Jessamine-Barren County KyArchives Biographies.....Hendricks, John T. 1810 - 1897
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Author: Bennett H. Young

Rev. John T. Hendricks, D. D.

   Mr. Hendricks was one of the most useful and also one of the most
distinguished men educated in Jessamine. Having united with the Nicholasville
Presbyterian church, the officers of the congregation discovered that he was a
man of fine mind and deep religious convictions. The church undertook his
education for the ministry, and amply did he repay it for the services rendered
by it to him in his youth.

   He was born in Barren county in 1810. His father came from Virginia and
settled in Kentucky in 1805, and died in Jessamine county in 1839, two miles
east of Nicholasville. His wife who was Mary Tilman, died at the same place in
February, 1838. His ancestors were staunch Protestants and served under William,
Prince of Orange, in the war waged by Philip II. of Spain against the
Protestants of Holland, about the middle of the Sixteenth century.

   While preparing for the ministry, he undertook the work of colporteur in
Jessamine county., and his report of his labors is still in existence. He
distributed 31 Bibles free, sold 15, donated 25 Testaments, and sold 5. His
report closes with these words: "I have been engaged five days, finding my own
horse, at one dollar per day, which I have received.
   "March 6, 1830."

   He visited in all 148 families in the territory bounded as follows: From
Nicholasville with the Shaker road to Jessamine creek, with the same to the
river, up the river to the Paint Lick road, to the beginning.

   Dr. Hendricks died only a few months ago in the 88th year of his age. His
services at Clarksville, Paducah and other portions of the Presbyterian church
in the Southern states, have given him wide distinction as a man of great
earnestness, and great faithfulness in his Master's cause.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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