Bio of Hendricks, Coleman S. (b.1812) Wabasha Co., MN
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Hendricks, Coleman S. (deceased) was a son of Martin and Elizabeth
(Arnold) Hendricks, and was born in Halifax County, Virginia, June 2,
1812. His early life was spent on a farm in Ohio, and he received a fair
common school training. When twenty-one years old he joined the Free Will
Baptist Church, which afforded him a congenial religious home most of his
life. He was subsequently connected with Methodist and Congregational
Churches, but soon returned to his original choice. In 1853 he was
ordained a deacon at Village Creek, Illinois, by Rev. J. M. Shurtleff,
whose daughter Clarissa he had married in 1836. In 1857 he came to
Minnesota and dwelt three years in Wabasha. He them removed to Sand
Prairie, and in 1869 to Cook's Valley, making a business of farming. His
death occurred at Cook's Valley, April 16, 1877, caused by neuralgia and
consumption; for the last six months of his illness he was unable to lie
down at all, and was a patient sufferer through great pain. Mr. Hendricks
was an active Sunday-school worker, and organized the first school on Sand
Prairie in 1860. He was an enthusiastic temperance advocate, and a firm
adherent of Republican principles. During his residence in Wabasha he
served as Assessor, and was a member of the Home League organized for the
protection of settlers' interests. Beside his widow, eight of his nine
children survive him. The eldest, Francis M., was a member of McClellan's
army, and died in hospital during the Wilderness campaign. He left one
child, Edith, now resident in Wabasha. Marquis L. is sketched below. James
H. served three years in the Third Minnesota regiment, and now dwells at
Warren, this State. All the others reside in Wabasha, viz.: Eliza (Mrs. H.
B. Whiting), Ansel A. (the stay of his widowed mother), John C., Sarah J.
(wife of John Plumb), Emma, and Mary L. (Mrs. C. M. Johnson).
War of Rebellion (Civil War)