Callahan County Archives - Photo - John Rogers  Kenrick and Cornelia Easley Todd

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JOHN  ROGERS  KENDRICK                    CORNELIA  EASLEY  TODD
Sept. 27, 1817 – Nov. 3, 1903             Nov. 1, 1819 – Nov.1, 1905

John and Cornelia were both born in Georgia and they married May 10, 1838, in
Monroe Co. Ga.  After they married they lived about twelve years in Georgia, and
then moved to Mississippi by 1850, with their growing family.  Also John’s
parents And others in the family came along.  They bought a good amount of land
in Newton Co. Mississippi, and were prospering and doing well up to the Civil
War, Which started on April 12, 1861.  Then their lives were torn apart, like
most all southern families, as they lost about everything they owned.  But the
thing that took away their hearts was the death of their oldest son, Arastus A.
in the war.  Arastus Left behind his wife and little baby son and daughter. 
Also John and Cornelia’s youngest baby son, Manasses died.  He was born just
after the war started, and it probably played a part in his death.  Two other
children had died before the war started, Julia and Joseph.  So now out of their
Eleven children they only have seven left.  John R. also served as a confederate
all four years of the Civil War, in Co. A 1st Mississippi, State Militia, and
later in the Calvary.
   
The war ended on April 9, 1865, so the Kendrick’s  began to make plans to move
to a better place.  In 1868 they loaded their covered wagons, along with sixteen
other families and headed for Texas.  They settled in Hill County for a while,
then they heard of land in Callahan County, so they moved there in 1878.  Their
daughter Rebecca and her husband John Scott had moved there in 1877.
  
John and Cornelia bought a farm, Oct. 28, 1884 in what was called Eagle Cove at
that time, and later called Denton Valley.  When they could no longer take care
of themselves they sold their farm, April 17, 1897, and lived with one or the
other of their three daughters, Rebecca Scott, Athelda Williams, Sally Holland,
and their son Harvey.  Their son Kenyon had moved to Crockett Co. Texas,  their
oldest daughter Mary Long stayed in Hill Co. and daughter Hester Williams had
died in 1872.
   
In July 1899, John R. applied for a pension for his Civil War service.  He was
approved in Sept. 1899.

The Kendrick’s and their children were hard workers, good neighbors, and good
leaders in the community.  They were instrumental in the building of the
Methodist church. Sally and Tack Holland gave the land and the bible for the
church. Harvey gave the land for the Kendrick Cemetery.   All the men took their
turn in working on the county roads, as was the custom of the day.

John and Cornelia are buried in the Kendrick Cemetery, along with three of their
children, and many in their families.  Rebecca and John Scott are buried in the
Dudley Cemetery, only a short distance away.  Many of their descendents are
buried there too.

Word has been passed down that Cornelia Todd Kendrick and Mary Todd Lincoln,
wife of President Abraham Lincoln were cousins, and records seem to prove that
they were second cousins.

The large framed picture of John and Cornelia Kendrick has been passed down to a
great grand daughter, who is proud to be a part of the Kendrick, Scott family.