He married Lucinda Hatton on 2/10/1876 in Jackson County, Indiana - she died 1893. He married Catherine Sophia Eddy Branaman on 10/10/1897 in Brown County, Indiana - she died 1905. He married Lucinda Jane Wilson in 1/4/1906 in Jackson County, Indiana - she died 1917. Then he married Lucinda A. Weddell on 1/24/1918 in Jackson County, Indiana. He married Nancy Hall Roll Rogers on 5/1/1924 - she died 10/28/1928. He married Wilhelmina (Minnie) Weipprecht Cloud on 7/16/1929 in Jackson County, Indiana.
OBITUARY: Elijah Hendershot, 91, Carpenter, Expires
Elijah Hendershot, age ninety-one, life-long county resident, died early Friday morning at the home of his grandson, Noble Hendershot, in Acme, after an illness of three months'duration.
Mr. Hendershot was born November 7, 1883, in Brown county, but had lived in the vicinity of Spraytown, Surprise and Acme all of his life and was well known throughout the county by a hose of friends. He was a carpenter by trade.
His wife, Mrs. Mine Hendershot, preceded him in death last summer, and since that time he had made his home with his grandson, Noble Hendershot, at whose home he died. He was a member of the Surprise Christian Church.
Besides the grandson, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Philip Allman, who lives on a Cortland rural route, and a sister, Mrs. Hulda Higginbothan, of West Virginia.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the Surprise Christian Church with the Rev. Eph Scott of Freetown in charge. Burial in the Acme Cemetery.
Friends may call at the home of Noble Hendershot in Acme after 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Published in the Seymour Daily Tribune (Seymour, Indiana) April 27, 1945, page 8.
OBITUARY:
Elijah Hendershot, age 91, one of Jackson county's oldest citizens, died at the home of his grandson, Noble Henderson, Friday at 4:30 o'clock. He had been ill three months.
Mr. Hendershot was born in Brown County on November 7, 1853. He spent practically his entire life in Jackson county. He was a carpenter by trade. He was a member of the Surprise Christian church. His wife died last summer since which time he had made his home with his grandson.
Besides the grandson he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Philip Allman of Cortland rural route, and a sister Mrs. Hulda Higginbothan, of West Virginia.
Funeral services with the Rev. Eph Scott of Freetown in charge, were conducted at the Surprise Christian church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial in the Acme Cemetery.
Published in the Barowntown Banner (now the Jackson County Banner – Brownstown, Indiana) May 2, 1945, page 6.
Note: there was another grandson, Oral Wayne Hendershot, wife Sophia Ethelyne Davis Hendershot and their five children: Velta Marie Hendershot, Vernice Martin Hendershot, Victor Marshall Hendershot, Ruby Marilyn Hendershot, and Leland Eugene Hendershot.
Note: grandson Noble Hendershot was married to Dorothy La Vaughn Ryan Hendershot. They had three children living in 1945: Noble Warren "Tad" Hendershot, Alta Ruth Hendershot, and Faye Ione Hendershot.
Note: Elijah Hendershot is likely buried in the same lot that son Alfred Hendershot purchased. A headstone will be installed for him in the future on the lot.
OBITUARY: Elijah Hendershot, 91, Carpenter, Expires
Elijah Hendershot, age ninety-one, life-long county resident, died early Friday morning at the home of his grandson, Noble Hendershot, in Acme, after an illness of three months'duration.
Mr. Hendershot was born November 7, 1883, in Brown county, but had lived in the vicinity of Spraytown, Surprise and Acme all of his life and was well known throughout the county by a hose of friends. He was a carpenter by trade.
His wife, Mrs. Mine Hendershot, preceded him in death last summer, and since that time he had made his home with his grandson, Noble Hendershot, at whose home he died. He was a member of the Surprise Christian Church.
Besides the grandson, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Philip Allman, who lives on a Cortland rural route, and a sister, Mrs. Hulda Higginbothan, of West Virginia.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the Surprise Christian Church with the Rev. Eph Scott of Freetown in charge. Burial in the Acme Cemetery.
