A. W. Hendricks

A. W. Hendricks, son of Jonathan and Luranae (Morey) Hendricks, was born in Rensselaer county, N. Y., in 1812, of which state his parents were also natives. In 1875 his father moved to Illinois, and in 1877 died in Livingston county in the eighty-seventh year of his age. His wife, the mother of A. W. Hendricks, died in New York State in 1827. Up to this time and for seven years after, the son resided at home. .At the age of twenty-two years he married Miss Betsy Record, also a native of his county, and for ten years after this marriage he was engaged in a variety of work, but then adopted a farmer's life and resided on the same tract until 1864, when the family moved to section 28, Valley Township, this county, where for twenty-three years he has been an agriculturalist. Of their nine children five are living: Alexander in Michigan, George in Kansas, Lucy in New York; Mary, now Mrs. E. Hampson, of Valley; Lottie, now Mrs. M. Graves, of Essex. The deceased were: Joel, the third son; Francis, the fourth son, died in the war of the Rebellion; Sally S., died here, and also an infant. This family gave two sons to the Union, whose records are given in the military chapter. The father has always been a Unionist, and today while yielding hearty support to the Republican party, votes for men and measures according to his judgment of them. Mrs. Hendricks is a member of the Baptist church.