City: Johnson City
HENDERSON, Albert Pendleton, merchant; born Giles Co., Va. (now Bland Co.), Dec. 14, 1841; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James and Elizabeth (Neel) HENDERSON; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents John and Sarah (Bane) HENDERSON, maternal grandparents William and Nancy (Harman) NEEL; educated in the country schools and Friendship Academy; worked on father’s farm until 1861, when he entered Confederate army, where he served four years in Co. D, 37th Va. Infantry, with rank of Orderly Sergt.; after the war he went to school until 1867; entered the mercantile business in 1868 and has been engaged in that business continuously ever since; was in retail business until 1905, when he entered the wholesale grocery business with his sons, in which they are engaged at Johnson City, Tenn.; married Melvina Ann POWELL Sept. 8, 1869; member of Catlett Lodge F. & A. M., Gate City, Va.; 2d Commander McConnel Camp U. C. V.; Democrat; Commissioner in Chancery for Circuit Court of Scott Co., Va., 1900-1905; member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South.
