David Bremner Henderson
Born: March 14, 1840
Birthplace: Old Deer, Scotland
Father: Thomas E. Henderson 1790 – 1872
(Buried: Postville Cemetery, Clayton County, Iowa)
Mother: Barbara Legg 1793 – 1883
(Buried: Postville Cemetery, Clayton County, Iowa)
Wife: Augusta Amelia Fox 1843 – 1931
(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa)
Married: 1866
Children:
Angie Henderson Peaslee 1867 – 1941
(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa)
Belle Shivas Henderson 1870 – 1949
Don Alonzo Henderson 1872 – 1940
Education:
Attended Upper Iowa University
Civil War Career:
1861: Enlisted as Private Company C, 12th Iowa Volunteers Infantry
1861 – 1863: 1st Lt. Company C, 12th Iowa Volunteers Infantry Regt.
1862: Wounded in the neck at Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee
1862: Wounded in leg & foot that required Amputation at 2nd Corinth
1863: Discharged from Union Army due to wounds on February 26th
1863 – 1864: Commissioner of Enrollment, Third District of Iowa
1864: Colonel of 46th Iowa Volunteers Infantry Regiment
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Dubuque, Iowa
1865 – 1869: Collector of Internal Revenue, Third District of Iowa
1869 – 1871: Assistant United States District Attorney in Iowa
1883 – 1903: United States Congressman from Iowa
1889 – 1891: Congressional Chairman of Committee on Militia
1895 – 1899: Congressional Chairman of Judiciary Committee
1899 – 1903: Speaker of United States House of Representatives
Attorney New York City, New York, until bad health forced retirement
Died: February 25, 1906
Place of Death: Dubuque, Iowa
Age at time of Death: 65 years old
Burial Place: Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa
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