Margaret Thompson Henderson was born July 20, 1880 at Parsons, Kansas to John and Sophia Thompson. She enrolled at the University of Kansas in 1898, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with a liberal arts degree in 1905. In the year of her graduation from the University, she married Willis E. Henderson, a graduate of the University in 1899. In years following the births of their children, the Hendersons resided in Boulder, Colorado. Willis Henderson died in 1950. Margaret Henderson died on January 1, 1954.
From the guide to the Scrapbook of Kansas news items, circa 1908-1924, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)