Henry Aldrich Pendleton (1831 - 1910)

Born 17 Jan 1831 in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth Ann (Arnold) Pendleton — married [date unknown] (to before 1866) in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Jan 1910 at age 78 in Wyoming, Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States

Biography

Henry was born in 1831. Henry Pendleton ... He passed away in 1910. The funeral service of Henry A. Pendleton was solemnized at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.C. Barber in Westerly on Saturday morning, at 11 o’clock, Rev. George W. Rigler officiating. A solo, “There’s a Beautiful Land on High,” was rendered by W. H. Browning. Burial was at Hope Valley, RI.

Mr. Pendleton was born in Hopkinton Jan. 17, 1831, and was a son of Joshua and Hannah Larkin Pendleton. For a number of years he was division master on the Old Colony Railroad.

At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted in Company G, 14th Conn. Vol. Inf., where he was made a sergeant. He was wounded in the battle of Antietam and honorably discharged from active service, after which he was in the government employ until the close of the war.

He was a member of Burnside Post, G.A.R., of Shannock, and when a young man he became a member of the Masonic order at Clinton, Conn. On Nov. 29, 1866, he was married to Miss Lydia Slocum, of Wyoming, and to them were born three children, two daughters and a son. He is survived by a widow and two daughters, Mrs. A. A. Noble and Mrs. W. C. Barber of Westerly, and one sister, Mrs. Ann Slocum of Rockville.

Sources

See also:

• Brian Pendleton and His Descendants, 1599-1910. by Everett Hall Pendleton. 1911. Pg 296 https://archive.org/details/brianpendletonhi01pend/page/296
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