Brooks-Liberty County GaArchives Biographies.....Hendry, John McKinstry 1859 - living in 1913
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   JOHN McKINSTRY HENDRY. A representative farmer of the Morven district, Brooks
county, John McKinstry Hendry stands as a true type of the energetic, hardy and
enterprising men who have actively assisted in the development and advancement
of this fertile and productive agricultural region. A son of Rev. John McPhail
Hendry, he was born, December 2, 1859, in Hamilton county, Florida.

   William Hendry, his paternal grandfather, who was of Scotch-Irish ancestry,
was one of the earlier settlers of Liberty county, Georgia. Migrating to the
southwestern part of the state about 1825, he took up land not far from the
present site of Barwick, in what is now Brooks county, improved the water power,
and there erected the first mill in this part of Georgia. Clearing a part of his
land, he was there engaged in farming and milling the remainder of his life,
both he and his wife dying from typhoid fever. Her maiden name was McPhail. They
were people of sterling character, and faithful members of the Methodist
Episcopal church. To them ten children were born, as follows: Ely, James,
William, Neal, John, David, Mary, Harriet, Betsey, and Nancy.

   Rev. John McPhail Hendry was born in Liberty county, Georgia, July 5, 1822.
Of a naturally religious temperament, he was converted in his youth, and at the
age of eighteen years was licensed as a preacher in the Methodist Episcopal
church. Subsequently going to Gadsden county, Florida, he bought land, and built
a mill, which he operated for a time. Joining then the conference, he held
pastorates in different parts of Florida. Afterwards, having joined the South
Georgia conference, he preached in various parts of this state. Later he went
back to Florida, once more became a member of the Florida conference, and for a
number of years thereafter was active in the ministry. When ready to give up his
ministerial work, he returned to Georgia, and spent his last days in Brooks
county, passing away at the age of seventy-five years. Progressive and
enterprising, ever interested in educational matters, he established, in 1850,
an advanced schools for girls in Macanopy, Florida, the first institution of the
kind in the state. The maiden name of the wife of Rev. Mr. Hendry was Caroline
Matilda Bell. She was born, October 20, 1835, in Hamilton county, Florida, where
her parents, James and Matilda (Johnson) Bell, natives of Georgia, were pioneer
settlers. Five children were born of their union, as follows: John McKinstry;
James Edward; Caroline, who was called Minnie; George Pierce; and Marvin E.

   Attending school, in both Florida and Georgia, John McKinstry Hendry obtained
a practical education in the public schools. Choosing for himself the
independent life of a fanner, he began work on his account on land belonging to
his mother. In 1889 he purchased a tract of timber in the Morven district,
Brooks county, Georgia, and in the midst of the fragrant woods built a small,
two-room house, and immediately began the arduous task of redeeming a farm from
the wilderness. Selling that property in 1899, Mr. Hendry bought his present
farm, which is advantageously located on the Quitman and Adel road. It contains
two hundred and forty acres of land, with a good set of buildings, and he is
here profitably engaged in general farming and stock raising.

   On March 17, 1889, Mr. Hendry was united in marriage with Susan Martha
Wilkins. She was born in Florida, a daughter of John and Susan Ellen (Taylor)
Wilkins, and a granddaughter of Rev. Richard Taylor, a pioneer preacher of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. and Mrs. Hendry have three children living,
namely: John F., Olin McKinstry, and Clara Lee. In his political affiliations,
Mr. Hendry is a Democrat, and fraternally he is a member of the Woodmen of the
World. He also belongs to the Morven Farmers' union. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hendry
are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and contribute generously towards
its support.



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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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