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ANDREW H. HENDRICKS was born in Cape Girardeau county, Mo., Dec. 7, 1842. He was raised in Illinois where he moved with his parents in 1848, and received his education in the common schools of Illinois. He went to school in the winter from two to three months, and the rest of the time worked on the farm. His mother died in 1867 and in 1868 he moved with his father to Jasper county and settled on his present farm. His father died Nov. 5, 1882. Andrew Hendricks was married to Harriet Crandall in 1870. They had one child, which died Sept. 5, 1873. Mr. Hendricks married for his second wife Miss M. Meares, in 1876. She was the daughter of A. C. and Nancy Pirtle, who were old settlers and pioneers of Missouri. They had seven children, Mary being the second child. She is a lady of refinement, born in Owens county, Ind., March 15, 1848, and moved to Illinois and lived eight years, then moved to Kansas and lived three years, then settled in Jasper county in 1866, and married Richard Meares in 1869. Mrs. R. Meares died Sept. 7, 1873, and left three children, named Samuel M., Martha Bell, and Sarah W. Mr. Hendrick has two children by his second wife; Cora H. and Nancy E. Mr. Hendricks has 80 acres of land, finely improved, and good buildings and orchard. Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks are well respected and in the community stand high.