HENDRICKS, A. L. from the "Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa"

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A. L. HENDRICKS, Justice of the Peace, Council Bluffs, has been 
identified with the interests of Pottawattamie County since 1872.  
He is a native of West Virginia, born on a farm in Russell County, 
July 22, 1822, the youngest son of Aaron Hendricks, who was also born 
on the same farm.  Aaron's father was Thomas Hendricks, who settled 
with an English colony in what was called the Elk Garden, and received 
a crown right, or patent, from King George, for 400 acres.  He here 
improved his land and reared a family of nine children.  The father 
was the youngest, and Thomas A. Hendricks, the father of the late Vice 
President, was one of the older sons.  Later the father of our subject 
purchased the interests of the other children in the home farm, which 
eventually passed into the hands of our subject, and was retained in 
the family until 1872.

The mother of our subject was nee Rachel Fullen, a daughter of Colonel 
Whitley, who figured conspicuously in the war of 1812, said to have 
killed Tecumseh, and assisted Daniel Boone in the settling of 
Kentucky, and the descendants now reside in the vicinity of Crab 
Orchard, Kentucky.  The father of our subject was an Adjutant during 
the Revolutionary war, and died in his seventy-first year; his mother 
in her fifty-first year.

Mr. Hendricks' youth was spent on a farm, receiving his education in a 
select school, and completing it at the University of Charlottesville, 
Virginia.  After this he engaged in the mercantile business in 
Lebanon, Virginia, which he followed until after the death of his 
father, when, in connection with which, he took charge of the estate 
his father left, and he purchased hi brother's interest.  That estate 
he managed until 1869, when he, with his family, removed West, and in 
1872 located in Council Bluffs, and has since been engaged in 
collection and insurance.

He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1884, and has served ever since 
in that capacity.

He was married first in September, 1845, to Miss Mary E. Boyd, a 
native of Virginia, and they had four children, three of whom still 
survive:  Robert, now living in Council Bluffs; Thomas, in Virginia, 
and Henry, in Council Bluffs.

He was again married May 2, 1855, to Martha M. Fuller, a native of 
Russell County, Virginia, and a daughter of Abraham Fuller, who was 
one of the six colonists who first settled that section.  By this 
marriage there are four children, viz.:  Matilda F., Ira F., Frank 
C., and Manuel L.  Mrs. Hendricks is a member of the M. E. Church, 
and politically Mr. Hendricks affiliates with the Democratic party.

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If you would like more information about anyone mentioned in this
biography, please write to the Pottawattamie County Genealogical
Society at:

PO Box 394
Council Bluffs, IA 51502-0394

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