The Sheldrake Kendrick Family of Butler & Conecuh County,
Alabama
Sheldrake Kendrick
Born 21 Jun 1803
Died 21 May 1879
Sheldrake
Kendrick was the first child of born in Columbia County, Georgia. He was
the first born son of Robert Kendrick and Mary Slaid . Some records say
that Robert Kendrick was a veteran of the Seminole Wars of 1817-1818 in
Capt. James Hendon's Co. of Georgia. Robert and Mary were in Georgia until
around the year of 1815 then moving to Alabama. Their third child, a son
Robert William Kendrick was born in Alabama in 1815. They came to the Butler/Conecuh
County area to settle. They are in the 1820 Conecuh County, Census.
Family
legend says that Sheldrake ran a store out of his home near Garland, Alabama.
He died in Conecuh County. They buried him in Conecuh Methodist Church
Cemetery in Conecuh County.
Other
family traditions say that Wiley Artis Kendrick, Sheldrake's youngest son,
inherited Sheldrake's house nearGarland.
Wiley leased this home to Lon Williams (the father of Georgiana, Alabama
native, Hank Williams, Sr.) and moved to Jay, Florida,
Sheldrake
Kendrick was married two times. His first wife was:
Anna
Parker
Born About 1816
Died About 1846
Sheldrake
married Anna Parker about 1828, probably in Conecuh County, Alabama .
Anna was a native of Conecuh County and died there. They had 9 children
together.
These children are:
1.
Martha Kendrick (b. 1829) No other info
2. John Kendrick (b. 1832) m. Ms. House of Mississippi
3. Robert Kendrick (twin to John) m. Martha R. Dean, 8 Jun 1850
4. Josiah Kendrick (b. 1833) m. Amanda Perry, April 02, 1882
5. Mary Jane Kendrick (b. 17 Oct 1836 - d. 18 Aug 1906) m. Fielden
Evans
6. Sterling Ramsey Kendrick (b. 30 Nov 1837 - d. 28 Apr 1933)
1st wife of S. R.: Letta A. Ward,
m. 8 Sep 1861
2nd wife of S. R.: Clara Elizabeth
Whittle, m. Jun 1877
3rd wife of S. R.: Fannie Wright
m. August 16, 1910
7. Thomas Pilly (Tom) Kendrick (b. 1 Aug 1839 - d.15 Apr 1928)
m. Mary Susan Scott
8. Asa Sheldrake Kendrick (b. 11 Dec 1841 - d. 17 Jun 1932)
m. Louisa F. Gilmore, 5 Jan 1870
9. James Wesley Kendrick (b. 5 Jan 1844 - d. 12 Dec 1923)
m. Rebecca Josephine ?, 26 Nov
1867
Anna
(Parker) Kendrick died sometime after the birth of James Wesley Kendrick
in 1844. We do not know if she died in childbirth, or some other illness
of that time.
Anna's burial place is unknown, After Ann's death, Sheldrake took a
second wife.
Her name was:
Leney
Skinner
Born 10 Oct 1923
Died 29 Apr 1902
Sheldrake
married Leney Skinner about 1846. Leney was also, like Anna Parker, a native
of Conecuh County. Leney was the daughter of John Nathan Skinner and Sarah
Brason and granddaughter of the older John Skinner. Sheldrake and Leney
had eight children.
These children were:
1.
Richard (Dick) Kendrick (b. 1847) No other info
2. Martha Ann Kendrick (b. 6 Apr 1849 - d. 22 Apr 1924) m. J. Adair
3. William Ashley (Bill) Kendrick (b. 9 Sept 1851 - d. 23 July 1940)
See Below
4. Frances Kendrick (b. 1854) m. Jacob (Jake) Gilmore
5. Sarah Lane Kendrick (b. 17 Jun 1858 - d. 29 Jun 1938)
m.
Alexander (Alex) Travis Bennett, 27 May 1880
6. Lucinda (Lou) Catherine Kendrick (b. 6 Apr 1862 - d. 14 Nov 1945)
m. John Andrew Gilmore, December
25, 1883
7. Wiley Artis Kendrick (b. 10 Feb 1865 - d. 28 Nov 1956)
m. Frances (Fannie) Adeline Bennett,
15 Oct 1885 (Sister of Alex Bennett)
8. Sally Kendrick (b. 1866) Died at a young age
After
the death of Sheldrake in 1879, Leney lived in the area for a few years.
