Henderson, James Alfred, M.D.

Submitted by Mike Miller

Henderson, James Alfred, M. D., New Orleans; was born in New York City, Feb. 11, 1881; son of William H. and Clara (Ulman) Henderson. The father was born in New York City, and is now a resident of New Orleans; mother was born in Bay St. Louis, Miss., and is living at this time. Members of the Henderson family have long been residents of New York state. The maternal grandfather James Ulman, was a native of Boston, Mass. He located at New Orleans when quite a young man, and shortly afterward was attacked with yellow fever. Following his recovery, he engaged in business as architect and builder, and some time afterward moved to Bay St. Louis, Miss. He was soon elected mayor of Bay St. Louis, and took an important part in the growth and development of the town and its surroundings, in the course of which improvement he supervised the erection of many of the most important buildings. During the Civil war he served in the Confederate army, and was also engaged in the manufacture of gunpowder and cannon for the army. He died at Bay St. Louis, being at the time of his death mayor of the city. In 1897 William H. Henderson, with his family, located at Bay St. Louis, and has since that time conducted an insurance business there. James Alfred Henderson was educated in public and private schools at New York City. In 1889 he entered the medical department of Tulane university, graduating in 1903. Immediately afterward he was appointed medical inspector for the Louisiana state board of health, and after serving in this position about 12 months was sent to Beaumont, Tex., in the U. S. Marine hospital service, in connection with a yellow fever epidemic in Texas, remaining there until the epidemic conditions had passed. In 1904 he began the practice of medicine in the city of New Orleans, and has so continued. In 1904 he was commissioned by Gov. Blanchard as assistant surgeon of the Naval Militia, and has since received a commission from Gov. Hall, as surgeon with the rank of lieutenant-commander. At the present time he is one of the senior assistants to Dr. Dana, at the New Orleans charity hospital. Dr. Henderson has been a member of the Commission board of health of New Orleans since 1912, and was also a member of the City board of health previous to that time. The Doctor is a member of the Louisiana State and Orleans parish medical associations and of the Young Men's gymnastic club. He is engaged in general practice and surgery.

Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 198-199. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.