He also co-founded the Troy Fertilizer Company[3] in 1883 with a couple of partners – Alexander St. Claire Tennille and Oliver C. Wiley.
[1] The newly created Standard Chemical and Oil Company, Inc. was the largest plant of its kind in southern Alabama.
[3] Henderson was also a cotton merchant and organizer of the unsuccessful Troy Shoe Manufactory.
He established the Arcadia Dairy on his 6,000 acres (24 km2) of land, which imported Jersey cows to supply the city of Troy with fresh milk.
[2] Though he never apparently expressed any interest in running for political office, he was the chief contributor to his brother Charles Henderson’s successful campaign for governor of Alabama in 1914.