In a life that could easily be a major motion picture, the girl who would become Mrs. Lucy Henderson, was born an enslaved person in 1839 in Virginia. She recalls rowing across the River (possibly the Potomac) and bringing dinner to President Lincoln. She was then brought illegally to Brockport and kept as an enslaved person and recalls being tied with ropes. In a daring escape, she jumped on a canal boat and made it Rochester, read the article for more.

She was married to Civil War Veteran George Henderson, who escaped from the Confederate Army to join the Union Army. They lived at 63 Ford Street. Her husband died in 1932 and she died at the age of 102 in 1941.

We often forget that there is an incomparable beauty in being alive.

© words and picture by Dan DeMarle 10/2021