J. Y. Henderson

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☨ J. Y. Henderson

Profession	circus veterinarian
Personal details
Born	1907-11-11 Kerr County, Texas in United States

Dead	1991-06-14 Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida in United States


Spouse(s)	1946 Martha Schepp

Residence
Country	United States

Locations
Title	head veterinarian 1941-
Location	at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

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Biography details

John Y. "Doc" Henderson , circus veterinarian in United States

Henderson was born * 1907-11-11 in Kerr County, Texas United States dead 1991-06-14 Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, in United States

Married 1946 to Martha Schepp born 1911 in Germany .

For over 40 years he was veterinarian of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus looking after the world’s largest traveling menagerie. He is recognized as an outstanding authority on the care and feeding of circus animals.

Henderson went into WWII in 1944 and served until 1946, rejoing the circus with his new wife, Martha, an aerialist.

J. Y. Henderson is mentioned on 1 location pagesRingling Bros. Circus,

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). veterinarian John Y. "Doc" Henderson in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 9 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=2964. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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