Bio of HENDRIX, Fred N. (b.1854 d.1912), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

FRED N. HENDRIX - Vol II, pg 469-470
During the long period of his connection with the Minneapolis bar Fred N.
Hendrix tried many important cases and was recognized as one of the
distinguished representa­tives of the bar of this city, practicing for many
years as a partner of Judge F. C. Brooks under the firm style of Brooks &
Hendrix. He was born at Spring Prairie, Walworth county, Wisconsin, January 4,
1854, his parents being Wellington and Abigail (Briggs) Hendrix. He acquired his
early education in the district schools near his father's home and afterward
attended the high school at Elkhorn, Wisconsin, while later he matriculated in
the State University and was graduated therefrom with the class of 1877. He had
determined to enter upon the profession of law and with this end in view pursued
a law course, being graduated in 1879. He located for practice at Neillsville,
Wisconsin, where he continued for a year and then removed to Janesville, where
he entered into active association with Judge F. C. Brooks. They practiced it
that place until the spring of 1881 and then removed to Eau Claire, Wisconsin,
at which time the firm became Frawley, Hendrix & Brooks. They were
representatives of the Eau Claire bar until June, 1884, when a removal was made
to Minneapolis. The firm in the meantime had become Brooks & Hendrix and the
association was thus maintained for seventeen years, being terminated when Judge
Brooks was elected to the bench of the district court in 1898. From that year
until his death Mr. Hendrix remained alone in the practice of law and handled
many important cases, his successes being recorded in the annals of the court.
He prepared his cases with great thoroughness and care and was seldom, if ever,
at fault in the application of a legal principle. His knowledge of the law was
comprehensive and exact and he was most accurate and logical in his analysis and
clear and forceful in his reasoning.
In 1881 Mr. Hendrix was united in marriage to Miss Ella F. Underbill, a daughter
of Horace D. and Helen N. (Treat) Underbill. They had one daughter, Helen, who
is the wife of Robert H. Keyes of Deerwood, Minnesota, and who by her marriage
has become the mother of three children: Gordon Hendrix, Cynthia Helen and
Priscilla Louise Keyes.
Mr. Hendrix was a charter member of the Chi Psi fraternity, also a member of the
Wisconsin Alumni Association and of the Commercial Club of Minneapolis. He
passed away January 9, 1912, at the age of fifty-eight years. His had been an
active and useful life. He had made' steady advancement in his profession and
always carefully maintained the highest standards of the law and did much to
promote the legal and moral status of the community. That he used his talents
wisely and well is indicated in the fact that he attained to eminence in a
profession where advancement depends solely upon individual merit and ability.