The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-30
AN AGED VISITOR.
Schoolmate or Henry clay, an Old Editor and
Politician See Wichita

Wichita was visited yesterday by not
only an aged visitor, but dstinguis he'd
person as well. The visitor was g. d. Hen
bricks, a cousin of Vice President Hen
| bricks, and schoolmate of Henry Clay.
| Mr. Hendricks is 92 years of age. and is
said TO be The only living survivor of the
Texan revolutionary war. He was bile to
/ tell OF occurrences of the war of 1872 and
| served AS second in he duel fight between
| Generals Sidney johnson and Phe.ix Hous-
ton of Texas.
Mr. Hendricks was horn in Putnam
county, Ohio, in 1902. while that state WAS
| still a territory He served six terms N
the Ohio legislature, and was a delegate
TO the national Republican convention
| when Fremont was nominated for presi-
| dent. He was also delegate 10 the ma
| tional Republican convention at Chicago
and Baltimore, in 1860 and 1864
During the first campaign of Henry
Clay he accompanied his old school mate
on his campaigning tour and spoke from
| the same platform with Mr.. Clay several
times. When w. II. Harrison and Tyler
made their celebrated campaign, Mr..
Hendricks was an elector from Obio and
one of the principal national speakers.
He says he also had the honor of hunt
Ing coons with the grandfather and father
of Sol Miller, editor of the Troy Chief.
He says that he had frequently stirred the
sugar trough In which the well known
Kansas editor was cradled while Miller's
mother prepared the venison for the meal.
In conversation with reporter he said:
81 made up my mind several years ago
that woud make the hundred mile stone
before | went into the angel business. |
have now passed my ninety-srcond birth
day, and there are few men who can get
along liyelier than myself. My tongue is
as glib woman's, while Can write az
good hand AS any of the young men of
the present time.
Il have written a biographical history
of my life and will have it published SONS
time in The near future. / will say that /
have brought out considerable unwritten
history In those pages. L have been act
i've In politics from boyhood and have
edited several newspapers in my day.
just came up from Newkirk, O. T, with
my daughter, Mrs. A. Ii. StephaBy, and
we are on our way to visit relatives in and
near st. Louis. | have frequently seen
copies of the EAGLE and you can say the
judgment passed by the oldest editor in
the United States is that the paper is the
best daily l ever saw printed in a city the
size OF Wichita. | read il every day al
most in the territory aud L will say it is
appreciated. am sorry did not meet its
editor, as am slightly acquainted with
him and remember when he wrote his
name on the hotel register in Philadelphia, !
during the centennial, and how the boys
Tried 10 make III out. WAS the only one |
present who knew what name he had |
placed therein. We became quite well |
acquainted during-the centennial and |
have often wondered how the boys read |
his copy if he wrote it like he spreads his |
signature upon II hotel register
''When / come back 10 Wichita, on my |
way to see my claim, L will stop and nave
n longer talk. BY the way, just tell your
readers that the only living survivor of the
TeXis revolution beat the yorng men in
the race a year ago md has IA claim in the
Strip. But the train is coming and have
10 see after my folks"
The aged gentleman moved off as brisk
rs young groom on his wedding tour, and
it was hard to believe that he was almost
100 years old. He WAS severely wounded |
in the left arm and draws pension.