John Hendry, Jr.
         John Hendry, Jr.

         By Spessard Stone


        John Hendry, Jr., son of John Hendry and Catherine (McFail) Hendry, was born 2 February 1810, Liberty County, Georgia. About 1825, he moved with his parents to Lowndes County, Georgia.

        John married (1) 13 June 1833 Clarissa Maulden. Born ca. 1812, she died in June 1848 after the birth of her eight child Judith on 16 June 1848. John Hendry and eight children were enumerated in household # 830 in the 1850 census of Lowndes County.

        John in the 1850s moved to Hamilton County, Florida where he married on 19 May 1855 Margaret Cheshire, born on 11 February 1826, daughter of William Cheshire. The 1860 census of Hamilton County listed John and Margaret Hendry and his unmarried children and his mother, Catherine Hendry, in household # 18.

        John, Margaret, and their children were recorded in township 33 of the 1870 census of Manatee County. 1873 Manatee County tax records listed John with one horse and forty cattle and for Margaret seventy cattle. John Hendry and family were enumerated in the Fort Green precinct in the 1880 census of Manatee County.

        John Hendry, Jr. died 30 July 1891, Fort Green in then DeSoto County (now Hardee County), Florida. Margaret Hendry died 5 July 1899. They are buried in Fort Green Methodist Cemetery. John's tombstone is inscribed with this epitaph: "He was an affectionate husband, an indulgent father & for over 40 years lived a devoted Christian of the M. E. Church."

        Issue of John, Jr., and (1) Clarissa (Maulden) Hendry:

        1. Clarissa Elizabeth Hendry, born 28 May 1836; died 19 Sep 1903; married 29 Aug 1852 Matthew Alderman.
        2. Emily Amanda Hendry, born 23 Jan 1837; died 23 Sep 1852.
        3. Mary Hendry, born 11 Feb 1838; died ____; married on 4 Jan 1857 in Thomas Co., Ga., Henry Raley.
        4. Nancy J. Hendry, born 13 Dec 1839; died 21 Dec 1909; married 15 Sep 1859 Henry Jackson Downing.
        5. John McFail Hendry, born 19 May 1841; died ____; married ca. 1864 Sarah ______.
        6. Priscilla Rebecca Hendry, born 7 Mar 1844; died on 19 Nov 1925; married 6 Feb 1862 James Osgood Andrew Moody.
        7. Archibald William Hendry, born 20 Jan 1846; died on 1 Jun 1920; married ca. 1866 Elizabeth (Coulter) Gill.
        8. Florida Judith Hendry, born 16 Jun 1848; died 4 Sep 1899; married (1) 19 Apr 1866 Maxwell Whidden; (2) on 15 Mar 1893 Henry Langford.

        Issue of John, Jr., and (2) Margaret (Cheshire) Hendry:

        9. Penelope Hendry, born 27 Jan 1856; died 27 Jul 1861.
        10. Alfred Asbury Hendry, born 14 Jun 1858; died 8 Dec 1918; married 29 Jul 1885 Emma Ward.
        11. General Lafayette (Fate) Hendry, born 3 Dec 1860; died 3 Dec 1944; married 12 Dec 1889 Jessie Pauline Keen.
        12. Georgia Hendry, born 18 Jun 1863; died 21 Jul 1943; married 4 Nov 1880 Gabriel Hall Gill.
        13. Margaret Hendry, born 17 May 1866; died 9 Sep 1957; married (1) on 18 Dec 1890 Francis McDonald Durrance; (2) Readding J. Blount.


         References: This profile is adapted from the author’s John and William Sons of Robert Hendry, 1989.


        January 16, 2001 & links = October 16, 2001