Friends may call at the home of Noble Hendershot in Acme after 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Published in the Seymour Daily Tribune (Seymour, Indiana) April 27, 1945, page 8.
OBITUARY:
Elijah Hendershot, age 91, one of Jackson county's oldest citizens, died at the home of his grandson, Noble Henderson, Friday at 4:30 o'clock. He had been ill three months.
Mr. Hendershot was born in Brown County on November 7, 1853. He spent practically his entire life in Jackson county. He was a carpenter by trade. He was a member of the Surprise Christian church. His wife died last summer since which time he had made his home with his grandson.
Besides the grandson he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Philip Allman of Cortland rural route, and a sister Mrs. Hulda Higginbothan, of West Virginia.
Funeral services with the Rev. Eph Scott of Freetown in charge, were conducted at the Surprise Christian church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial in the Acme Cemetery.
Published in the Barowntown Banner (now the Jackson County Banner – Brownstown, Indiana) May 2, 1945, page 6.
Note: there was another grandson, Oral Wayne Hendershot, wife Sophia Ethelyne Davis Hendershot and their five children: Velta Marie Hendershot, Vernice Martin Hendershot, Victor Marshall Hendershot, Ruby Marilyn Hendershot, and Leland Eugene Hendershot.
Note: grandson Noble Hendershot was married to Dorothy La Vaughn Ryan Hendershot. They had three children living in 1945: Noble Warren "Tad" Hendershot, Alta Ruth Hendershot, and Faye Ione Hendershot.
Note: Elijah Hendershot is likely buried in the same lot that son Alfred Hendershot purchased. A headstone will be installed for him in the future on the lot.
He married Lucinda Hatton on 2/10/1876 in Jackson County, Indiana - she died 1893. He married Catherine Sophia Eddy Branaman on 10/10/1897 in Brown County, Indiana - she died 1905. He married Lucinda Jane Wilson in 1/4/1906 in Jackson County, Indiana - she died 1917. Then he married Lucinda A. Weddell on 1/24/1918 in Jackson County, Indiana. He married Nancy Hall Roll Rogers on 5/1/1924 - she died 10/28/1928. He married Wilhelmina (Minnie) Weipprecht Cloud on 7/16/1929 in Jackson County, Indiana.
OBITUARY: Elijah Hendershot, 91, Carpenter, Expires
Elijah Hendershot, age ninety-one, life-long county resident, died early Friday morning at the home of his grandson, Noble Hendershot, in Acme, after an illness of three months'duration.
Mr. Hendershot was born November 7, 1883, in Brown county, but had lived in the vicinity of Spraytown, Surprise and Acme all of his life and was well known throughout the county by a hose of friends. He was a carpenter by trade.
His wife, Mrs. Mine Hendershot, preceded him in death last summer, and since that time he had made his home with his grandson, Noble Hendershot, at whose home he died. He was a member of the Surprise Christian Church.
Besides the grandson, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Philip Allman, who lives on a Cortland rural route, and a sister, Mrs. Hulda Higginbothan, of West Virginia.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the Surprise Christian Church with the Rev. Eph Scott of Freetown in charge. Burial in the Acme Cemetery.
Friends may call at the home of Noble Hendershot in Acme after 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Published in the Seymour Daily Tribune (Seymour, Indiana) April 27, 1945, page 8.
OBITUARY:
Elijah Hendershot, age 91, one of Jackson county's oldest citizens, died at the home of his grandson, Noble Henderson, Friday at 4:30 o'clock. He had been ill three months.
Mr. Hendershot was born in Brown County on November 7, 1853. He spent practically his entire life in Jackson county. He was a carpenter by trade. He was a member of the Surprise Christian church. His wife died last summer since which time he had made his home with his grandson.
Besides the grandson he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Philip Allman of Cortland rural route, and a sister Mrs. Hulda Higginbothan, of West Virginia.
