Hendricks Reunion of 11 Aug 1905

Date: 11 Aug 1905 to 11 Aug 1905
Location: Johnson, Indiana, United States
Surnames/tags: Hendricks Johnson_County

Hendricks Reunion as reported

The following are excerpts of the report in the Franklin Republican:^[1]

"HENDRICKS REUNION.

"The third annual reunion of the Hendricks family was held at the fairgrounds on Tuesday, and a jollier, happier crowd of kinsmen would be hard to find…
After dinner a photograph was taken of the group by J. N. Poundstone, a relative who came 450 miles from his home in Benton Harbor, Mich., to get the picture…

"Among those present from a distance were: Mr. and Mrs. Landen Garrison; Mrs. A. J. Morris; Miss Gertrude Henson; Mr. and Mrs. D. Vanbiggle; Misses Alice and Ethel Vanbiggle; Miss Corrine Simon and Mrs. Albert Hendricks and son of Indianapolis; Emil West, Mrs. Livania Myers and Mr. and Mrs. Van West of Greenwood; Mr. and Mrs. John Overstreet and Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Patterson of Rocklane; Prof. O.P. West of Washington; Miss Carrie Kinsey and Mrs. A. R. Jones of Wolcott; Mrs. Charles Crandall, Newcastle; Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Shafer and J. N. Poundstone of Benton Harbor, Mich; Miss Edith Morris, Pueblo, Colo; Mrs. Ossie Boyd and sons, Thorpe and Spencer, Carlisle, Ky.; G. W. Gribben, Martinsville; Mrs. A. E. Bolser, Loogootee; Mr. and Mrs. James Munson, Edinburg; and Mrs. Claud M. Hendricks of Chicago.

"The Hendricks family history is an interesting one indeed. The branch represented at the reunion held here on Tuesday was that which had as its head Peter Hendricks and his wife. Peter Hendricks was born in Northumberland County, Maryland in 1771. When he became of age he immigrated to Bath County, Kentucky where he established a home and reared his family. To him and his good wife were born thirteen children. Six of these children, Squire, Louis and Landon Hendricks, Mrs. Isaac Garrison, Mrs. Thomas McFerren and Mrs. Redden Money came to Johnson County about the year 1822 and settled in Needham township. The last two named with their husbands moved later to Shelby County settling near Marietta. The father and mother remained with the other children in Kentucky until 1848 when after her death, he came here and resided until his death in 1852. The children have all passed away and those who met in the reunion were the children and grandchildren of the six who first settled in the county. Of the grandchildren of Peter Hendricks living today, there are but twelve living. Of this number nine are residents of this county. They are J. M., Squire, Thomas, John G., Willis, M.Y. and Mesdames Amanda Earlywine, Lycurgus Waggoner and Thomas Reece. Of the children living the eldest is Mrs. Caroline Waggoner, of Benton Harbor, Mich., who is seventy-nine years of age and the youngest is Willis of this county, who is fifty-two.

"When the children of Peter Hendricks moved to this county they settled in one township and one neighborhood. The original Hendricks farm was that now occupied by M.Y. Hendricks just east of Franklin.
Seven children of Peter Hendricks remained in Kentucky and there are a long line of descendants of the family in that state as well as in Indiana. Several of them were present at the reunion. The Hendricks family has had much to do with the history and development of Needham Township. They are among the foremost citizens and have always been active in the social, religious and political life of their township. Likewise, we find them active in the history of Indiana. The late Thomas A. Hendricks, United States Senator and vice president with Cleveland was a descendant of a brother of Peter Hendricks."

Sources

1. ↑ The Franklin Republican (Franklin, Indiana), 18 August 1905, pg 4 [Excerpts]