Hendrix Old Photos

This was the home of Benjamin Hughes Hendrix. The house is no longer standing. Benjamin (1870-1944) son of George Washington and Mary A. B. (Gant/Balch) Hendrix. He married Mary Adeline Boston. Their children were: Felix, Elizabeth, John Edward, Cecil, George Washington, Charles, James Dudley, Hazel Mae, Hugh Edward, and Effie Lois Hendrix. Benjamin had a heart attack on the street in Lawrenceburg. He was carried to the office of Dr. Crowder where he was pronounced dead.

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George Washington Hendrix Children

Seated left to right:

Louisa "Lizzie" Balch Cole - was the daughter of Hiram Frank Balch and Mary A. B. (Gant/Balch); and step-daughter of George Washington Hendrix

Amanda Tennessee "Tennie" Hendrix - was the daughter of George Washington Hendrix and Mary A. B. (Gant/ Balch) Hendrix

Emma Bell Hendrix - was the daughter of George Washington Hendrix and Sarah (Walker) Hendrix

Jasper L. "Jack". Hendrix - was the son of George Washington Hendrix and Mary A. B. (Gant/Balch) Hendrix

Standing left to right:

Benjamin Hughes Hendrix - was the son of George Washington Hendrix and Mary A. B. (Gant/Balch) Hendrix

Thomas Byrd "Tabner" Hendrix - was the son of George Washington Hendrix and Sarah (Walker) Hendrix

James Daniel Hendrix - was the son of George Washington Hendrix and Sarah (Walker) Hendrix

Earl Harrison "Earlie" Hendrix - was the son of George Washington Hendrix and Sarah (Walker) Hendrix}

Louisa "Lizzie" Balch - married Lewis Houston Cole and was a half-sister to Tennie Hendrix, Jasper L. "Jack" Hendrix, and Benjamin Hughes Hendrix. She was a step-sister to Emma Hendrix, Tabner Byrd Hendrix, James Daniel Hendrix, and Earlie Hendrix.

George Washington Hendrix and Mary A.B. (Gant/ Balch) Hendrix had five children. Two daughters are not in the above picture; Martha "Mattie" Hendrix, and Netter Roe Hendrix.

George Washington Hendrix married Sarah Walker after the death of his first wife, and they were parents of four children. All our are in the above picture. George Washing Hendrix is buried between his two wives in Noblit Cemetery in Giles County, Tennessee.

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George & Sarah (Walker) Hendrix Home

The home of George Washington and Sarah (Walker) Hendrix on Sugar Creek. George Washington Hendrix's house is believed to have been across the road from James Appleton's house. The house was before you get to the ford of the creek from Dobbins cemetery.

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Taber Byrd Hendrix Family

The following information about the Tabner Byrd Hendrix family was found by Roger P. Hendrix, in Nov. 2012, while searching Ancestry.com. Based on the Ancestry.com information the photo was taken in late 1913 or early 1914 (done by assuming the youngest person in the photo was Dorothy and guessing her age in the photo to be around 1 year old. Also, Thomas B. Hendrix, being the youngest and not in the picture. Another interesting bit of information is that Thomas B. Hendrix is named as a Junior. If this is true then Tabner Byrd's real name is Thomas Byrd Hendrix.

Using the above information the persons in the photo are going left to right:

Thomas Byrd "Tabner" Hendrix, Dorothy Hendrix, Cletus Grady Hendrix, Glenn Hendrix, (behind Cletus & Glenn) Lollie Hendrix, Hoyt Hendrix, and Lola Jane (Burch) Hendrix.

Tabner Byrd Hendrix Info from Ancestry.com

Thomas Byrd "Tabner" Hendrix was born on 12 Oct 1879 in Appleton, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. He died on 29 Sept 1925. He married Corness Harrison on 25 Jan 1904 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA. She was born about 1879 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA.

Thomas Byrd "Tabner" Hendrix and Corness Harrison had one child; unfortunately, both mother and child died during childbirth. Corness and child are buried at Noblit Cemetery.

Tabner married Lola Jane Burch in 1906 in Tennessee, USA. She was born on 18 Jun 1890 in Alabama, USA. She died on 30 Jan 1971 in Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County, California, USA.

Tabner Hendrix and Lola Jane Burch had the following children:

Lollie Hendrix was born on 15 Jun 1907 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. He died on 05 Mar 1980 in Yorba Linda, Orange County, California, USA.

Hoyt Haskell Hendrix was born on 07 Apr 1909 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. He died on 24 Jan 1959 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA.

Glenn Hendrix was born about 1912 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. He died in California, USA.

Cletus Grady Hendrix was born on 20 Jan 1913 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. He died on 28 Dec 1995 in Oakdale, Stanislaus County, California, USA.

Dorothy Hendrix was born on 16 Dec 1914 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. She died on 15 Feb 1983 in La Crescenta, Los Angeles County, California, USA.

Thomas Byrd Hendrix, Jr. was born on 08 Sept 1919 in Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA. He died on 19 Jan 1998 in Helendale, San Bernardino County, California, USA.

