Dorothy was born when her father was 52 years old.  As a result of being one born after due time she never knew her paternal grandparents Joseph and Mary HENDERSON NEWCOMER .   Her grandmother was one of two HENDERSON sisters that married two NEWCOMER brothers.  The sisters, Mary and Catherine were descendent of Stewart (Stuart) HENDERSON who, along with his brother, Samuel, was born in Ireland, then came together to Erie County, PA, by way of Fayette County, PA.  Stewart later moved to Fayette County, PA.
     The two Newcomer brothers, who came from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, moved out west to Illinois, just after they were married or returned from Illinois to marry their bride.  The two new families first settled in Knox County.  However, William and his wife, Catherine HENDERSON, moved on to seek their fortune in the wilds of Nebraska.  Joseph and Mary remained to raise a family of three boys and one girl.  At the beginning of the twentieth century the older son Stewart, moved on west to the growing town of Wichita, Kansas.  After a failed marriage this Stewart would marry the widow BLALACK who had moved with her children from Arkansas upon hearing there were jobs to be had in the packing houses of Wichita.  Stewart, who had two living children by his first wife, wanted to have a little blond daughter and persuaded his wife, Samantha, to give him that child.  She would be 45 years old when the child  would be born.  It was not an easy birth but Stewart got his blond daughter and they named her Dorothy, "Gift of God".  This is Dorothy's Newcomer Rathbun's Henderson line.

Descendants of Stewart? HENDERSON - Last updated 10 May 2001 - five generations
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1-Stewart HENDERSON (Jan 1774-19 Jul 1839)
sp: Elizabeth UNKNOWN (-bfr 1803)
        2-Samuel HENDERSON (abt 1797-)
        sp: Elmira UNKNOWN (-)
        2-John HENDERSON (1 Jan 1800-28 Jan 1875)
        sp: Elizabeth HYSKELL (-)
                3-Catherine Ann Lias HENDERSON (-)
                sp: James LINDSAY (-)
                        4-John Henderson Claude LINDSAY (-)
                        sp: Hannah Goodrich STONE (-)
                                5-Nellie Elizabeth LINDSAY (-)
sp: Ann HUNT (13 Aug 1786-31 Mar 1866)
        2-Nancy HENDERSON (1 Nov 1807-27 Mar 1833)
        sp: Alexander WORK (-)
        2-Thomas HENDERSON (30 Nov 1809-1878)
        sp: Hannah DUNLAP (1822-1866)
                3-Annie HENDERSON (-)
                sp: Samuel JUNK (-)
                        4-Edd JUNK (-)
                        4-Elizabeth JUNK (-)
                        sp: Taylor LYNN (-)
                3-Hanna HENDERSON (-)
                sp: H. Gilbert SHINN (-)
                3-Mary HENDERSON (-)
                sp: Samuel RANKEN (-)
                3-Stewart HENDERSON (8 Jun 1845-)
                sp: Anna Marie VARNES (17 Sep 1850-9 Mar 1877)
                        4-Ada Ella HENDERSON (-)
                        sp: Clarence E. LYNN (-)
                        4-Phebe Luvella HENDERSON (-)
                        sp: Alvin LeRoy CLOVIS (-)
                        4-Annie Alvada HENDERSON (-)
                sp: Annie E. LEIGHY (5 Jul 1845-11 Nov 1879)
                sp: Susan HIGGINS (-)
                        4-Eva Linda HENDERSON (-)
                        4-Rosa Belle HENDERSON (-)
                sp: Adaline (BRADLEY) BENNETT (-)
                3-Elizabeth HENDERSON (-)
                sp: Taylor LINN (-)
                3-Martha HENDERSON (-)
                3-Cynthia HENDERSON (-)
        2-Steward HENDERSON (11 Mar 1812-19 Sep 1880)
