Alexander Henderson (Virginia)
- Alexander Henderson (Virginia)
Alexander Henderson (1738–22 November 1815) was a colonial merchant, born in Glasgow, Scotland who came to Colchester, Virginia in 1756. He served in the Virginia militia during the American Revolution. He was a member of the Virginia General Assembly and a Virginia delegate to the Mount Vernon Conference in 1785 which led to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He also served as a vestryman at Pohick Church and a magistrate of Fairfax and Prince William Counties.
Henderson moved to Dumfries, Virginia in 1787, where his home still stands. There he opened a store with additional outlets later opening in Colchester, Occoquan, and Alexandria and leading him to be considered the "father of the American chain store." [ [http://clanhendersonusa.org/historyshendersons_us.htm History's Hendersons] . At the Clan Henderson Society of the United States of America website. Accessed 25 September 2007.]
Henderson was the father of Archibald Henderson, the longest-serving Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, who served from 1820 to 1859.
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* [http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=2556 Alexander Henderson] at the Historical Marker Database.
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