Ira Albert Henderson
July 8, 1917; Oregonian, p 13  (photo)
"Pioneer of 1853 Dies at Fossil"

   Ira Albert Henderson, who died at Fossil, Or., June 26, following an illness of less than 24 hours, was one of Oregon's early pioneers.  He was born in Cassopolis, Mich., June 28, 1833.  Crossing the plains in 1853 with his widowed mother, he settled near Brownsville, in Linn County, and married Julia Ann Baird there in 1858.  They moved to Heppner in 1871, later to Mayville, and had been residents of Fossil for 16 years, where he was a prominent church worker, active in the cause of prohibition and also a Mason.  The widow and a daughter, Mrs. J. D. Hogan, of Spokane, survive him.