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Name: Robert Evans HENDRY
Birth: July 1846 in Harris Co., Georgia 2
Death: 10 Feb 1910 in Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., Texas 1
Will filed: 14 Mar 1910 6
Occupation: 1860 Census - Farmer
1870 Census - Farmer
1880 Census - School Teacher
1900 Census - Proprietor [the rest is unintelligible]
Was at some point a judge in Wichita Falls, Texas and owned a large ranch in Mabelle, Texas. 1
Religion: Methodist Church 7
Father: Robert Lee Hendry 5
b. 23 Mar 1809 in Morgan Co., Georgia
d. 2 Jan 1869 in Harris Co., Georgia
Mother: Mary Walker Evans 5
b. 19 Feb 1819 in Putnam Co., Georgia
d. 1 Dec 1865 in Harris Co., Georgia
   
Married: 27 Oct 1869 in Stewart Co., Georgia 3
   
Spouse: Anna E. HIGHTOWER
Birth: 1 Oct 1841 in Newton Co., Georgia 2 4
Death: 13 Jun 1920 in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas 4
Father:  
Mother:  
   
Children: 2 children, but neither were living as of 1900.
The same census shows 2 grandchildren living with them.2

Sources:

1 Title: RootsWeb World Connect Post-em
Renaee Marotte (renaee@xtn.net), 30 Mar 2003
"Have more info on Robert and Anna. Robert was a Judge in Wichita Falls, TX. Owned a large ranch in Mabelle,TX. Died Feb. 10, 1910 in Wichita Falls."
2 Title: 1900 United States Census
District 124, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas
Sheet 22 A
3 Title: Southern Christian Advocate
4 Title: Wichita Daily Times, Monday, 14 Jun 1920
5 Title: RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Southern Hendrys in the U.S.
URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hendry2&id=I5503
Contact: Renee Hendry Greene (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hendrycousins/)
Updated: 5 Feb 2004, Viewed: 8 Oct 2005
6 Title: Wichita County Wills, 1896 - 1921, Copied by Peggy Maier
URL: http://ntxga.com/WC_Wills.html, Viewed: 8 Oct 2005
7 Title: Methodist Church Members, 1880-1890
URL: http://www.tyler.net/ccgs/Methodist.htm, Viewed: 8 Oct 2005




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