah Hopkins and Benjamin Henton, was married in 1824 to Elizabeth Myers, who was born in 1800. David was reared and educated in Rockingham, Va. He served in the War of 1812 in Capt. Tommy Hopkins's company (Hopkins was his uncle). David Henton was also colonel of state militia. He was in the mercantile business in Harrisonburg, Va., for a while, then moved to his farm, where he remained until he removed in 1839 to a place in the vicinity of Waverly, Lafayette County, Mo. "Where for many years he was an important factor in the upbuilding and local advancement of this progressive city and its immediate neighborhood. He was a man of superior business ability, energetic in all the duties of life, temperate in his habits, and withal possessed of excellent judgment and honesty of purpose. A citizen of rare integrity of character, liberal and public spirited, he commanded the respect and confidence of all who knew him, and when he passed away, September 9, 1870, his death was mourned as a public loss. He was a loving husband and father, a kind friend and neighbor, and one of the tried and true pioneers of the early days, whose memory will be enshrined in the hearts of coming generations." (Quoted from a biographical sketch.)
CHILDREN:
Benjamin F. Henton, born Aug. 20, 1826; died May 14, 1859.
DAVID, born Mar. 9, 1828; died Jan. 9, 1850. Was full of energy and enterprise. At twenty years of age, he with hundreds of others set out for the gold-fields in California. He succeeded well while there and started for home, but died at St. Louis, Mo., on his way.
Sarah Jane Henton, was born on Oct. 26, 1829. Married Gen. Benjamin Franklin Gordon, (May 18, 1826 – September 22, 1866) a Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War. She married a Rev I.F. Scurlock on November 20, 1873.
Mary Catherine Henton Yancey, born Aug. 25, 1831 and died October 1, 1917 at the Confederate Home in Higginsville, Missouri.
Elizabeth Henton, was born May 1, 1834 and passed away on May 25, 1923.
John Henton, born Mar. 2, 1836; died in Waverly on Nov. 23, 1850.
Rebecka Carolyn Henton Corder, born Dec. 16, 1838. Married John Elias Corder.
CHILDREN:
Benjamin F. Henton, born Aug. 20, 1826; died May 14, 1859.
DAVID, born Mar. 9, 1828; died Jan. 9, 1850. Was full of energy and enterprise. At twenty years of age, he with hundreds of others set out for the gold-fields in California. He succeeded well while there and started for home, but died at St. Louis, Mo., on his way.
Sarah Jane Henton, was born on Oct. 26, 1829. Married Gen. Benjamin Franklin Gordon, (May 18, 1826 – September 22, 1866) a Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War. She married a Rev I.F. Scurlock on November 20, 1873.
Mary Catherine Henton Yancey, born Aug. 25, 1831 and died October 1, 1917 at the Confederate Home in Higginsville, Missouri.
Elizabeth Henton, was born May 1, 1834 and passed away on May 25, 1923.
John Henton, born Mar. 2, 1836; died in Waverly on Nov. 23, 1850.
Rebecka Carolyn Henton Corder, born Dec. 16, 1838. Married John Elias Corder.
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