Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-21
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Personal Sketches of tha Members
OF the rsrtieth General Assembly
Of


the Legislature fcOm Henderson county
was born September II, 1914, twenty
miles east Of Nashville, in Wilson
county, at what was called then Spen.
GERS Lick. His remote ancestors, as
the name indicates. were IRON Germany
and named Moses. Gustavns Adolphus
Hendrick belonged to the Church Of
Rome, holding an ofies Of low rank in
the army. Getting into trouble with bis
church he fed to Ameriea, married, aud
had eleven soma who scattered and had
families. 0ne OF them. Moses Hen
driek, the grandfather Of this sketch,
settled in Halifax county, Va, and
named all his children scsiplural names,
0bed, Jeremiah, etc, AMI bis daughters,
Ruth, etc. The practice has been
handed down to the present day. Jsye-
miah Hendriek was born in Halifax
county, Va and raised a Quaker, but
was excluded from the Society of
Friends Tor mosteriSg AID wearing q
bell crown hat he emigrated TO Spen-
GERS Lick about 1895; moved TO Hen
dersoa county IN ls22, aud died there in
1928.
Being the Oldest sou, the charge Of the
labor on the farm fell on o. F. Hen
driek, Of whom We write, He attended
the old-fashioned schools at leisure times
until eighteen years Of age; went to
Maury county, where he studied English
grammar; returned to the farm al TWEEN
ty.three years Of age, and married
Eleanor Kirk, and settled near Mihin,
where be new lives-a farmer still. Like
Others, he suffered heavily by the war,
losing a son who died in prison al Camp
Chase, and much property destroyed by
the army. While not in the army with
his sons, he sympsthizsd with the South.
BE has buried a wife aud nine children,
aud has only a daughter left who is yet
single. Mr.. Hendrick is solid, substau-
tial man, highly respected and esteemed
by his ueighbOrs.
La politics be was a Wing while the
party had an existence. he served in
the lower branch Of the General Assem-
bly, at the called session Of 1912 and at
the regular session Of lS47, and also Of
1851. lie helped to elect both Jones
and Bell as United States Senators. Oh
late years he has acted with the Demo
cratic party against extravaganza and
corruption. While not a member Of any
church be is an old school Presbyterian
in principle. In regard 10 the financial
issue he is very tenacious Of State
honor, but thinks that under the
great depression of monetary affairs
the next Legislature should not exceed
a 40 cents tax, and that the ~boudholdel
should propose to scale bis bonds SO that
40 cents will pay the interest, as a com
promise, a proposition the State could
accent with honor. He thinks the judi
ciary department costs TOO much, aud
that the next Legislature should curtaiI
expenses in this department at least q
per cent, even if necessary to abolish
the Chancery Courts and rednce The
salaries Of officers.
He was nominated by a primary elec
ton Of the Democrats, and subsequently
by & meeting ct Lexington, on the Staii
platform. he had thFee Independent
|, opponents. The vote Of Henderson
county on the 7th Of November was a
follows: For Tildeu. 1851; Hayes, 800
For Governor - Porter Dem 1913
Thomas lind. DEM, 1901. For Con
} gress Eighth district -Atkins Dem J
1874; Hawkins rep J, 1920. For Rep
/, reseutAtiYe = Hendrick dem }, 1922
Ogre (Sof! Rep }, 957; Pearson Qnd
. II; Whitehead Qnd.l 60.
+ 5oHS s.. qUABLEs (%pENocRAT),
Pictorial Representative elect from th
counties of Macon. Clay and Jackson
was born in G~ainsboro, Tenn, his pres
emit place Of residence; is thirty Gv
years old BY profession . merchant, bu
at present engaged il farming. de b.
longs to an old and well.known family {
the State, prominent 10 politics, at th
] bar, and when necessary Ia the Gelt
The older members claim descent fror
| the Norsemen or Sea Kings, who sgey
) over the Britons centuries ago. III
, Qlarles was educated 10 and near Gain
boFo. he served four years and sixtee
days in the Confederate army; was
/. private soldier in the Eighth Tennesse
Infantry until the contamination in 1876.
E at Corinth, Miss, at which time be wa
elected second lieutenant aud served Z
such until the battle Of Murfreesboro, !
1862, waen all the other officers Of Il
4 company we're killed and he becan
captain, taking date from Decembl
l, 1862, in which capacity he serve
until the close of the war. 3
q was in all the battles aud fgh
i'll which his regiment was engages
b he was married last November; is n
, connected with any church, but has
a preference for the Cumberland Presb
%terian. he is decidedly il favor Of l.
taxes, and in favor Of a return to d
old six per cent. interest law. His o
ponents we're John Carr, a clever Dem
crat from Macon county. nominated