Individual Details
Elizabeth Voucille Henderson
(27 Jan 1871 - 28 Jan 1945)
Daughter of Daniel & Betty (GRIER) HENDERSON. Married 11 OCT 1899 in Phenix City, Lee County, Alabama, to Nicholas JEFFERSON. Mother.
Mary Jane Galer's list of person interred in the New Cemetery area of Linwood shows: Mrs. Elizabeth HENDERSON JEFFERSON, widowed female, born 27 JAN 1871 in Jackson[s] Gap, Alabama, died aged 74 years, at 3320 Woodlawn Drive [Columbus, Georgia], of lobar pneumonia; buried 29 JAN 1945 in Section C, Lot 80, by undertaker [D. A.] STRIFFLER, per local death certificate #3995 - Sexton J. B. SHORES (remarks: daughter of Daniel & Betty GRIER HENDERSON).
Per Georgia Death Index: Elizabeth JEFFERSON, White female, died 28 JAN 1945, aged 74 years, in Muscogee County, Georgia, death certificate #1129.
"Mrs. E. H. JEFFERSON Dies At Home Here // Mrs. Elizabeth HENDERSON JEFFERSON, 74, widow of Nicholas JEFFERSON and well known Columbus woman, died at the residence, 3320 Woodlawn drive, Sunday afternoon at 3:25 o'clock, following an illness of three weeks. // Mrs. JEFFERSON was born at Jackson Gap, Ala., Jan. 27, 1871, the daughter of Daniel and Betty GRIER HENDERSON. She had resided in Columbus for the past 50 years and was a member of the First Baptist church. // Surviving are three sons, Joe L. JEFFERSON, Lakeland, Fla.; Jack JEFFERSON, Columbus; and Sgt. Howard N. JEFFERSON, Indian Town Gap, Pa.; a brother, Jesse HENDERSON [her half brother Jessie Berry Henderson], Birmingham; three grandchildren, Jack, Joan and Ansley JEFFERSON, Lakeland, Fla.; also several nieces and nephews. // Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a. m. at the D. A. Striffler mortuary chapel, with Dr. Frederick S. PORTER officiating. Interment will be in Linwood cemetery. // The following have been requested to serve as pallbearers: E. D. PATTERSON, Aldine JOHNSON, J. Tom MORGAN, Jr., J. C. BRIGHTWELL, F. O. JONES, Jr., Banks CRADDOCK, E. J. WALDROP, George GAMBLE and J. R. THOMPSON, Jr." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer newspaper, Monday, 29 JAN 1945, p. 2.]
Mary Jane Galer's list of person interred in the New Cemetery area of Linwood shows: Mrs. Elizabeth HENDERSON JEFFERSON, widowed female, born 27 JAN 1871 in Jackson[s] Gap, Alabama, died aged 74 years, at 3320 Woodlawn Drive [Columbus, Georgia], of lobar pneumonia; buried 29 JAN 1945 in Section C, Lot 80, by undertaker [D. A.] STRIFFLER, per local death certificate #3995 - Sexton J. B. SHORES (remarks: daughter of Daniel & Betty GRIER HENDERSON).
Per Georgia Death Index: Elizabeth JEFFERSON, White female, died 28 JAN 1945, aged 74 years, in Muscogee County, Georgia, death certificate #1129.
"Mrs. E. H. JEFFERSON Dies At Home Here // Mrs. Elizabeth HENDERSON JEFFERSON, 74, widow of Nicholas JEFFERSON and well known Columbus woman, died at the residence, 3320 Woodlawn drive, Sunday afternoon at 3:25 o'clock, following an illness of three weeks. // Mrs. JEFFERSON was born at Jackson Gap, Ala., Jan. 27, 1871, the daughter of Daniel and Betty GRIER HENDERSON. She had resided in Columbus for the past 50 years and was a member of the First Baptist church. // Surviving are three sons, Joe L. JEFFERSON, Lakeland, Fla.; Jack JEFFERSON, Columbus; and Sgt. Howard N. JEFFERSON, Indian Town Gap, Pa.; a brother, Jesse HENDERSON [her half brother Jessie Berry Henderson], Birmingham; three grandchildren, Jack, Joan and Ansley JEFFERSON, Lakeland, Fla.; also several nieces and nephews. // Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a. m. at the D. A. Striffler mortuary chapel, with Dr. Frederick S. PORTER officiating. Interment will be in Linwood cemetery. // The following have been requested to serve as pallbearers: E. D. PATTERSON, Aldine JOHNSON, J. Tom MORGAN, Jr., J. C. BRIGHTWELL, F. O. JONES, Jr., Banks CRADDOCK, E. J. WALDROP, George GAMBLE and J. R. THOMPSON, Jr." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer newspaper, Monday, 29 JAN 1945, p. 2.]
