Obituary of James Hendy, Sr., Madison County, Illinois Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Bob Campbell Obit: James Hendy, 1900: Alton, Madison, IL From an Alton, IL newspaper on April 7, 1900: DEATH OF JAMES HENDY, SR. James Hendy, the venerable night watchman at the Illinois Glass works the past 22 years, died last night at his home, 710 Ridge Street, after an illness of eight months with stomach trouble. He had lived in Alton since 1857, was married here and was well known in a large circle of acquaintances. In the early (18)'70's he was for several years on the Alton police force, and since 1878 he held the position at the glass works, where he had the strictest confidence reposed in him. James Hendy was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and came to America by way of New Orleans when 5 years old. He lived at New Richmond, Ohio until 1857, when he came to Alton and was married two years later in Alton. He served during the civil war three years. He leaves his aged wife and two sons, James and P.J. Hendy and Mrs. Lizzie Bennis of North Alton. He was a member of the A.O.V.W. and Alton Post G.A.R. The funeral will be Monday at 9 a.m. and services will be in St. Patrick's church. ================================================================ FUNERAL OF JAMES HENDY The funeral of James Hendy took place this morning, at 9 o'clock, from the home on Ridge Street to St. Patrick's church. There was a very large
attendance of friends of Mr. Hendy at the funeral. Services were conducted by Rev. Fr. O'Reilly. Interment was in Greenwood cemetery. ***************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproducd in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ***************************************************************** Contributed by: Bob Campbell