Funeral services with the Rev. Eph Scott of Freetown in charge, were conducted at the Surprise Christian church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial in the Acme Cemetery.
Published in the Barowntown Banner (now the Jackson County Banner – Brownstown, Indiana) May 2, 1945, page 6.
Note: there was another grandson, Oral Wayne Hendershot, wife Sophia Ethelyne Davis Hendershot and their five children: Velta Marie Hendershot, Vernice Martin Hendershot, Victor Marshall Hendershot, Ruby Marilyn Hendershot, and Leland Eugene Hendershot.
Note: grandson Noble Hendershot was married to Dorothy La Vaughn Ryan Hendershot. They had three children living in 1945: Noble Warren "Tad" Hendershot, Alta Ruth Hendershot, and Faye Ione Hendershot.
Note: Elijah Hendershot is likely buried in the same lot that son Alfred Hendershot purchased. A headstone will be installed for him in the future on the lot.
OBITUARY: Elijah Hendershot, 91, Carpenter, Expires
Elijah Hendershot, age ninety-one, life-long county resident, died early Friday morning at the home of his grandson, Noble Hendershot, in Acme, after an illness of three months'duration.
Mr. Hendershot was born November 7, 1883, in Brown county, but had lived in the vicinity of Spraytown, Surprise and Acme all of his life and was well known throughout the county by a hose of friends. He was a carpenter by trade.
His wife, Mrs. Mine Hendershot, preceded him in death last summer, and since that time he had made his home with his grandson, Noble Hendershot, at whose home he died. He was a member of the Surprise Christian Church.
Besides the grandson, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Philip Allman, who lives on a Cortland rural route, and a sister, Mrs. Hulda Higginbothan, of West Virginia.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the Surprise Christian Church with the Rev. Eph Scott of Freetown in charge. Burial in the Acme Cemetery.
Friends may call at the home of Noble Hendershot in Acme after 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Published in the Seymour Daily Tribune (Seymour, Indiana) April 27, 1945, page 8.
OBITUARY:
Elijah Hendershot, age 91, one of Jackson county's oldest citizens, died at the home of his grandson, Noble Henderson, Friday at 4:30 o'clock. He had been ill three months.
Mr. Hendershot was born in Brown County on November 7, 1853. He spent practically his entire life in Jackson county. He was a carpenter by trade. He was a member of the Surprise Christian church. His wife died last summer since which time he had made his home with his grandson.
Besides the grandson he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Philip Allman of Cortland rural route, and a sister Mrs. Hulda Higginbothan, of West Virginia.
Funeral services with the Rev. Eph Scott of Freetown in charge, were conducted at the Surprise Christian church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial in the Acme Cemetery.
Published in the Barowntown Banner (now the Jackson County Banner – Brownstown, Indiana) May 2, 1945, page 6.
Note: there was another grandson, Oral Wayne Hendershot, wife Sophia Ethelyne Davis Hendershot and their five children: Velta Marie Hendershot, Vernice Martin Hendershot, Victor Marshall Hendershot, Ruby Marilyn Hendershot, and Leland Eugene Hendershot.
Note: grandson Noble Hendershot was married to Dorothy La Vaughn Ryan Hendershot. They had three children living in 1945: Noble Warren "Tad" Hendershot, Alta Ruth Hendershot, and Faye Ione Hendershot.
Note: Elijah Hendershot is likely buried in the same lot that son Alfred Hendershot purchased. A headstone will be installed for him in the future on the lot.
Family Members
Spouses
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Lucinda Hatton Hendershot
1861–1899 (m. 1876)
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Catherine Sophia Eddy Hendershot
1854–1905 (m. 1897)
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Lucinda Jane Waltz Hendershot
1861–1917 (m. 1906)
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Lucinda Agnes Allman Clovis
1867–1943 (m. 1918)
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Nancy Katherine "Kate" Hall Weatherman Roll Rogers Hendershot
1861–1928 (m. 1924)
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Minnie Marie Weiprecht (Wilbra) Hendershot
1860–1944 (m. 1929)
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