Jefferson Alexas Hendley was the fourth child and third son born to Dr. James Hendley. In his book, History of Pasco County, Florida (published around 1943), Jefferson provided a glimpse of his father.
He wrote that Dr. Hendley was a large, dignified Kentucky gentleman; a doctor; and, the owner of several farms located just west of a little town called Farmington, Kentucky. The Hendleys were among the first settlers in the area, having settled there over one hundred forty years before Jefferson’s book was published. That date would be approximately 1803, and until Jefferson’s generation there had been an unbroken line of Dr. Hendleys in that little town.
Dr. Hendley was a benevolent individual. He used his medical expertise to doctor the sick, poor people without money, and did so without price. Likewise, he used his farming talent to feed all the widow women round about. Jefferson stated that he had seen three wagons at a time, one after the other, load up with corn, wheat, meat and milk for those who wanted it.
He did not swear himself nor did he allow anyone around him to do so. He was, Jefferson wrote of his father, “a good man”.
When the Civil War broke out in April of 1861, Dr. Hendley was not quite 31. The Hendleys sided with the Confederates and very early in the war Dr. Hendley and two of his friends (Riley Turnbow and a man whose last name was Drinkard) were captured. The three prisoners were taken to Paducah where it was debated whether to have them shot when some friends who had boys in the Northern Army interceded for them and found favor with General Paine, who put them in prison. The year must have been 1861, as Riley Turnbow died that year, at the age of 26 or 27.
It’s unknown what happened to Drinkard, but Dr. Hendley was released! According to Jefferson, the wife of one of the General’s friends fell ill and at the urging of that friend (who knew Dr. Hendley), the General released Dr. Hendley with the directive that he cure her and that as soon as she was well or convalescing so that he could leave her, he was to report back. Failure to return would carry a penalty of death. Dr. Hendley left, attended to the wife until she was well, and never reported back! Two years later, in December, Dr. Hendley’s 8th child, George Hubert Hendley was born.
An interesting note here: Dr. Hendley was 33 years old when Riley Turnbow’s sister, Sarah Jane Turnbow, married Bennett Sanders in 1863. They had 11 children together, one of whom was Nevada Love Sanders, born in 1872. Nevada was 22 years old in 1895 when she married Dr. Hendley’s then 31-year-old son, George Hubert Hendley!
It is unknown what became of Dr. Hendley’s farms after the Civil War and whether he continued farming. However, he did continue to practice medicine, and for 12 years (1868 – 1880) he was President of Southwestern Kentucky Medical Association.
He wrote that Dr. Hendley was a large, dignified Kentucky gentleman; a doctor; and, the owner of several farms located just west of a little town called Farmington, Kentucky. The Hendleys were among the first settlers in the area, having settled there over one hundred forty years before Jefferson’s book was published. That date would be approximately 1803, and until Jefferson’s generation there had been an unbroken line of Dr. Hendleys in that little town.
Dr. Hendley was a benevolent individual. He used his medical expertise to doctor the sick, poor people without money, and did so without price. Likewise, he used his farming talent to feed all the widow women round about. Jefferson stated that he had seen three wagons at a time, one after the other, load up with corn, wheat, meat and milk for those who wanted it.
He did not swear himself nor did he allow anyone around him to do so. He was, Jefferson wrote of his father, “a good man”.
When the Civil War broke out in April of 1861, Dr. Hendley was not quite 31. The Hendleys sided with the Confederates and very early in the war Dr. Hendley and two of his friends (Riley Turnbow and a man whose last name was Drinkard) were captured. The three prisoners were taken to Paducah where it was debated whether to have them shot when some friends who had boys in the Northern Army interceded for them and found favor with General Paine, who put them in prison. The year must have been 1861, as Riley Turnbow died that year, at the age of 26 or 27.
It’s unknown what happened to Drinkard, but Dr. Hendley was released! According to Jefferson, the wife of one of the General’s friends fell ill and at the urging of that friend (who knew Dr. Hendley), the General released Dr. Hendley with the directive that he cure her and that as soon as she was well or convalescing so that he could leave her, he was to report back. Failure to return would carry a penalty of death. Dr. Hendley left, attended to the wife until she was well, and never reported back! Two years later, in December, Dr. Hendley’s 8th child, George Hubert Hendley was born.
An interesting note here: Dr. Hendley was 33 years old when Riley Turnbow’s sister, Sarah Jane Turnbow, married Bennett Sanders in 1863. They had 11 children together, one of whom was Nevada Love Sanders, born in 1872. Nevada was 22 years old in 1895 when she married Dr. Hendley’s then 31-year-old son, George Hubert Hendley!
It is unknown what became of Dr. Hendley’s farms after the Civil War and whether he continued farming. However, he did continue to practice medicine, and for 12 years (1868 – 1880) he was President of Southwestern Kentucky Medical Association.
