HENDRICKS, Drucilla (Hardesty)

Date of birth:  25 Oct 1809 – Kentucky
Date of death: 15 Jul 1895 – Needham, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, July 19, 1895,
page 1 column 5

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Death of Mrs. Landon Hendricks.

Mrs. Hendricks, age eighty-six years, died Monday at her home five miles east of this city. She was the wife of Landon Hendricks, whose death occ­urred last October at the extreme age of ninety-one years. She was a native of Kentucky, having come from Bourbon county with her husband in 1827, since which time she had resided con­tinuously in this county. She leaves eight sons and two daughters, all of whom reside in this county except William Hendricks, who resides at Des Moines, Iowa, and Geo. W. Hendricks, who lives in the State of Washington. The funeral took place at the house, Wednesday at ten o’clock a.m. con­ducted by Elder John A. Thompson of Greenfield. Burial at Greenlawn.

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Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index 1822-1920 on page 91, referencing Book H-17, page 14, records that Drucile [sic] Hendricks, an 85-year-old white female, died 15 Jul 1895 in Needham Township. Her tombstone gives her death date as 17 Jul 1895.

Link to Drucilla (Hardesty) Hendricks’ grave

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson