The son of Ralph Hendershot and Julia (Miller) Hendershot, Robert was born at the family farm in Macon Township in 1841.[citation needed] He lived there with his family.[1][2][3] Robert Hendershot married Mary McClue (1854-1926), the daughter of Robert McClue and Margaret Pulver, marrying in Washtenaw County, Michigan on March 11, 1886[4] and having three children together.
They farmed in Macon Township.[5][6][7] Widowed, Robert Hendershot passed away in Macon Township at the age of 85[8] and is burie at Macon Cemetery in Macon, Michigan.[9]
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↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8N-DVS : 22 December 2020), Robert Henlleishat in household of Ralph Henlleishat, Macon, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSG-17Q : 14 January 2022), Robert Hendershot in household of Ralph Hendershot, Macon, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
↑ "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNLZ-ZHJ : 2 March 2021), Robert Hendershot and Mary Mcclew, 11 Mar 1886; citing reference ID , various county clerks and libraries, Michigan; FHL microfilm 1,019,066.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS9S-TT9 : accessed 3 February 2021), Robert Hendershot, Macon Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 50, sheet 1A, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,725.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLRQ-P7X : accessed 3 February 2021), Robert Hendershot, Macon, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 66, sheet 9B, family 132, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 661; FHL microfilm 1,374,674.
↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF3R-12Z : 13 March 2018), Robert Hendershot, 19 Oct 1929; citing Macon, Lenawee, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,842.
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