Jefferson Alexas Hendley was the fourth child and third son born to Dr. James Hendley. In his book, History of Pasco County, Florida (published around 1943), Jefferson provided a glimpse of his father.
He wrote that Dr. Hendley was a large, dignified Kentucky gentleman; a doctor; and, the owner of several farms located just west of a little town called Farmington, Kentucky. The Hendleys were among the first settlers in the area, having settled there over one hundred forty years before Jefferson’s book was published. That date would be approximately 1803, and until Jefferson’s generation there had been an unbroken line of Dr. Hendleys in that little town.
Dr. Hendley was a benevolent individual. He used his medical expertise to doctor the sick, poor people without money, and did so without price. Likewise, he used his farming talent to feed all the widow women round about. Jefferson stated that he had seen three wagons at a time, one after the other, load up with corn, wheat, meat and milk for those who wanted it.
He did not swear himself nor did he allow anyone around him to do so. He was, Jefferson wrote of his father, “a good man”.
When the Civil War broke out in April of 1861, Dr. Hendley was not quite 31. The Hendleys sided with the Confederates and very early in the war Dr. Hendley and two of his friends (Riley Turnbow and a man whose last name was Drinkard) were captured. The three prisoners were taken to Paducah where it was debated whether to have them shot when some friends who had boys in the Northern Army interceded for them and found favor with General Paine, who put them in prison. The year must have been 1861, as Riley Turnbow died that year, at the age of 26 or 27.
It’s unknown what happened to Drinkard, but Dr. Hendley was released! According to Jefferson, the wife of one of the General’s friends fell ill and at the urging of that friend (who knew Dr. Hendley), the General released Dr. Hendley with the directive that he cure her and that as soon as she was well or convalescing so that he could leave her, he was to report back. Failure to return would carry a penalty of death. Dr. Hendley left, attended to the wife until she was well, and never reported back! Two years later, in December, Dr. Hendley’s 8th child, George Hubert Hendley was born.
An interesting note here: Dr. Hendley was 33 years old when Riley Turnbow’s sister, Sarah Jane Turnbow, married Bennett Sanders in 1863. They had 11 children together, one of whom was Nevada Love Sanders, born in 1872. Nevada was 22 years old in 1895 when she married Dr. Hendley’s then 31-year-old son, George Hubert Hendley!
It is unknown what became of Dr. Hendley’s farms after the Civil War and whether he continued farming. However, he did continue to practice medicine, and for 12 years (1868 – 1880) he was President of Southwestern Kentucky Medical Association.
He wrote that Dr. Hendley was a large, dignified Kentucky gentleman; a doctor; and, the owner of several farms located just west of a little town called Farmington, Kentucky. The Hendleys were among the first settlers in the area, having settled there over one hundred forty years before Jefferson’s book was published. That date would be approximately 1803, and until Jefferson’s generation there had been an unbroken line of Dr. Hendleys in that little town.
Dr. Hendley was a benevolent individual. He used his medical expertise to doctor the sick, poor people without money, and did so without price. Likewise, he used his farming talent to feed all the widow women round about. Jefferson stated that he had seen three wagons at a time, one after the other, load up with corn, wheat, meat and milk for those who wanted it.
He did not swear himself nor did he allow anyone around him to do so. He was, Jefferson wrote of his father, “a good man”.
When the Civil War broke out in April of 1861, Dr. Hendley was not quite 31. The Hendleys sided with the Confederates and very early in the war Dr. Hendley and two of his friends (Riley Turnbow and a man whose last name was Drinkard) were captured. The three prisoners were taken to Paducah where it was debated whether to have them shot when some friends who had boys in the Northern Army interceded for them and found favor with General Paine, who put them in prison. The year must have been 1861, as Riley Turnbow died that year, at the age of 26 or 27.
It’s unknown what happened to Drinkard, but Dr. Hendley was released! According to Jefferson, the wife of one of the General’s friends fell ill and at the urging of that friend (who knew Dr. Hendley), the General released Dr. Hendley with the directive that he cure her and that as soon as she was well or convalescing so that he could leave her, he was to report back. Failure to return would carry a penalty of death. Dr. Hendley left, attended to the wife until she was well, and never reported back! Two years later, in December, Dr. Hendley’s 8th child, George Hubert Hendley was born.
An interesting note here: Dr. Hendley was 33 years old when Riley Turnbow’s sister, Sarah Jane Turnbow, married Bennett Sanders in 1863. They had 11 children together, one of whom was Nevada Love Sanders, born in 1872. Nevada was 22 years old in 1895 when she married Dr. Hendley’s then 31-year-old son, George Hubert Hendley!
It is unknown what became of Dr. Hendley’s farms after the Civil War and whether he continued farming. However, he did continue to practice medicine, and for 12 years (1868 – 1880) he was President of Southwestern Kentucky Medical Association.
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