Historical Note for Above page: The first Line Recommender for my Grandmother Gertrude Henderson is Harriet Teague. She is Charles McKevett Teague?s wife. He was a U.S. Congressman in the House of Representatives from California. He was born in Santa Paula, California, Teague attended the public schools. He was graduated from Stanford University in 1931 and from Stanford Law School in 1934. He was admitted to the bar in 1934 and commenced the practice of law in Los Angeles and Ventura, California. He served in the United States Air Force 1942-1946. Awarded Air Force commendation ribbon. He served as director of McKevett Corp. and Teague-McKevett Co. Teague was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 1955, until his death January 1, 1974, in Santa Paula, California. Cremated. Ashes interred in family plot in Santa Paula Cemetery.
Below is Cecelia Henderson's DAR Application. Cecelia was Gertrude's sister. She never married. However, the copy quality from the faded original is substantially better than that of gertrude's DAR Application. it is used here for reference as the lineage is more easily read. Cecelia was a school teacher and farmer in Santa Paula, California . She owned the "Ranch" at Rural Route P.O. Box 207A, Santa Paula, California, 93060.
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