Robert Lawson Henderson

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Military Service Notes

• Robert Lawson Henderson, U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942; U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 (service branch: Army, unit: Provost Guard Company, Camp Pike Arkansas, Infantry). Ancestry.com.
• United States Army, Corporal, Provost Guard Company, Camp Pike, World War I. Robert L. Henderson, Waco, McLennan County, born in Longview, age 28 6/12 yrs, inducted at Waco, Texas, 5/27/1918. Includes application for Victory Medal to the Adjutant General of the Army. FamilySearch Texas World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).
• Corporal, Provost Guard Company. Robert Lawson Henderson, residence in Waco, birth date 12/26/1889, enlistment date 5/26/1918, discharge date 1/15/1919, death date 6/9/1953. FamilySearch United States Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
• Robert Lawson Henderson, birth date 12/26/1889 in Longview; permanent home address in Waco, McLennan County; lawyer; draft registration 6/5/1917 in Waco. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
• Corporal, Provost Guard Company, World War I. Military grave marker, Robert L. Henderson, birth date 12/26/1889, death date 6/9/1953 in Waco, burial in Alpine Presbyterian Cemetery, Longview, Gregg County. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

• Robert Lawson Henderson, birth date 12/26/1889 in Longview, Gregg County; death date 6/9/1953 in Waco, McLennan County; parents Sylvester Fair Henderson and Nancy Armenda Smith; spouse Maggie Burleson Easterling; son Robert Lawson Henderson, Jr. Day/Fountain Smith/Roach Sweet/Thompson Anderson/Leake Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
• Not found in Census of 1900-1920 in McLennan County, Texas.
  Census of 1900 - Robert L. Henderson, Gregg County, age 10, born December 1889 in Texas, son of Sylvester and Nancy A. Henderson.
  Census of 1910 - Robert L. Henderson, Gregg County, age 20, born circa 1890 in Texas, son of Fair L. and Nancy A. Henderson.
  Census of 1930 - Robert H. Henderson, Waco, McLennan County, age 39, born circa 1891 in Texas, lawyer, spouse Maggie.
  Census of 1940 - Robert L. Hendson [Henderson], Waco, McLennan County, age 50, born circa 1890 in Texas, lawyer, spouse Maggie, son Bobbie. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1930 1940
• Robert L. Henderson, birth date 12/26/1889, death date 6/9/1953 in Waco, removal to Alpine Cemetery, Longview, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
• Robert L. Henderson. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
• 37th Legislature (1921) - R.L. Henderson, postoffice Waco, nativity Texas, age 31 (born circa 1890), 31 years in Texas, attorney, member of former legislatures: 35th [sic], Democrat.
  38th Legislature (1923) - R.L. Henderson, postoffice Waco, nativity Texas, age 33 (born circa 1890), lawyer, member of former legislatures: 35th [sic], 37th, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. 37th 38th
• Death notice, "Funeral Set for R.L. Henderson, Waco Attorney," 6/10/1953, sec. II, p. 1. Waco Times-Herald.

Photographs

• Photograph. R.L. Henderson, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. R.L. Henderson, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
• 38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

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