        sp: Eliza Ann RAMSEY (27 May 1824-21 Aug 1901)
                3-Elizabeth (Eliza) Ann HENDERSON (25 Dec 1846-19 Nov 1916)
                sp: Thomas WHITE (29 Nov 1834-27 Feb 1912)
                3-Catherine B. (Kate) HENDERSON (25 Oct 1851-21 May 1921)
                sp: William Henry NEWCOMER Esq. (30 Jul 1846-18 Nov 1912)
                        4-Mary Abigail NEWCOMER (21 Jun 1870-10 Mar 1949)
                        sp: Fred S. CONANT (1869-29 Feb 1948)
                                5-Illa O. CONANT (1895-1967)
                                5-William S. CONANT (1904-1983)
                        4-Dora Arabella NEWCOMER (9 Apr 1873-8 May 1927)
                        sp: William A. MYERS (-)
                                5-Catherine MYERS (-)
                                5-Dora MYERS (-)
                                5-Jessie MYERS (-)
                                5-Everett MYERS (-)
                        4-Eliza Ann NEWCOMER (26 Jul 1877-26 Jan 1893)
                        4-Elizabeth A. NEWCOMER (17 Aug 1880-3 Jun 1881)
                        4-William Henry NEWCOMER II (30 Jul 1882-18 Jan 1965)
                        sp: Ellaine Christina ANDRESEN (27 Jun 1886-22 Mar 1933)
                                5-Lucile Bernice NEWCOMER (26 Nov 1910-19 Dec 1998)
                                5-Ruth Ella NEWCOMER (5 May 1912-)
                                5-William Henry NEWCOMER III (9 Aug 1915-)
                                5-James Edward NEWCOMER (11 Jan 1921-17 Apr 1987)
                                5-Natalie June NEWCOMER (25 Jun 1927-)
                        sp: Emily Naomi Roenbaugh BLACK (25 Feb 1896-6 Jul 1980)
                        4-Edith Pearl NEWCOMER (16 Aug 1885-23 Jun 1958)
                        sp: George WERNER (-9 Apr 1931)
                        4-Carrie Mae NEWCOMER (18 Oct 1887-23 Apr 1969)
                        sp: Harry Mitchell JOHNS (16 Nov 1884-27 Dec 1929)
                                5-Catherine Jeannette JOHNS (8 Oct 1917-2 Nov 1985)
                                5-Theodore (Ted) Mitchell JOHNS (26 Mar 1923-)
                        4-Blanche V. NEWCOMER (26 Aug 1890-31 Dec 1984)
                        sp: Wallace LLOYD (7 Dec 1889-14 Aug 1946)
                                5-Dorothy LLOYD (5 Sep 1913-)
                                5-Francis LLOYD (22 Dec 1914-11 Feb 1927)
                                5-Edwin Wilton LLOYD (26 May 1916-30 Apr 1994)
                3-Mary Ann HENDERSON (2 Aug 1855-21 Jul 1901)
                sp: Joseph G. NEWCOMER (30 Jan 1851-19 Jul 1922)
                        4-Stewart W. NEWCOMER (3 Feb 1879-18 Jul 1964)
                        sp: Lola May CARSON (1881-1960)
                                5-Mary (Mollie) Ellen NEWCOMER (30 Mar 1904-19 Sep 1984)
                                5-Joseph NEWCOMER (16 Feb 1906-20 Sep 1916)
                                5-Thomas Ransom NEWCOMER (7 Mar 1911-)
                        sp: Samantha Anna MCDONALD (25 Nov 1886-1 May 1956)
                                5-Dorothy Louise NEWCOMER (2 Dec 1931-)
                        4-Camella (Carrie) NEWCOMER (2 Dec 1881-3 Nov 1959)
                        4-Ray Alexander NEWCOMER Sr. (23 Sep 1884-5 Mar 1947)
                        sp: Bess Ann LOVERIDGE (24 May 1891-5 Apr 1976)
                                5-Maribelle NEWCOMER (21 Apr 1921-)
                                5-Ray Alexander NEWCOMER Jr. (16 Apr 1922-14 Apr 1995)
                        4-Morton D. NEWCOMER Sr. (24 Mar 1889-21 Jul 1966)
                        sp: Jennie Elizabeth BEARD (2 May 1892-29 Nov 1954)
                                5-Morton David NEWCOMER Jr. (6 Oct 1912-1 Jun 1981)
