Person:James Hendrickson (4)

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James Brookfield Hendrickson
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Name James Brookfield Hendrickson
Gender Male
Birth[1] 20 Apr 1831 Franklin, Indiana, United States
Marriage 21 Jul 1860 Bean Blossom, Brown, Indiana, United Statesto Rebecca A Hutchison
Military[1] 9 Aug 1862 Indiana, United Statesmustered in as Private, 82nd Indiana Infantry (Civil War)/Company H
Military[1] 27 Dec 1864 Indiana, United Statespromoted to Corporal
Census[3] 1880 Connersville, Fayette, Indiana, United States
Death[1] 24 Dec 1894 Connersville, Fayette, Indiana, United States
Burial[1] Connersville City Cemetery, Connersville, Fayette, Indiana, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Grave Recorded, in Find A Grave
    [Includes headstone photo], last accessed Nov 2016.

    [Includes biography written by g-g-granddaughter, Virginia Ann Hipszky]

  2.   William Hendrickson, in Barrows, Frederick Irving. History of Fayette County, Indiana: her people, industries and institutions, with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families. (Indianapolis, Indiana: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1917)
    698-700.

    [According to his son's (William's) biographical entry, his parents were John Hendrickson (from New Jersey) and Rachel Goble (born in Indiana); and he was one of eight children.]

  3. Fayette, Indiana, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T9).

    "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHMY-SXT : 11 August 2016), James Hendrickson, Connersville, Fayette, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 144, sheet 63B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0276; FHL microfilm 1,254,276.
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    Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
    James Hendrickson Self M 50 Indiana, United States
    Rebecka Hendrickson Wife F 39 Ohio, United States
    Charles Hendrickson Son M 13 Indiana, United States
    Edward Hendrickson Son M 10 Indiana, United States
    Oscar Hendrickson Son M 6 Indiana, United States
    William Hendrickson Son M 5 Indiana, United States
    Geneve Hendrickson Dau F 1 Indiana, United States

  4.   Hendrickson, Walter B. (Walter Brookfield). The Indiana years, 1903-1941. (Indianapolis [Indiana]: Indiana Historical Society, 1983)
    26 (3).

    ... The Hendrickson house in Connersville was a simple frame structure with parlor, sitting room, kitchen, two or three bedrooms, and a back porch which was the summer kitchen. The house on Central Avenue was on a large lot with ample side yards, room in the back for a large vegetable garden, a chicken house, and a stable for one horse. While there was a bathroom, there was no water in the kitchen. There was a well outside, near the back steps. It had a new-fashioned pump. In the summertime cooking was done on the back porch, which was lattice covered, with Morning Glory and Moonflower vines growing on it. Inside the porch was covered with mosquito netting, which was a cloth mesh. In the summer cooking was done on a coal oil stove. For washing clothes there were tubs on the back porch and a folding stand to put them on, as well as a hand operated washing machine and wringer. ...