William A Hendrix1865–
- Name
- William A Hendrix
- Given names
- William A
- Surname
- Hendrix
 Birth | about 1865 23 12 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Hamlin Findley Sissell October 24, 1865 |
| Marriage of parents | Lewis Thompson Hendrix — Mary Ann Sissell — View this family November 9, 1867 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | Charles Hendrix about 1869 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 4 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | July 16, 1870 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Emma Grace Hendrix January 20, 1871 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Jessie Jane Hendrix July 20, 1874 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a sister | Addia Hendrix about 1879 (Age 14 years) |
| Census | June 15, 1880 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nora Hendrix about 1883 (Age 18 years) |
| Census | March 1, 1885 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Rena Viola Hendrix October 1885 (Age 20 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Stephen McCabe — Mary Ann Sissell — View this family 1897 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 52 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 53 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a father | Lewis Thompson Hendrix May 6, 1921 (Age 56 years) Cause: Auto Accident |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Eleanor “Ellen” Clauson November 22, 1921 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 64 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a mother | Mary Ann Sissell December 1942 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 76 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a sister | Emma Grace Hendrix October 8, 1949 (Age 84 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 85 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 81 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Lewis Thompson Hendrix Birth: December 1841 — Boone, Indiana, United States Death: May 6, 1921 — San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States |
| mother |
Mary Ann Sissell Birth: February 1852 31 24 — Iowa, United States Death: December 1942 — Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, United States |
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Marriage: November 9, 1867 — Marion, Iowa, United States |
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-22 months himself |
William A Hendrix Birth: about 1865 23 12 — Iowa, United States Death: |
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5 years younger brother |
Charles Hendrix Birth: about 1869 27 16 — Iowa, United States Death: |
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2 years younger sister |
Emma Grace Hendrix Birth: January 20, 1871 29 18 — Iowa, United States Death: October 8, 1949 — Orange, Florida, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Jessie Jane Hendrix Birth: July 20, 1874 32 22 — Marysville, Marion, Iowa, United States Death: |
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5 years younger sister |
Addia Hendrix Birth: about 1879 37 26 — Kansas, United States Death: |
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5 years younger sister |
Nora Hendrix Birth: about 1883 41 30 — Kansas, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Rena Viola Hendrix Birth: October 1885 43 33 — Kansas, United States Death: |
| Mother’s family with Stephen McCabe |
| step-father |
Stephen McCabe Birth: 1843 — Iowa, United States Death: February 17, 1918 — Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, United States |
| mother |
Mary Ann Sissell Birth: February 1852 31 24 — Iowa, United States Death: December 1942 — Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, United States |
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Marriage: 1897 — |
William A Hendrix has 25 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (25)
Parents Joseph Garrett Sissell + Mary Etta Clark
Parents Daniel Wesley Davis + Martha Elizabeth Sissell
Parents William H Jordan + Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell
Parents William J Kennedy + Lou Ida Sissell
Parents William Zachariah Sissell + Annette “Nettie” Harris
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Lewis Thompson Hendrix - Household
Liberty, Marion, Iowa
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Lewis Thompson Hendrix - Household
Greenfield, Rooks, Kansas
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| Census | Kansas, U.S., State Census - Census transcript - Lewis Thompson Hendrix - Household
Cuba, Republic, Kansas
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