BIO:  James H. Hendrix, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Shrewsbury Township, Pg 176

JAMES H. HENDRIX was born in Shrewsbury Township, October 31, 1838.  His parents were Joshua H. 
and Susan (Klinefelter) Hendrix, of York County.  His great-grandfather Hendrix, settled in 
Beaver County, Penn.  There were but two children in the family, one sister having died while 
quite young.  James H. was reared in Shrewsbury Village and attended the common schools.  He 
learned the plasterer’s trade while yet young, and followed it for five years.  In August, 
1861, he enlisted at Shrewsbury, and was appointed duty sergeant of Company D, Eighty-seventh 
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served three years, participating in the following 
battles:  Cold Harbor, Wilderness and with Grant’s army at Petersburg.  He was with Sheridan at 
Winchester and Strasburgh; for three months was in the hospital.  Returning from the war, he 
engaged in railroading; first with the Northern Central Railroad one year, then clerking in 
McDowell’s store for three years.  In 1868 he went to Illinois for four months, but returned to 
Shrewsbury; in 1869, he was appointed postmaster at Shrewsbury, which position he held up to 
January 22, 1874; was re-appointed postmaster December 3, 1874, and still holds the position 
(June 20, 1885).  In 1869 he had engaged in mercantile business, which he is running in 
conjunction with the postoffice, and to this he has devoted his entire attention.  In 1860 he 
was married to Angeline Sechrist, daughter of Abraham Sechrist, of Shrewsbury.  They have one 
child – Eudora.  His wife dying in 1865, he married, in 1873, in Fawn Township, Priscilla 
Davis, daughter of John W. Davis.  Their only child died in infancy.  Mr. and Mrs. Hendrix are 
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is trustee and recording steward; he is 
also an Odd Fellow, member of the Encampment, and commander of Post 342, G. A. R., at 
Shrewsbury.