She is on the 1880 census of Conecuh County as the head of household,
with a few of
her younger children in the household. Her unmarried sister-in-law
Polly Kendrick
(b. 1817) is living in the household with her and some of the younger
children. Polly was the only sister of her husband Sheldrake.
On
2 Aug 1882 in Conech County, Lenny took a second husband, L. Hobbs. Some
of Leney's grandchildren by Sheldrake would call this man "Father Hobbs"
or "Grandfather Hobbs." Leney and her second husband moved from Conecuh
County to Escambia County, Florida to the Byrneville Community. Leney's
daughter Lucinda (Lou) Catherine Kendrick would follow them and marry John
Andrew Gilmore of that area. Leney died in Byrneville, Florida. She is
buried there at the Byrneville Methodist Church Cemetery.
The
Byrneville community (in Escambia County, Florida) was founded in 1860
by Robert "Bob" Kendrick and wife, Martha (Fuller) Kendrick. Robert Kendrick
was a younger brother of Sheldrake Kendrick.
Martha
Ann (Kendrick) Adair and Frances (Kendrick) Gilmore, sisters, ended up
in Byrneville also.They are buried
in the same cemetery as their mother and sister Lucinda (Lou)
Sarah
Lane (Kendrick) and Alex Bennett lived in Butler County. They were charter
members of the Mt. Olive West Baptist Church in Butler County. The rest
of her siblings would remain in Butler and Conecuh County. Sterling Ramsey
Kendrick resided in Montery.
William
Ashley (Bill), Asa, Sheldrake, James Wesley, and Wiley Artis with their
wives
and children lived near Garland. Wiley Artis moved on to Jay, Florida
then to
Robertsdale, Alabama (Baldwin County).
William
(Bill) Ashley Kendrick married Martha Josephine Cook around 1872 in Conecuh
County. No marriage record has been found. Martha was the daughter of Judge
Samuel Wiles Cook and Martha Jane Whitehead of Conecuh County. Martha was
born 21 Mar 1851 and died 28 Jan 1931. Both are buried at Concord Methodist
Church Cemetery in Conecuh County. They had 9 children.
They are:
1.
Alice Eugenia (Jeanie) Kendrick (b. 22 Aug 1874 - d. 25 July 1951
m. James David (Dave) Kelly, 25
Dec 1904
2. John Richard Kendrick (b. 27 Jan 1876 - d. 1967)
m. Melvina (Mel) Stokes, 4 Nov.
1900
3. Wiley Kendrick (b. 30 Oct 1878 - died young)
4. Mary Susan (Sudie Mae) Kendrick (b. 9 Sept 1880 - d. 3 Jan 1938)
m. Hillary Herbert (Hub) Jones,
25 Feb 1904
5. Hillery Kendrick (b. 16 Sept 1881 - d. Dec 1882)
6. William Kendrick (b. 16 Sept 1881 - d. Dec 1882) Twin to Hillery
7. William Asa Kendrick (b. 16 Nov 1883 - d. 15 Feb 1966)
m. Ethel D. Wright, 26 June 1915
8. James Irvin Kendrick (b. 29 Sept 1885 - d. 4 Dec 1959
m. Fannie Wallace, 13 Aug 1911
9. Willie Jane Kendrick (b. 22 Sept 1889 - d. 17 Jan 1924)
m. Lander Jones (Brother of Hillary
H. Jones), 4 Sept 1904
Jeanie
& Dave Kelly resided in Byrneville, Florida with numerous others that
were kin to her.
William
Asa & James Irvin Kendrick and their wives and children all resided
within Conecuh County.
John
Richard Kendrick and his wife and children resided near Garland, in Butler
County.
The
other two daughters, Sudie Mae & Willie Jane resided in Escambia County,
Alabama at the time of their deaths. Sudie Mae and Hub Jones also resided
in Geogiana, Conecuh County, and Atmore, Alabama where they both died.
