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Robert Grayson Adams (1857–1896) Robert Grayson Adams was a Henderson attorney whose surviving records trace his life through legal study, marriage, family responsibilities, and a prolonged illness. Known…
Remembering Corporal Robert Addison “Bobby” Posey On November 22, 1942, the Henderson Morning Gleaner reported news that brought the war in the Pacific painfully close to home. Corporal…
William Hopkins Witt (1871–1895) William Hopkins Witt was born in Henderson on October 23, 1871, the son of Bernard Gratz Witt and Lida G. Hopkins Witt. Known to…
W. W. Williams: Dry Goods, Millinery, and a Henderson Merchant’s Life Silk laces, folding fans, fashionable shoes, and hats trimmed with ribbons and feathers: the advertisements of W….
Rose Anna Kennedy (1850–1943) Rose Anna Kennedy was a longtime African American resident of Henderson, Kentucky, remembered in a contemporary newspaper notice as “one of that city’s oldest…
Edwin Hodge was a Henderson tobacco merchant, exporter, and bank officer whose career connected the city with markets in Great Britain. He also helped develop the Park Theater…
Dr. James G. Glass: A Dedicated Doctor on Clay Street In December 1959, Henderson set aside a day to honor Dr. James Garfield Glass. The City Commission proclaimed…
Henderson County’s Revolutionary War Monument at First and Main At the corner of First and Main streets, on the courthouse square near Central Park, stands a rough-faced granite…
A HENDERSON VOICE ON BLACK SWAN Marianna Johnson’s 1921 Record Born in Henderson, Johnson carried her musical gifts to Huntington, Harlem and one of America’s pioneering Black-owned record…
First Sergeant Payton Bibb: A Henderson Soldier in the 118th U.S. Colored Infantry A weathered military marker in Henderson’s Fernwood Cemetery bears only a few words: PAYTON BIBBS1ST…
W. R. Conover: The Florist Behind Henderson’s Water Street Greenhouses At first glance, Henderson’s 1906 Sanborn fire insurance map appears to be a maze of buildings, measurements and…
Pierre “Red” Jackson: A Champion for Henderson Teacher, coach, civil rights advocate and community mentor, 1927-2014 Pierre “Red” Jackson helped shape Henderson through the people he taught, coached…