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Representative David Hendershott View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 8/23/1859
Birth Place: Sussex, New Jersey
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
House: LA3 (1840)
Home County: Des Moines
Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature: Son: Henry B. Hendershott; GAs 3, 4
David Hendershott
Des Moines County
Born January 12, 1785, in Sussex, New Jersey, to Casper Hendershott and Charity Ann Dills. On June 10, 1809, he married Catherine Benham in Miami, Ohio. In 1816, the couple moved to Madison County, Illinois Territory. The couple eventually moved to Iowa Territory. Mr. Hendershott served as the Mayor of Burlington, Iowa, in 1839, and later represented Des Moines County in the House of Representatives of the Third Legislative Assembly of the Iowa Territory from 1840 to 1841. He died August 23, 1859, in Pleasant Grove, Des Moines County, Iowa.
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