                                5-Annabelle NEWCOMER (6 Sep 1916-6 Sep 1916)
                                5-Wilbert Samuel NEWCOMER (9 Jan 1921-)
                                5-Joe Beard NEWCOMER Sr. (28 Jan 1928-)
                3-Thomas Jacob (Skiles Milkorn Kiscart) HENDERSON (11 Apr 1859-8 Jun 1934)
                sp: Margaret R. ("Maggie") SESSLAR (abt 1862-)
                        4-Della Luella HENDERSON (24 Dec 1881-30 Jan 1959)
                        sp: John HANSEN (27 Jul 1879-27 Apr 1952)
                                5-Ward Thomas HANSEN (29 Jan 1905-)
                                5-Warren HANSEN (29 Jan 1905-)
                                5-Ethel Louella HANSEN (20 Nov 1914-)
                                5-Dorothy Winifred HANSEN (15 Nov 1917-)
                                5-Doyle Wayne HANSEN (15 Nov 1917-)
                        4-Thomas Jacob HENDERSON (24 Jan 1887-)
                        4-Nancy Grace Jane HENDERSON (5 Mar 1884-12 Jun 1944)
                        sp: James Primrose MCMINN (-)
                                5-James Howard MCMINN (29 Jun 1907-)
                                5-Gertrude MCMINN (-)
                                5-Margaret Lorraine MCMINN (9 Aug 1921-21 Jul 1992)
                        4-Harry Elsworth HENDERSON (-)
                sp: Annie M. CROUSE (Oct 1860-3 Jan 1899)
                        4-Hazel HENDERSON (25 Dec 1894-May 1950)
                        4-Elizabeth Bertha HENDERSON (11 Aug 1897-)
                        4-Ann Lillian HENDERSON (11 Aug 1897-)
                sp: Mattie BRAWLEN (1862-1916)
                sp: Lottie WEEKS (1859-1943)
                3-Steward Alexander Blackford HENDERSON (30 Apr 1872-4 Feb 1945)
                sp: Mary Ann PAUL (1 Mar 1873-17 Jun 1936)
                        4-Charles William HENDERSON (25 Mar 1894-27 Oct 1960)
                        sp: Myrtle Evangeline LINDBECK (22 Feb 1897-21 Oct 1973)
                                5-Peter Weiberg HENDERSON (30 May 1918-22 Feb 1984)
                                5-Gerald Merlin HENDERSON (25 Dec 1924-)
                                5-Maribel Ilene HENDERSON (31 Mar 1927-)
                        4-Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) HENDERSON (4 Jul 1895-16 Oct 1981)
                        sp: Clarence E. KOONS (9 Jul 1897-10 Jul 1964)
                                5-Mary Jean KOONS (23 Jun 1929-)
                                5-Donna Lee KOONS (29 Feb 1932-)
                        4-Marguerite Bette HENDERSON (29 Apr 1896-26 May 1964)
                        sp: Edward (Hal) SEIGRIST (30 Apr 1896-22 Jun 1981)
                                5-Maxine Ruth SEIGRIST (28 Nov 1917-abt 1996)
                        4-Joseph HENDERSON (14 Feb 1900-28 Apr 1965)
                        sp: Hazel Louise SWANSON (23 Jul 1908-16 Jan 1995)
                                5-Richard Paul HENDERSON (20 Mar 1934-)
                        4-Agnes Mae HENDERSON (17 May 1902-8 Dec 1957)
                        sp: La Verne MOUNT (15 Dec 1902-27 Nov 1977)
                                5-Audrey Mary MOUNT (6 Apr 1929-)
                                5-Verna Mae MOUNT (2 Sep 1934-)
                        4-Kathyrn Barbara (Kay) HENDERSON (17 Oct 1902-21 Apr 1971)
                        sp: Marion D. (Doc) HAINLINE (25 Jun 1902-16 Aug 1978)
                        4-Helen Theresa HENDERSON (8 Oct 1904-11 Dec 1984)
                        sp: Vernon Eugene WALLIN (21 Mar 1903-25 Oct 1962)
                                5-Vernon Eugene WALLIN (13 Aug 1931-)
                        sp: Edwin CRAFT (-abt 1997)
