Robert J. Hendrick, farmer, P. O., Fairville. Was born in Cumberland county, Virginia. When four years of age, he went with his mother, his father being dead, to Buckingham county, where he was raised and educated. In 1845, he came to this state and county, having buried his mother a short time previous. March 15, 1855, he was married to Miss Virginia A. Gauldin, daughter of Josiah Gauldin, of this county. They have had six children, five of whom are now living: Sarah V., wife of Joel H. Price; Early, Robert, Mattie and Zella M. In 1864, Mr. Hendrick enlisted in the Confederate service, Captain Stallard’s company, under General Marmaduke. He was engaged in the battles of Tabo, Little Blue, Independence, Westport, Big Blue and Newtonia, in all of which engagements he bore himself in a manner becoming an honorable soldier. He surrendered at Shreveport, June, 1865, and returned to Saline county, where he has since lived, engaged in the cultivation of his fine farm. As an energetic business man, he has but few equals and occupies an enviable position in the esteem of his neighbors.
