John William Hendrix
John William Hendrix was born around 1842 in New York to Stephen and Hannah Hendrix. His father was a farmer who owned $2,000 of real estate and $200 of personal property by 1860. He grew up in Otego, New York, and by 1860, he was working as a farm laborer.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on October 5, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company E of the 90th New York Infantry on October 28. He died of disease in Key West, Florida, on September 4, 1862.
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(4230)Hendrix, John William18421862-09-04
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (3915) [writer] ~ John W. Hendrix to Friend, 31 March 1862

Places - Records: 2

  • (67) [birth] ~ New York
  • (58) [death] ~ Key West, Monroe County, Florida

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (1008) [enlisted] [E] ~ 90th New York Infantry
SOURCES

1860 United States Federal Census, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com