BIO:  PETER D. HENDRICKS, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 597-598
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    PETER D. HENDRICKS (deceased). Among the stirring and enterprising men who
  made the present Shippensburg, Pa., possible, was one man, now deceased,
  Peter D. Hendricks, born in Shippensburg township, and died in 1879. During
  his active life which continued to his death, Mr. Hendricks earned and
  retained the confidence of his fellow citizens, and his loss was universally
  mourned.
  
    James Hendricks, father of Peter, was a native of the Keystone State, as
  was his wife, Catherine Bowers. After his marriage he settled in Southampton
  township, this county, where he engaged in the shoe business, and continued
  successfully to pursue that occupation until his death.
  
    The late Peter D. Hendricks received an excellent common school education,
  and made good use of it all his life. Until he was seventeen he assisted his
  father upon the farm, but at that age he commenced learning the trade of a
  shoemaker. Completing his apprenticeship, he worked for a time as a
  journeyman, and then commenced business for himself, opening a small shoe
  store in Shippensburg, and, as business increased, he enlarged his stock, in
  a few years enjoying a very steady and profitable trade. By honest dealings,
  courteous treatment and the carrying of the best stock only, he built up an
  enviable reputation, and continued in the boot and shoe business until his
  demise. He was a strong Republican, always taking a lively interest in local,
  county and state politics. In his habits he was temperate, sober and
  industrious, and he ever proved a kind and thoughtful husband and indulgent
  father.
  
    In 1843, Mr. Hendricks was united in marriage with Miss Amanda C. Trone,
  second daughter of George and Susan (Carl) Trone. Three boys and two girls
  were born of this marriage: Levi D., deceased; Amelia J., deceased; Susan
  Catherine, deceased; William Rankin; and George Albert.
  
    Of the above children, William Rankin Hendricks was educated in the schools
  of Shippensburg, and after leaving school, he learned the trade of printer in
  the News office. Completing his apprenticeship, he went to Hummelstown, and
  while young in experience, and limited as to means, established the
  Hummelstown Sun, as editor and proprietor, which paper is neatly printed and
  most ably edited. It has a large circulation, and is now on a substantial and
  paying basis. He has been editor and proprietor of this paper for a period of
  thirty years. Mr. Hendricks married Miss Emma Hummel, of Hummelstown, and
  they have three children: W. Homer, a student at Lehigh University; Ethel, a
  teacher; and Rush McLean, at home with his parents.
  
    The youngest in the family of Peter D. Hendricks, George Albert Hendricks,
  was graduated from the Millersville Normal School. After this he read
  medicine, and was in due time graduated from the Michigan University at Ann
  Arbor, receiving the degree of M. D. He then became assistant professor of
  Anatomy at the University of Michigan, which he filled most creditably for
  eight years, when he took charge of the same science in the University of
  Minnesota. While thus engaged in 1899, he died, and the world of science lost
  one of its most promising students, a man enthusiastic and progressive, and
  devoted to his work. He married a Miss Mary Pattison of New Brunswick, N. J.
  
    Mrs. Amanda (Trone) Hendricks,
  
    598  CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
  
  widow of the late Peter D. Hendricks, is still living, although quite
  advanced in years. She enjoys fair health, and possesses all her faculties,
  being a very remarkable lady. She is a member of the Union Brethren Church,
  to which Mr. Hendricks also belonged, and in which he took a deep interest.
  As she looks back over her long and useful life, it is the pleasure of the
  venerable widow, to reflect upon the many excellent qualities of her husband,
  and nothing delights her more than to hear his just praise from the lips of
  those who knew and appreciated this excellent man. The business block in
  which his store was located, he erected, in addition to several others, and
  these with his business itself, and other properties, left her in very
  comfortable circumstances. She is deeply respected throughout the borough of
  Shippensburg, where she is now peacefully residing, and her name is connected
  with many private charities, as well as with the good work of the church.