Gibson H. Hendricks

HENDRICKS, Gipson -Gipson Hendricks, an aged Confederate veteran, died December 31 at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Mizner, on Bush street. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 at the Christian church, conducted by Rev. J. Frank Turner, and burial was made in Fairview Memorial Cemetery at Fayetteville. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. J.T. Asher and Mrs. B.J. Mizner, both of Prairie Grove; four sons, W.A. Hendricks, of Ketchum, Oklahoma; G.W. Hendricks of Fayetteville and J.G. Hendricks of South America. Mr. Hendricks was born in Washington County November 21, 1839 and was a member of the Christian church for forty years. He enlisted in Co. K, 34th Arkansas Regiment on July 1, 1861. He was a member of the Fayetteville Camp U.C.V. His wife, who was (unreadable), died *** years ago. [Prairie Grove Herald 1/3/1929]

Gipson Hendricks filed Veteran Application #13214 with the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for a Confederate pension and it was received as allowed August 29, 1901 at the State, citing service with Company D, 2ndArkansas Cavalry from 1862 thru 1865. [State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives]

HENDRIX, Gipson – Gipson Hendrix was born in Arkansas in 1835 and in 1880 was living on his farm on Marrs Hill, Arkansas with his wife, Sidney S. and their four children. They had two sons, William A , and Riley W. and two daughters; Margaret S. and Telitha C. Hendrix. Mrs. Hendrix was born in Tennessee. [LDS Family Web site]

Gip Hendrix of Fayetteville was favorably passed by the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for the sum of $50 per annum. [Fayetteville Democrat 7/25/1901]

Gibson Hendrix to be awarded the Southern Cross of Honor on January 19, 1907 by the Mildred Lee Chapter No. 98 of the U.D.C. [Fayetteville Democrat 1/10/1907]

Gipson Hendrix is on the Confederate Pensioners list to receive $70 from the Washington County Clerk’s office. [Fayetteville Democrat 9/22/1910]