The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-11-04

Monkton, N. @. r. R.-Mr. Augustus Web
ster Hendrix, treasurer Of the Northern Central
Railway Company for number of years. died
at his country home at Parkton. on Friday,
October 9th, in the 64th year of bis age: He
was buried on Monday in Middlet0wn Gene
terry. The funeral services were held at Park
ton NJ. +. Church. Rev. George X. Sanner,
pastor, of which the deceased was member
and one of its founders. The funeral was at
tended by large number of relatives and
friends. Mr.. Hendrix arose to the prominent
and responsible position which he held at the
time of his death by dint Of bis own energy,
perseverance. integrity and loyalty to duty.
He was born near New Market, Baltimore
county, brought up on his fathers farm and
attended the public school at that place, where
he received his early education. When young
man he entered a select school at Stewards.
town, Pa, for short time. After this he was
employed as q clerk in the store of his uncle,
Thomas e. Wantland at Middletown. Later
he taught the public school one mile south of
New Market, about 1865. A rather singular
coincidence is when this school house was
erected, about 1860. Mr.. Hendrix, then youth,
attended the masons doing the stone and brick
work. After teaching school he entered the
employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad as
clerk. After few years service there he en-
tered the employ of the company with which
he was identified at the time OF his death.
Beginning here as clerk he arose from one
position to another until elected as its treasurer.
Mr. Hendrix was the son of the late Joshua
Hendrix, who lived near New Market. He
married Miss Fannie Dorsey, of Middletown,
this county. who, with two daughters and sew
eral sons, survive him.
Mr.. Thomas Kaufman, one of our oldest
citizens and one of the Oldest magistrates in
the county, if not in the State, having held
that Office without intermissiOn since 1862, is
still hale and active and moves around briskly
without cane or other artificial support. He
is in his 85th year. 1t was necessary for him
to fill ditch and level an embankment so
that team could get to his coal bins to supply
them for the winter, and he could get no one
to do the work. Early one morning, short
time ago, he sailed forth with mattock and
spade and was making vigorous assault on
the embankment, when he was seen by
nearby neighbor, who went to his relief and
did the job for him, receiving profuse thanks
therefore.
The Epworth Leagues of Partition. Hereford
aud Monkton circuits will hold a rally at
Monkton M. e. Church, on Friday, November
10th, at 7.3O p NJ, to which the public is cor
daily invited. Prominent speakers have been
invited to address the meeting, among them
Rev. Harry d. Mitchell, Of Baltimore Key.
John T. Ensor, of Clifton Park M. E. Church,
and others.
Mrs. Henry Harvey, of ST. James, near
Monkton, who for several weeks bad been crlti-
cally i'll. is slowly recovering. She is attended
by DR.. T. Ross Payne of Corbett:
Mr.. Robert Ell. Ruhl, manager for Mr.. Beale
fine farm on My Lady's Manor, loaded 48 fine
fat cattle here on Monday. They weighed
from 1000 to / 400 lbs. each. Mr.. Howard
does good business annually buying stock
cattle and fattening them.
Our farmers are making good use of the fine
weather in saving their corn crop, which is
good one. Il.