Hendrix Notes

Posted by: Phyllis Long

Eli remains a mystery. Why would the family or whoever, place a tombstone for him unless it was a memorial type thing? According to the descendants of Eli, he left home and was never heard from again. The family thinks he may have died in an Old Soldiers Home in Illinois. See the 1900 census below.

Eli Edmondson Hendrix 1832-????
Frances (Robertson) Hendrix 1827-1912

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Name: Eli E Hendrix
Spouse: Francis Robertson
Marriage Date: 6 Sep 1854
Marriage County: Greene
Marriage State: Tennessee

November 14, 1912, Thursday, Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO
Washburn News: Mrs. Hendrix died Thursday Nov 7 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Walter Thomas. The funeral was preached at the home of Rev. Wardell. She was laid to rest in the Washburn Prairie Cemetery to await the resurrection morn.

Eli has a tombstone at Washburn Prairie Cemetery with no death date.

Eli was in the Civil War, his widow Frances filed for his pension in 1883 as an invalid and again in (can't read date) as a widow.
Name: Eli Hendrix
Side Served: Union
State Served: Tennessee
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private.
Enlisted in Company C, 4th Infantry, Tennessee.

1890 Veterans Schedules
Veteran's Name: Eli E Hendrix
Home in 1890 (Township, County, State): Capps Creek, Barry, Missouri
Year enlisted: 1863
Year discharged: 1865
Rank: Private

In 1860 and 1870 census, Eli and Frances are in Greene Co., TN.
In 1880, they are in Sugar Creek Twp., Barry Co., MO.
Family stories passed down say that Eli left the family and no one knows why.
In the 1900 census, Frances is living with their son James and she reports herself as widowed and is in Joplin, Jasper Co., MO.

The family thinks that this is Eli:
1900 United States Federal Census > Illinois > Adams > Quincy Ward 7 > District 144
Spelled Hendix
Soldiers and Sailors Home
Eli E. Hendix, inmate, born Mar. 1832 NC, parents born NC, day laborer.

In 1910, Frances is living with her daughter and husband, Walter and Mary Thomas, Washburn, Barry Co., MO. She is widowed with 6 children, 2 living.