Captain Alfred Iverson Hendry, MD., son of Robert Hendry, Jr. and Nancy Hart Daniel, was born 29 Mar 1843 at Taylors Creek, Liberty County, Georgia. Alfred was a Medical Doctor. He studied medicine at what is now Candler Hospital in Savannah, Georgia. It is believed the school at the time was called Savannah Medical College. He was a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta; he began his practice of medicine in Lake City Florida (one year) and then returned to Liberty County, Georgia. He actively practiced medicine until he was about 90 years old. Three of his sons went on to become doctors. He named his first son, Charles West Hendry for Dr. Charles West his professor. He named another son, George Tracy Olmstead Hendry after a good friend and classmate. Dr. Alfred Iverson Hendry, organized and was elected Captain of the Bulloch Troop on 1 Oct 1861. The troop assembled in Bulloch County, Georgia, at the home of W. D. Brannen, on 6 Oct 1861, and mustered into service on 10 Oct 1861 at Savannah, Georgia. The Bulloch Troop was also known as Captain Hendry's Company. The troop was stationed at Camp Cumming, near Isle of Hope, Georgia from Oct 1861 to April 1862. He served from October 4, 1861 to May 1862 in the Civil War as a Captain of Company C (Bulloch Troop) 2nd Battalion Georgia Calvary, CSA (Confederate Army). He had to resign in May, 1862 due to ill health and a desire to relocate to Taylors Creek. Captain George B. Best succeeded Captain Hendry in Command. He practiced medicine for a short time in Pierce County, Blackshear, Georgia (cir 1906) before returning to Liberty County. Dr. Hendry died 15 Sept 1926, and is buried with his wife in Taylors Creek Cemetery.

Husband of Alethea Asenith Bradley. Father of Elizabeth Estelle, Clara Lillian, Ida V., Eva Lillian, Charles West, Mary Verena, Winnifred Holmes, Robert Sidney, Alethea Asenith, Enoch Lee, Sara Amanda, Alfred Iverson and George Tracy Hendry.