Events
| Birth | 27 Jan 1871 | Jacksons Gap, Tallapoosa County, Alabama | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 14 Jun 1880 | (Daniel Fletcher Henderson and Elizabeth Taylor) Duffers, Tallapoosa County, Alabama |  |  | |
| Marriage | 11 Oct 1899 | Phenix City, Lee County, Alabama - Nicholas Jefferson | | | |
| Census (family) | 18 Apr 1910 | Girard, Russell County, Alabama - Nicholas Jefferson | | | |
| Census | 15 Jan 1920 | Girard, Russell County, Alabama | | | |
| Census | 9 Apr 1930 | Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia | | | |
| Death | 28 Jan 1945 | Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia | |||
| Burial | 30 Jan 1945 | Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia | | |
Families
| Spouse | Nicholas Jefferson (1864 - 1917) |
| Child | Joseph Louis Jefferson (1903 - 1963) |
| Child | Jack Lester Jefferson (1906 - 1953) |
| Child | Albert Jefferson (1906 - ) |
| Child | Richard Hayse Jefferson (1908 - 1912) |
| Child | Howard Nicholas Jefferson (1910 - 2005) |
| Father | Daniel Fletcher Henderson (1833 - 1908) |
| Mother | Elizabeth P. Greer (1836 - 1871) |
| Sibling | Permilia A. Hester Henderson (1856 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Mary A. Henderson (1858 - ) |
| Sibling | Almeta Henderson (1863 - ) |
| Sibling | Robert Edward Lee Henderson (1864 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Joseph G. Henderson (1864 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Antoinette L. "Nettie" Henderson (1873 - 1933) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
D F Henderson Self Male 48 South Carolina - FarmerElisabeth Henderson Wife Female 41 Georgia - Keeping house
Aluisia Henderson Daughter Female 18 Alabama
Robert E L Henderson Son Male 16 Alabama - Farm laborer
Joseph G Henderson Son Male 14 Alabama - Farm laborer
Antimt T Henderson Daughter Female 12 Alabama
Lizzie Henderson Daughter Female 10 Alabama
Jessie B Henderson Son Male 8 Alabama
Sallie D Henderson Daughter Female 6 Alabama
Ann L Henderson Daughter Female 4 Alabama
Marriage
Nicholas JeffersonSex Male
Spouse's Name Miss Lizzie V. Henderson
Spouse's Sex Female
Event Type Marriage
[Marriage License issued 7 Oct. 1899]
Event Date 11 Oct 1899
Event Place Phenix City, Lee, Alabama, United States
Event Place (Original) Phoenix, Alabama, United States
Source Details Bk. D, Pg. 89
Reference Volumes D and H
Census (family)
Nick Jefferson Husband M 47 Georgia - Collector, furniture dealerElizabeth Jefferson Wife F 38 Alabama
Joseph L Jefferson Son M 6 Alabama
Albert Jefferson Son M 4 Alabama
Richard Jefferson Son M 2 Alabama
Emma C Doles sister F 65 Georgia
Census
Lizzie Jefferson head F 49 Alabama - Machine hand, overall factoryJoseph Jefferson Son M 16 Alabama - Office boy, warehouse
Albert Jefferson Son M 14 Alabama
Howard Jefferson Son M 8 Alabama
Emma Doles sister F 71 Georgia
Census
Elizabeth Jefferson head F 59 AlabamaJoseph L Jefferson Son M 24 Alabama - Shipping clerk, cotton mill
Howard Jefferson Son M 19 Alabama
Wallace Mc Carley roomer M 27 Alabama - Police, county
Oscar Bryant roomer M 40 Alabama - Machinist, gin company
Worth J Nickerson roomer M 27 Alabama - Clerk, S.E. Express
Burial
PLOT: Section C, Lot 80 (Sexton's system); Section J, Lot 8 (Autry's system) "R. G. JEFFERSON" on stepEndnotes
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