a Presbyterian minister, was born at Natchez, Mississippi, January 6, 1812. He graduated at Jefferson College in 1831, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1835. Soon after his license he spent two years as an evangelist in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana; then came to Galveston, Texas; accepted a call, and in a short time secured funds for the erection of the first Presbyterian church there. About 1850 he accepted a call to Jackson, Mississippi. In 1852 he went to Prytania Street Church in New Orleans, and labored over eleven years. In 1866 he began to preach at Annapolis, Md. He died December 8, 1875. Dr. Henderson was faithful, practical, and interesting to all classes. See Necrol. Report of Princeton Theol. Sem. 1876, page 21.