ONE OF OLDEST COUNTY RESIDENTS PASSES
Came Here from Yakima in 1872 to Make Home.
Joseph N. Henderson, one of the
earliest settlers in Whitman county,
died Monday noon at his home in
North Colfax after an illness of two
months. He was 68 years of age.
Funeral services were held at the
Bruning parlors Thursday at 1:30
o'clock, Rev. J. O. Sibert, pastor of the
United Brethren church, officiating.
Burial was in the Colfax cemetery under auspices of the Woodmen of the
World.
Joseph Napoleon Henderson was born
March 1, 1861, at Green Castle, Mo.
Two years later his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Henderson, crossed the
plains by ox and mule team to the Willamette valley, staying at Amity, Yamhill county, until 1863 when they came
to Washington, stopping along the Cowlitz river and then coming to Yakima in
1866. Here the mother died and was one
of the first white women to be buried
in the Yakima cemetery. In 1872 the
remaining members of the family came
to Whitman county, locating at the foot
of Rock lake.
Later Joseph secured a farm near
Endicott, where he lived for 32 years.
In 1920 he sold the farm and came to
Colfax to live, making his home in
North Colfax.
Surviving are his wife, one daughter,
Mrs. Robert Hunt of Nespelem, Wash.,
and six sons, Roscoe, R. V., W. F., Carl,
Edwin S. and Raymond R. Henderson
of Colfax. One brother, W. H. Henderson, lives at Tonasket.