                        4-Miles Paul (Fizz) HENDERSON (11 Nov 1906-8 Oct 1947)
                        sp: Jennie Leola CHILDERS (23 Sep 1913-8 Jan 1954)
                                5-Beatrice Mary HENDERSON (28 Apr 1934-)
                                5-Anna Gertrude HENDERSON (24 Mar 1936-)
                                5-Sandra Lee HENDERSON (16 Apr 1940-)
                        4-George Howard (Howdie) HENDERSON (3 Nov 1908-1 Mar 1954)
                        4-Frances Lucille HENDERSON (10 Mar 1911-28 Feb 1980)
                        sp: Wilbur L. GUTHRIE (27 Jun 1903-15 Jan 1975)
                                5-Barbara Jane GUTHRIE (23 Dec 1933-)
                                5-John Stewart GUTHRIE (15 Aug 1935-)
                        4-Robert LeRoy HENDERSON (10 Jun 1913-5 Sep 1968)
                        sp: Mable EASLEY (9 Jul 1912-9 Jun 1986)
                                5-Janice Lee HENDERSON (17 Sep 1947-)
                                5-Jean Marie HENDERSON (22 Aug 1951-)
                        4-Anna Gertrude HENDERSON (7 Dec 1915-15 Dec 1918)
        2-Rebecca HENDERSON (-bfr 1838)
        2-Isaac HENDERSON (23 Jan 1814-27 Feb 1906)
        sp: Mary W. DUNLAP (11 Oct 1808-20 Mar 1882)
                3-Hannah HENDERSON (-)
                sp: Unknown JOHNSON (-)
                3-Mary Ann HENDERSON (-)
                sp: Jacob WOLF (-)
                3-Samuel HENDERSON (24 Apr 1843-2 Mar 1895)
                sp: Elizabeth WOOD (10 Jun 1854-16 Mar 1905)
                        4-Isaac Wood HENDERSON (19 Jan 1875-)
                        sp: Amanda J. HENDERSON (-)
                        4-Mary Harriet HENDERSON (23 Sep 1877-28 Apr 1893)
                        4-infant HENDERSON (-1 Nov 1888)
                        4-infant HENDERSON (-19 Sep 1890)
                        4-infant HENDERSON (-)
                        4-Steward HENDERSON (21 Nov 1882-)
                        sp: Josephine (-)
                        4-Sarah HENDERSON (11 Jul 1885-)
                        sp: Charles L. NOBLE (-)
                3-Alexander HENDERSON (-)
                3-TWIN HENDERSON (-)
                3-TWIN HENDERSON (-)
                3-Stewart HENDERSON (24 Aug 1849-bef 1900)
                sp: Harriette WOODWARD (date unknown-aft 1900)
                        4-Davis W. HENDERSON (25 Dec 1875-)
                        sp: Clelia W. KNOX (date unknown-)
                                5-Davis Knox HENDERSON (27 Apr 1906-)
                                5-Mary Clelia HENDERSON (27 Mar 1910-11 Apr 1910)
                                5-Caroline Harriet HENDERSON (18 Jul 1911-)
                        4-Isaac HENDERSON (4 Apr 1878-)
                        4-Unnamed HENDERSON (1881-1881)
                        4-Mary HENDERSON (1889-)
                3-Thomas HENDERSON (-bef 1900)
        2-Alexander HENDERSON (22 Nov 1816-6 Aug 1897)
        sp: Phebe Ann UNKNOWN (6 May 1818-26 Aug 1894)
        2-Harvey HENDERSON (11 Mar 1819-11 Mar 1902)
        sp: Eliza HARRIS (1820-11 Mar 1870)
                3-Rebecca Ann HENDERSON (28 Feb 1842-16 May 1842)
                3-Jacob HENDERSON (14 Mar 1843-23 Feb 1861)
                3-David HENDERSON (16 Jan 1845-date unknown)
                sp: Louisa DUNLAP (1 Jan 1857-26 Jan 1897)
                        4-Harvey HENDERSON (1869-)
                        4-Rachel HENDERSON (abt 1872-)
                        4-Elisa HENDERSON (1873-)
                        4-Sparks Dunlap HENDERSON (30 Nov 1877-)
                        4-Mary Skinner HENDERSON (15 Nov 1880-)
                        4-Samuel Junk HENDERSON (27 Aug 1881-)
