| | Abstract: | James Patterson Henderson was a physician who lived most of his professional life in Richland County, Ohio. He attended Jefferson College (now Washington and Jefferson) in Washington, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1825. He then studied under a physician in Cookstown, Pennsylvania before settling in Newville, Ohio, where he set up a medical practice. He served as a surgeon in the Ohio militia ca. 1830s-1850s, and was a member of various state medical societies and literary clubs. At his death, he gave a substantial sum of money and his library to Muskingum College. The collection consists of correspondence, membership material, land documents, legal records, and receipts belonging to James P. Henderson and his family. | |
