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- [S8] Ancestry World Tree Project., Gary Bond's Ancestors and their Descendants.
Francis M. Hendrickson, who has followed general agricultural pursuits in this county throughout his entire business career, now owns and operates a fine farm of two hundred acres in Monroe township. His birth occurred in Ohio on the 30th of March, 1846, his parents being Otha and Mary Maria (Kirkpatrick) Hendrickson, who were natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania respectively. In 1853 they came to Linn county, Iowa, settling in Otter Creek township, where the father purchased two hundred and eighty acres of land and devoted his attention to the raising of grain and stock. As the years passed by he brought his fields under a high state of cultivation and improvement, and the log cabin in which he lived during the first five years of his residence here was replaced by a more commodious and modern structure. He remained a respected and worthy citizen of the community until called to his final rest in February, 1883, passing away in the faith of the Christian church, of which his wife was also a member. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hendrickson were laid to rest in the Allis cemetery in Otter Creek township, the latter's demise having occurred in July, 1890. Francis M. Hendrickson spent the first twenty-six years of his life under the parental roof and then rented a farm of eighty acres, in the operation of which he was actively engaged for one year, living in a log house which stood on the property. In 1872 he took charge of the old homestead place and gave his attention to its operation until 1875. In that year he purchased a tract of eighty acres of prairie land in Otter Creek township, broke the sod and gradually transformed it into a productive farming property, selling it for thirty dollars an acre to Kalop Bach in 1880. He next lived with his father-in-law in Otter Creek township for one year and in 1882 bought a farm of eighty acres in Washington township, this county, where he carried on his agricultural interests for three years and then sold out. In 1885 he rented a tract of land in Otter Creek township but at the end of a year purchased an unimproved farm of one hundred and twenty-eight acres in Washington township, paying twenty-two dollars an acre for the place. After cultivating the property for ten years he disposed of it in 1896 for forty-six dollars an acre and came into possession of another farm of three hundred acres, which included an inheritance of fifty-seven acres. He made many substantial improvements thereon and received fifty-five dollars an acre when he sold the place in 1902. In that year he purchased a tract of two hundred acres in Monroe township and has since resided thereon, having made it one of the highly improved and attractive farming properties of the county. He devotes considerable attention to the raising and feeding of stock, thus utilizing all his grain. For three years he acted as treasurer of the West Side Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Company of Linn county. On the 7th of April, 1872, Mr. Hendrickson was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary E. Wilson, a native of Linn county, born December 4, 1855, and a daughter of William and Rebecca J. (Thompson) Wilson, who were born in Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively. They reared a family of ten children. The father died in June, 1899, but the mother still survives. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hendrickson have been born eleven children, as follows: Charles H., who is married and lives in Tennessee; Ira D. Sankey, who is married and resides in Waterloo, Iowa; Melvin M., at home; Goldsbury R., who is married and makes his home in Gordonsville, Minnesota; Edna A., the wife of Roy Chismore, of Tennessee; Sylvia V., the wife of John Vannote, of Linn county; Claude E., Otha F., Daisy D., and Crystal M., all at home; and Zuilla Blanche, who is deceased. At the polls Mr. Hendrickson casts his ballot in support of the men and measures of the democracy and has himself held several township offices. He has lived in this county for the past fifty-seven years and there is no better evidence of the sterling worth of his character than the fact that many of his stanchest friends are those who have known him from youth, having found him true to high principles in every relation of lif Source: Ancestry.com. Linn County, Iowa History, Volume II [database online]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Brewer, Luther Albertus. History of Linn County, Iowa: from its earliest settlement to the present time. Cedar Rapids, IA: Torch Press, 1911.
- [S8] Ancestry World Tree Project., Gary Bond's Ancestors and their Descendants.
Alice Cemetery Web Site - http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ia/county/linn/cem/h#h - Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by Sandra Sanchez
- [S26] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0).
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Descendants of Hendrick Willemsz
1846 - 1929 (82 years)
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