Henderson Conway Churchman

Henderson & Eugenia Churchman

Henderson Churchman in 1926

• Sex: M
• Born: June 28, 1849 in Carroll County, Tennessee
• Died: November 25, 1932 in Norman, Oklahoma
• Buried: In the Masonic section of the cemetery in Guthrie, Oklahoma
• Notes: Henderson, Eugenia, and Everett migrated from Tennessee to Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. In 1898 both Henderson and Everett worked for King Rider's Sawmill in Kosoma, IT - Indian Territory (later Oklahoma). Sometime later Henderson and Eugenia migrated to Gillham, Arkansas and operated the Silver Hill Hotel adjacent to the railroad depot. Henderson also operated a pump station to provide water for steam locomotives on the Kansas City Southern Railroad.

  After Eugenia's death in Gillham on November 30, 1915, Henderson married Cynthia Ardillacy Cannon on July 12, 1916. They were divorced on April 29, 1919 in Gillham, Arkansas. Henderson was not in Arkansas when the divorce was granted and lost all his Gillham, Arkansas property in the court decision. His property was sold in public auction and proceeds given to Cynthia A. Cannon Churchman.

  Henderson was a lifelong Mason and lived in a Masonic Home for the aged in Guthrie, Oklahoma. He became terminally ill and died in a hospital in Norman, Oklahoma.

Father: Thomas G. Churchman, b. April 6, 1818 in Jefferson County, TN

Mother: Ruth Pickard, b. ca. 1816 -- d. December, 1882

Family 1: Eugenia C. Robertson, b. October 1, 1848 in Jackson, TN -- d. November 30, 1915 in Gillham, Arkansas -- buried in cemetery in Gillham, AR

• Married: December 16, 1872 in Dyersburg, Tennessee

1. Everett L. Churchman, b. August 25, 1874 in Newbern, TN

Family 2: Cynthia Ardillacy Cannon, b. 1859 in Sevier County, AR -- d. 1938 in Sevier County, AR -- dau. of John Cannon and Ardillacy Gilbert

• Married: July 12, 1916 in DeQueen, Sevier County, Arkansas -- divorced April 29, 1919 in Gillham, Arkansas

Family 3: Artie Jackson, b. 1850 in Beardtown, Texas -- d. July 22, 1926 in Guthrie, OK

• Married: January, 1924 in Oklahoma

Sources:

1. Research by Everett L. Churchman
2. Pictures from Everett L. Churchman