He was a grocery merchant. Ed Hendricks, senior member of the mercantile firm of Hendricks and Anderson, of Cooper, Texas, is a representative of one of the ante bellum families of the Lone Star State. John Pierson Hendricks, the father of Ed Hendricks, came from Springfield, Missouri, to Texas some time in the !850's. He was a native of Kentucky, born in 1834, and went from there to Missouri when a child, where , in Greene County, he was reared and educated, his educational advantages, however, being limited. At that date St.Louis was the farthest west railroad point, and the Hendricks family made the journey to Texas in true pioneer fashion, namely, by wagon. Their destination was Biardstown Community in Lamar County, where John P. Hendricks became a leading factor in the agricultural and stock industry, and also in the gin and mill business of that place. John P. Hendricks was a son of Isaac Hendricks, who also came to Texas. Isaac Hendricks' father was William Hendricks, who lived and died at Baltimore, Maryland. He was the progenitor of various branches of the family that are scattered throughout the South. Isaac Hendricks married Hamsy Webster, and their children were John P., Shadrick, Meshack. Marshall; Mary J.,who has been twice married, first to Kirk Johnson and after his death to John Evans; Elzora, wife of James Dillard, of Oregon, and Artemissa, wife of Benjamin Jackson, of Oklahoma. John P. Hendricks died in 1907. He maintained a strong interest in democratic politics, and was a man of Southern prejudices and practices, but he took no part in the effort to establish the Confederate States. His widow Serena (Smith) Hendricks, is still a resident of Cooper, Texas. Of their children, we record that Robert , born in 1862, married Miss Lillie Duncan, and is with the Hendricks-Anderson firm of Cooper; Gay, of Paris, Texas. Ed Hendricks was born November 13, 1873, at Biardstown, Lamar County and spent the first sixteen years of life on his father's farm. In addition to a common school education, he had the advantage of a course in a business college, and when he was seventeen he entered upon his business career. His chief training has been in the broad school of experience, where he has rounded out a character typical of the prosperous, genial Southerner, on good terms with himself and everybody around him. He earned his first money as an employee of the mill and gin at Biardstown, and subsequently he ran a confectionery stand at that place. On coming to Delta county, he found employment as clerk for S. C. Ratliff in the old town of Charleston, at $16.00 a month, and there familiarized himself with all the details of the business and developed into a successful salesman and merchant. His ambition was to have a business of his own, and when he had accumulated a small capital he put in a stock of groceries and dry goods at Charleston, and thus opened up an independent career. His first capital amounted to only $425, but he met with success from the very start, and subsequently doubled and trebled his stock. After fourteen years spent at Charleston, he was ready for a wider field of activity. At that time his cash and stock in trade were in marked contrast with the few dollars he had put into the business. On coming to Cooper in 1910, Mr. Hendricks embarked in the grocery business in his own brick house, just off the main square of the town. The following year he joined Carter Anderson in the purchase of the business of Cooper Bros., and under the firm name of Hendricks & Anderson is now identified with a mercantile business that is at the head in its line in Delta County. Mr. Henderson is one of the directors of the First National Bank of Cooper, Vice President of the Home Relief Insurance Company, and President of the Delta Retail Merchants' Association. Also he is a member of the Cooper Board of Trade. While a resident of Charleston, Mr. Hendricks was married to Miss Nina Akard, daughter of Henry Akard and wife, Nancy Terrell. Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks are the parents of six children, namely; Gertrude, Bessie, Noland, Earl, Gordon and Lucile. Mr. Hendricks' social interests include membership in the A. F. and the I.O.O.F. ( A History of Texas and Texans, volume 3 by Francis White Johnson. Texas Genealogy Trails website ). contibutor: Sherry (47010546)
He was a grocery merchant. Ed Hendricks, senior member of the mercantile firm of Hendricks and Anderson, of Cooper, Texas, is a representative of one of the ante bellum families of the Lone Star State. John Pierson Hendricks, the father of Ed Hendricks, came from Springfield, Missouri, to Texas some time in the !850's. He was a native of Kentucky, born in 1834, and went from there to Missouri when a child, where , in Greene County, he was reared and educated, his educational advantages, however, being limited. At that date St.Louis was the farthest west railroad point, and the Hendricks family made the journey to Texas in true pioneer fashion, namely, by wagon. Their destination was Biardstown Community in Lamar County, where John P. Hendricks became a leading factor in the agricultural and stock industry, and also in the gin and mill business of that place. John P. Hendricks was a son of Isaac Hendricks, who also came to Texas. Isaac Hendricks' father was William Hendricks, who lived and died at Baltimore, Maryland. He was the progenitor of various branches of the family that are scattered throughout the South. Isaac Hendricks married Hamsy Webster, and their children were John P., Shadrick, Meshack. Marshall; Mary J.,who has been twice married, first to Kirk Johnson and after his death to John Evans; Elzora, wife of James Dillard, of Oregon, and Artemissa, wife of Benjamin Jackson, of Oklahoma. John P. Hendricks died in 1907. He maintained a strong interest in democratic politics, and was a man of Southern prejudices and practices, but he took no part in the effort to establish the Confederate States. His widow Serena (Smith) Hendricks, is still a resident of Cooper, Texas. Of their children, we record that Robert , born in 1862, married Miss Lillie Duncan, and is with the Hendricks-Anderson firm of Cooper; Gay, of Paris, Texas. Ed Hendricks was born November 13, 1873, at Biardstown, Lamar County and spent the first sixteen years of life on his father's farm. In addition to a common school education, he had the advantage of a course in a business college, and when he was seventeen he entered upon his business career. His chief training has been in the broad school of experience, where he has rounded out a character typical of the prosperous, genial Southerner, on good terms with himself and everybody around him. He earned his first money as an employee of the mill and gin at Biardstown, and subsequently he ran a confectionery stand at that place. On coming to Delta county, he found employment as clerk for S. C. Ratliff in the old town of Charleston, at $16.00 a month, and there familiarized himself with all the details of the business and developed into a successful salesman and merchant. His ambition was to have a business of his own, and when he had accumulated a small capital he put in a stock of groceries and dry goods at Charleston, and thus opened up an independent career. His first capital amounted to only $425, but he met with success from the very start, and subsequently doubled and trebled his stock. After fourteen years spent at Charleston, he was ready for a wider field of activity. At that time his cash and stock in trade were in marked contrast with the few dollars he had put into the business. On coming to Cooper in 1910, Mr. Hendricks embarked in the grocery business in his own brick house, just off the main square of the town. The following year he joined Carter Anderson in the purchase of the business of Cooper Bros., and under the firm name of Hendricks & Anderson is now identified with a mercantile business that is at the head in its line in Delta County. Mr. Henderson is one of the directors of the First National Bank of Cooper, Vice President of the Home Relief Insurance Company, and President of the Delta Retail Merchants' Association. Also he is a member of the Cooper Board of Trade. While a resident of Charleston, Mr. Hendricks was married to Miss Nina Akard, daughter of Henry Akard and wife, Nancy Terrell. Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks are the parents of six children, namely; Gertrude, Bessie, Noland, Earl, Gordon and Lucile. Mr. Hendricks' social interests include membership in the A. F. and the I.O.O.F. ( A History of Texas and Texans, volume 3 by Francis White Johnson. Texas Genealogy Trails website ). contibutor: Sherry (47010546)
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