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Thomas Byrd "Tabner" Hendrix's World War I Draft Card

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Jim and Ethel Hendrix Family

Jim and Ethel Hendrix had eight children: Laurah Irene, Willow Mae, Clara Mable, Viva Lee, James Aldon, Sarah Jane. Robert Fulton, Naomi Jean Hendrix.

James Alden Hendrix

Naomi Jane Hendrix

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Jasper L. (Jack) & Nancy Elizabeth "Florence" (Boston) Family

Back row

Linnie Hendrix, George William "Will" Hendrix, Fannie Mae Hendrix and John Dee Hendrix.

Roy C. Hendrix was born in 1908 after this picture was taken.

Front Row

Theodore Huron "Trusty" Hendrix, Jasper Lafayette "Jack" Hendrix, Nancy Elizabeth "Florence" Hendrix. McKinley H. Hendrix, Eula Jane Hendrix

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Nancy Elizabeth "Florence" (Boston) Hendrix

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Cecil Hogan Hendrix & Buffalo Family

Standing left to right:

Edna Buffalo Warren, Mary Buffalo, Elsie Mae (Buffalo) Hendrix, Cecil Hogan Hendrix, Jack Buffalo, John Buffalo

The woman and child seated in front are thought to be Laura Forsythe and son Noah.

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John Dee & Hattie Dee (Tucker) Hendrix

Obituary for John Dee Hendrix from The Pulaski Citizen 15 NOv 1944

Funeral service for John Dee Hendrix, 52, who died at 3:40 o'clock Monday afternoon, November 13, at his home in the Fourth Civil District, after several months illness, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Appleton Church of Christ. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Hendrix is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hattie Dee Hendrix; two sons, Delmer Hendrix of Crossville, and Franklin Hendrix of Manor Hill; two granddaughters; his mother, Nancy Elizabeth Hendrix of Appleton; three sisters, Mrs. Fannie Oliver, Mrs. Linnie Plott and Miss Eula Hendrix, all of Appleton; four brothers, Will Hendrix, Huron Hendrix and Roy Hendrix of Appleton and McKinley Hendrix of Watts Barr.

John Dee Hendrix is the grandson of George Washington and Mary A. B. (Gant/Balch) Hendrix
John Dee Hendrix was born on 10 Apr 1892 in Appleton, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. He died on 13 Nov 1944 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA (Fourth Civil District). He married Hattie Dee Tucker on 06 Dec 1914 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. She was born on 25 Sept 1896 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA. She died on 05 Oct 1978 in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, USA.


John Dee Hendrix and Hattie Dee Tucker had the following children:

Thomas Delmer Hendrix was born on 07 Jun 1916 in Appleton, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. He died on 12 Jun 1979 in Crossville, Cumberland County, Tennessee, USA (Grass Cove). He married Vera Bristow on 29 May 1940.

Notes for Thomas Delmer Hendrix:

Information provided to Roger Hendrix in and e-mail, dated: 4/4/2011, by Linda Hendrix Dean, where she stated that her Uncle, Thomas Delmer Hendrix, was a Church of Christ preacher and a school teacher and later a school principal. Linda also indicated that Thomas' wife as a school teacher and a principal of an elementary school.

Infant Daughter Hendrix was born on 18 Oct 1924 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA. She died on 18 Oct 1924 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA.

Infant Son Hendrix was born on 06 Oct 1925 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA. He died on 06 Oct 1925 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA.

John Franklin Hendrix was born on 06 Oct 1925 in Appleton, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. He died on 15 Oct 2003 in Murfeesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA. He married Laura Lou Richardson. She was born on 22 Aug 1925. She died on 02 Jan 2001. John was an electrician and plumber.

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Hendrix & Others of New Hope

Top row:

Leo Peppers, Viva Lee (Hendrix) Peppers, Eloisa Crowder Fowler, Edith Crowder McCrory, Mildred (Chapman) Couch, Sarah (Hendrix) Walters, Mable (Hendrix) Newbern.

Bottom row:

Willow Mae Hendrix, Sarah Brewer, Grace Curtis Sills, Virgil Crowder, Sr.,

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Appleton Students that became Teachers

Back row

Clint Sills (1887-1967), Andrew Feeeman (1889-1968), Virgil Griffin (unknown years), George William "Will" Hendrix (1889-1945), Alonzo Sills (1885-1969).

Front Row:

People are not identified, who are they?

Could one of the women in the front row possibly be Virginia Conway (1889-1973) who taught school at Appleton?

Additional information about Teacher in Top Row

Clinton Madison Sills, son of Clinton Loth & Sarah Jane (Durett) Sills, taught school at Appleton, buried at Minor Hill Cemetery.

Andrew Freeman taught school at Appleton, buried at Mimosa Cemetery.

Virgil Griffin, son of Dietus B. Griffin, buried at Madison, Tennessee.

George William "Will" Hendrix, son of Jasper Lafayette "Jack" & Florence (Boston) Hendrix, married Bessie King. He taught school at Appleton, Mt. Zion, and maybe other places. He is buried at Dobbins Cemetery, Appleton, Tennessee.

Alonzo Sills, son of Loth & Sarah Jane (Durett) Sills, married Tessie Morrison, taught school at Idaho and other places, is buried at Loretto.

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