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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Sevier County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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James Hendricks, farmer, Chapel Hill, Ark. Georgia has furnished to Sevier County a number of representative men, and among them might be mentioned James Hendricks, who was born in Bulloch County, of that State, in 1825. His parents, Wiley and Cynthia (Weathers) Hendricks, were also natives of Georgia, the father born in Bulloch County in 1799, and the mother in Burke County in 1805. The parents were married in Screven County, but afterward settled in Bulloch County, where the father died April 3, 1858. The mother died two years later. Both were members of the Primitive Baptist Church for many years. Mr. Hendricks was a well-to-do farmer, and was the owner of 3,000 acres of land. He also carried on the blacksmith’s trade. He was a member of the A. F. & A. M. The paternal grandfather of our subject, Daniel Hendricks, was born in North Carolina, was married there, but died in Bulloch County, of which he was a resident for many years. He was of Welsh descent. The maternal grandfather, James Weathers, was a native of Burke County, Ga., and there tilled the soil until his death. Of the twelve children born to his parents, James Hendricks was the second in order of birth. He was reared on the farm, received his education in the common schools, and at twenty-two years of age started out to fight life’s battles for himself. He was married in 1848 to Miss Mary Woods, whose parents, Joshua and Susan Woods, were originally from Bulloch County, Ga., where they passed their last days, the father engaged in farming. Mrs. Hendricks was born in Bulloch, Ga., and by her marriage became the mother of eleven children, seven sons and three daughters now living. Mr. Hendricks resided in Bulloch County until 1888, when he came to Sevier County, Ark., and located three miles south of Chapel Hill on 160 acres of land. Prior to the war he was justice of the peace for thirteen years, but resigned to go into the army. He enlisted in 1861 in Company I, Ninth Georgia Infantry, as corporal, was afterward made orderly sergeant, and finally first lieutenant. He was in the Virginia army, was in the first and second battles of Manassas, seven days’ fight in front of Richmond, and three days at Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, Antietam, Chickamauga, siege of Knoxville, and in the battle of the Wilderness, etc. He was twice wounded, and just before the close of the war was elected sheriff of Bulloch County. He returned home and served two terms of four years in that capacity. He is a Democrat in polities, and cast his first presidential vote for Taylor in 1848. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for thirty years.

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This family biography is one of 96 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Sevier County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Sevier County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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