                        4-James Garfield HENDERSON (11 Jul 1884-1889)
                        4-Amanda HENDERSON (19 Sep 1885-)
                        sp: Clyde E. BUCKLES (15 Apr 1884-)
                                5-Clyde Nelson BUCKLES (7 Dec 1921-)
                        4-Ollie May HENDERSON (8 Jan 1888-)
                        sp: Unknown NOEL (-)
                        4-Stewart McKinley HENDERSON (21 Sep 1891-)
                        4-Louisa HENDERSON (8 Feb 1894-)
                        sp: HUSBANDS (-)
                        4-Fannie Pauline HENDERSON (16 Jan 1897-)
                        sp: SHULTHEISS (-)
                3-Joseph HENDERSON (30 May 1847-12 Jul 1847)
                3-Steward Souson HENDERSON (27 May 1848-8 Aug 1935)
                sp: Eliza Jane WOODWARD (-)
                        4-Mary HENDERSON (-)
                        4-Harvey HENDERSON (-)
                        4-Davis HENDERSON (-)
                        4-Amanda HENDERSON (-)
                        4-Joseph O. HENDERSON (-)
                        4-Ivan I. HENDERSON (-)
                        4-Elizabeth HENDERSON (1832-)
                        sp: Hugh NASH (5 Jun 1824-)
                                5-Jennie NASH (1863-)
                                5-Nannie Bell NASH (2 Apr 1865-)
                                5-Mary H. NASH (3 Sep 1866-)
                                5-Hugh C. NASH (1871-)
                                5-Cora E. NASH (1873-)
                3-Syntha HENDERSON (23 Mar 1851-21 Aug 1851)
                3-Sarah E. HENDERSON (10 Nov 1852-24 Jun 1874)
                sp: Robert LONG (9 Mar 1841-)
                        4-Alexander Harvey Henderson LONG (-)
                3-Isaac HENDERSON (29 Aug 1855-)
                sp: Rosa UNKNOWN (Sep 1856-)
                        4-Unknown HENDERSON (-)
                3-Thomas S. HENDERSON (26 Mar 1857-2 Mar 1921)
                sp: Sarah C. UNKNOWN (Oct 1864-)
                        4-Susie HENDERSON (Oct 1883-)
                        4-Harvey HENDERSON (Jun 1885-)
                        4-Isaac HENDERSON (May 1887-)
                        4-Joseph HENDERSON (Oct 1888-)
                        4-Anna HENDERSON (Nov 1891-)
                        4-Willie HENDERSON (Jun 1896-)
                        4-John HENDERSON (Jan 1899-)
                3-Samuel HENDERSON (30 May 1859-31 May 1859)
                3-Charles C. HENDERSON (5 Jan 1860-22 Dec 1869)
                3-Lincoln HENDERSON (12 Jan 1864-)
                        4-Unknown HENDERSON (-)
                        sp: Stanley OBERG (-)
                        4-Stanley HENDERSON (-)
        sp: Mary Amanda STRICKLER (-)
        2-David HENDERSON (26 Jan 1822-)
        sp: Margaret OLDSHOE (-)
        sp: Sophia UNKNOWN (Nov 1829-)
                3-Frank HENDERSON (1851-)
                3-Nancy HENDERSON (1855-)
                3-Mary HENDERSON (1857-)
                3-Jacob HENDERSON (1859-)
                3-Nelly F. HENDERSON (abt 1861-)
                3-Peter D. HENDERSON (abt 1863-)
                3-Thomas HENDERSON (abt 1866-)
                3-David HENDERSON (Apr 1870 or May 1870-)
        2-Jacob HENDERSON (23 Mar 1824-12 Jun 1888)
        sp: Margery Cunningham HARPER (18 Feb 1825-31 Mar 1853)
                3-Nancy M. HENDERSON (25 Aug 1850-28 Jul 1888)
                sp: Evans LYNN (-)
                        4-Robert I. LYNN (25 Jul 1888-14 Aug 1888)
                        4-Jacob H. LYNN (-)
        2-Joseph HENDERSON (19 Aug 1826-6 Jul 1858)
        2-Mary Ann HENDERSON (8 Mar 1830-23 Dec 1910)
        sp: Thomas Guthridge SHERRARD (-)