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Katherine HENDERSON
F, d. Apr, 1953, #18184

Last Edited

Dec 9, 2006

Note*

Past presidents of the P.O.E. from 1894 to the present include:
Katherine Forsythe
It was a long list and have just presented that Katherine was a
past president of this club in Monroe City.
White Mule Phillips 66 Service Station and Bus Depot at
Intersection of Highways 24 and 36 in Monroe City.
The White Mule Oil Company was organized by the Producers Oil
Corporation in 1920, asone of a string of gasoline service
stations in Missouri.
Several years later the late Jasper Henderson acquired the
Monroe City property, establishing iton a successful
foundation. Mr. Henderson continued to be manager of the
business until failing health forced him to retire, at which
time he deeded the property to his daughters, Mrs. Cecil P.
Forsythe and Mrs. Roy B. Meriwether.
On April 17, 1924, after this change in ownership, Mr. Forsythe
who had been located in Clarence for a number of years, returned
to Monroe City and assumed active management of the company,
maintaining this position until his death in1941.
In September, 1946, the company began transporting their own
merchandise.
The office and truck headquarters of the business are maintained
at 232 Winter Street, where the first drive-in service station
to be erected by the company in Monroe City now stands.

Married Name

FORSYTHE

Marriage*

Oct 9, 1912

Monroe Co., MO, Principal=Cecil Proctor FORSYTHE

Death*

Apr, 1953

St. Louis Co, MO

Family

Cecil Proctor FORSYTHE b. Dec 4, 1882, d. Jul 9, 1941

Mary Eliza HENDRON
F, b. circa 1822, #18204

Last Edited

Dec 9, 2006

Married Name

FORSYTHE

Birth*

circa 1822

Virginia

Marriage*

Jun 16, 1842

Marion Co., MO, Principal=Madison William FORSYTHE

Family	Madison William FORSYTHE b. Jul, 1814
Children	1.	Mary FORSYTHE
	2.	William M. FORSYTHE+ b. Apr, 1842
	3.	John R. FORSYTHE b. circa 1844
	4.	Sarah E. FORSYTHE b. circa 1846
	5.	Isabelle FORSYTHE b. circa 1847
	6.	Charles P. FORSYTHE b. Apr, 1857