Settler of township lots: Lots 6, Conc. 4, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within the irregular, waterfront Lot 6, Conc. 4 between Walkers Line and Buckslide Road running south of Boshkung Lake Road on Kushog Lake.

Land acquisition: 1880 from William French. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 71).

Other properties:

• Lot 17, Conc. 4, Stanhope - 1898 from Richard Bailey. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 203)
• Lot 18, Conc. 4, Stanhope - 1898 from Daniel McIntyre. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 223)
• Lot 7, Conc. 5, Stanhope - 1889 from John Thomas for $400. Ontario Land Parcel Registe
  r - Stanhope (Image 60).
• Lot 9, Conc. 5, Stanhope - 1881-1883 from Thomas Mason for $800 and sold back for same. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 76).

Dates of residency:

• 1876 Marriage: Minden Twp
• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Ruben & Rebecca Henderson with 3 children
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: Ruben Henderson, owner, Lot 6, Conc. 4
• 1890 Stanhope Voters LIst: R. R. Henderson, owner, Lots 6, 3, 7, Conc. 4, 5, 5
• 1890 $300 3 year mortgage payable to William Wright taken on Lot 6, Con 4
• 1891 Stanhope Voters List:  Lot 6, Conc. 4 and Lots 3 & 7, Conc. 5
• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Ruben & Rebecca Henderson with 10 children at Lot 7, Conc. 4
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List: Lots 16, 17 & 18, Conc. 3 & 4 but there is no record of him owning some of these lands in the Land Parcel Register.
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: R R Henderson, Winston, Lot 18, Conc. 4
• 1903 Moved to Saskatchewan
• 1906 Census of Canada, Saskatchewan: Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan

Interesting facts:

Rueben Rowe Henderson provided large quantities of hides and tallow for the general store, and also supplied lumber camps like Gilmours and Rathburns with both hay and slaughter animals. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg, 266.

In his 1966 Collection of Sketches, "The Drovers Tale, as recorded by Jos. Hewitt", Clayton Rogers tells how lumbering and agriculture developed side by side. The lumber camps became a prime market for agricultural produce: Mr. Rueben Henderson residing on a farm fronting on Lake Kushog with his brother Miles of Minden Township secured contracts from Mickle Dyment Co. for the furnishing of their beef supply for the season. This contract was renewed and they held this market for some years.

Winston Post Office - 1900 to 1905:  Lot 18, Conc. 4, Stanhope. Current address: North Shore Road, Algonquin Highlands. Winston Post Office opened in 1900 on the property of Reuben Henderson, the Postmaster, to serve residents on the north sides of Beech and Maple Lakes.  In 1903, Mr. Henderson sold part of his property to William Ferguson and moved to Saskatchewan. 

Reuben Rowe Henderson's mother was Amy Ezelda Clark, daughter of Benjamin Clark and Clarinda Henderson. Her first husband was William Henderson and her second husband was Thomas Mason.

Preceding landowner:

• Lot 6, Conc. 4: 1872 William French 100 acres from The Crown
• Lot 7, Conc. 4: 1871 John Fee Jr. 101 acres from The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• Lot 6, Conc. 4: 1900 Richard W. Johnson (1901 Stanhope Voters List); 1916 William Ferguson; 1929 Thomas W. Harrison B&S for $1,500
• Lot 7, Conc. 4: 1878 William Gainer for $800; 1889; 1889 Ben Johnson; 1937 Thomas Harrison (95 acres)

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

Photo: Reuben Rowe Henderson Stanhope Museum Photo Collection - 006.02.31