Old Photographs Of Old Deer Aberdeenshire Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Old Deer, Scottish Gaelic: Dèir, a parish and village in the district of Buchan, Aberdeenshire. David B. Henderson was born in Old Deer, Scotland on March 14, 1840. He emigrated to the United States with his parents, who initially settled in Winnebago County, Illinois, in 1846. His family soon moved to a farm near Clermont, in Fayette County, Iowa in 1849. He attended the common schools, and the Upper Iowa University at Fayette, Iowa. He married Augusta Fox, a fellow student at Upper Iowa University. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War and was wounded severely twice, once in the neck and later in the leg, which resulted in progressive amputations of that leg. He was a successful lawyer prior to pursuing his political career. In 1882, he was elected as a Republican to represent Iowa's 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House, where he served from March 4, 1883 to March 4, 1903. After leaving Congress, Henderson practiced law in New York City until health problems caused him to retire to Southern California. Henderson died in Dubuque on February 25, 1906, aged 65. He is buried at Linwood Cemetery in Dubuque.

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