William Henry Herndon (1850 - 1914): Lindell-Herndon Genealogy

1850 - 1914 (63 years)

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Name	William Henry Herndon [2]
Birth	21 Oct 1850	Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, United States [2]
Gender	Male
Occupation	Merchant [2]
Burial	Aug 1914	York, York County, South Carolina, United States [3]
Death	4 Aug 1914	Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, United States [2]
Person ID	I2281	Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
Last Modified	11 Mar 2001

Father	Joseph Herndon, b. Nov 1806, _______, Charlotte County, Virginia, United States d. 13 Apr 1892, Yorkville, York County, South Carolina, United States (Age 85 years)
Mother	Amanda Isabella Henry, b. 1822, Henry Knob, Haywood County, North Carolina, United States d. Dec 1865, York, York County, South Carolina, United States (Age 43 years)
Family ID	F1640	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Mary Susan Crenshaw, b. 17 Apr 1852, Yorkville, York County, South Carolina, United States d. 22 Apr 1892, York, York County, South Carolina, United States (Age 40 years)

Marriage 31 Oct 1877 [2]

Children

	1. Madge Herndon, b. 18 May 1880, York, York County, South Carolina, United States d. 4 Jul 1880, York, York County, South Carolina, United States (Age 0 years)
	2. Charles Farrar Herndon, b. 20 Sep 1881, York, York County, South Carolina, United States d. 23 Jan 1882, York, York County, South Carolina, United States (Age 0 years)

Family ID F1642 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Jul 2000

Family 2	Jeannette Davidson, b. 1869, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, United States d. 1947 (Age 78 years)
Marriage	14 Jul 1894 [2]
Family ID	F1643	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	23 Jul 2000

Event Map

Burial - Aug 1914 - York, York County, South Carolina, United States

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Notes

William Henry Herndon lived for 42 years in York County, South Carolina, where Mary Susan Crenshaw lived at the time of her marriage. [2]
William Henry Herndon and Mary Susan Crenshaw had 1 son and 2 daughters. [2]
William Henry Herndon and Jeannette Davidson had 1 son and 2 daughters.

Reference Herndon, William Robert. "William Henry Herndon", Lindell-Herndon Genealogy. [Online]. Available: https://lindell-herndon.org/getperson.php?personID=I2281&tree=LindellHerndon. [Accessed: 25-Oct-2025].

Sources

[S315] [Herndon-2025] Herndon, William Robert, Lindell-Herndon Genealogy, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin: By the author, 2025.
[S53] [Herndon-1950a] Herndon, John Goodwin, The Herndons of the American Revolution, Part 1: John Herndon of Charlotte County, VA, Naples, Florida: Dudley Herndon, 2000.
[S172] [LDS-AF-1999e] Herndon, Paul R. (submitter), "Descendants of Joseph Herndon (partial)," Ancestral File (familysearch.org), Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1999.

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