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B. F. Kendrick ranks among the successful farmers of Camden County, Mo., and was born in Washington County, Ark., July 30, 1848, being a son of John and Eliza A. (Hines) Kendrick, who emigrated from Alabama to Tennessee, thence to Illinois, and from there to Arkansas at quite an early day. They located in Washington County, where the father’s death occurred, but the mother died in Camden County, Mo. B. F. Kendrick is the youngest of their eight children, and until sixteen years of age was a resident of Arkansas. He was a member of the Enrolled Militia at Fayetteville, Ark., during the late war, and was in several hard skirmishes, and after the death of his father was left to fight the battle of life alone, and until 1874 resided in the following counties in Missouri: Moniteau, Pettis, Cooper, and at the latter date came to Camden County and resided for a number of years at Climax Springs. Since that time he has resided on the farm of 130 acres where he now lives. It is nearly all under cultivation, well improved, and is admirably adapted to stock purposes, in which Mr. Kendrick is considerably interested. In 1870 he was married to Lucinda Beard, by whom he has a family of seven children: William, Eliza A., George, Laura J., Mary, John and Lizzie. The mother of these children died April 30, 1884, and on the 20th of September of that year he wedded Catherine Nicholson, by whom he has two children, Benjamin and Dora. Mr. Kendrick is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is one of the successful farmers and honored citizens of the county.