Notes for Joe David HENDRON


I remember the family referring to Joe David as Jodie.  This was also a
childhood name of his grandfather Joseph Asa Jenkins.  I remember visiting the
Hendrons on a family vacation in 1956, when I was 8 years old.

Joe was reported with his parents and older brother Charles Jr in the 1964
Santa Barbara City Directory.

Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005
Joe David Hendron
Karen L Brodarick
Marriage 6 Sep 1964
Recorded Clark County, Page D08

They were listed in the city directory the next year.

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Santa Barbara, California, City Directory 1964, p 308
Hendron C R Co (Charles R Hendron) concrete contr h 2305 Calle Noguera h do
(also Home address)
Hendron Chas constn wrkr Hendron C R Co h 3960 Via Lucero apt 10
Hendron Chas R (Lahoma; Hendron C R Co) concrete contr h 3305 Calle Noguera
Hendron Joe stdnt h 3305 Calle Noguera

In September 1964, Joe married Karen Broaderick.

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Santa Barbara, California, City Directory 1965, p 308
Hendron C R Jr stdnt h 2305 Calle Noguera
Hendron C R Co (Charles R Hendron) concrete contr h 2305 Calle Noguera
Hendron Charles R (Lahoma; Hendron C R Co) concrete contr h 175 Harvard la
Hendron Joe (Karen) form sitter C R Hendron h 122 Los Aguejes av apt 1

Joe David's former sister-in-law, Sue Briggs, former wife of Charles Robert
Junior, told me in February 2008 that Joe David had been married twice and
that he had twins from each of these marriages.  But the only child I could
find any information on at that time was his son with Margaret Thorpe, born in
1974, also named Joe David.

Further information was obtained from Joe D's daughter Lenae, who wrote me in
April 2008 to introduce herself, as well as a twin brother of Joe David Jr,
Jason Charles.

"His first wife's name was Karen and he had twin girls; names are Mia and
Tina"
--  Lenae Hendron, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 25 April 2008

"My name is Lenae Hendron.  I am the oldest child of my father's 2nd marriage. 
I have twin half sisters that I have not met since I was a toddler.  I have
one living brother, Joe David Hendron and one deceased brother, Jason Charles
Hendron who died in a tragic car accident at the age of 22."
--  Lenae Hendron, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 24 April 2008

The birth record for Jason Charles was elusive.  I did find it with his name
entered as Jason C.  I had earlier found a Social Security Death Index entry
recording his birth and death.

Joe married Margaret (Peggy) Thorpe in 1970 in Las Vegas.

Nevada Marriage Index
Joe David Hendron, Residence California
Spouse Margaret Marie Thorpe, Residence California
Marriage 3 Apr 1970, Las Vegas
Civil celebrant, Recorded date 13 Apr 1970

Joe and Margaret were listed in the 1973 Santa Barbara City Directory. 
Margaret was listed under her nickname Peggy that year as well as in 1974. 
Joe's middle initial is reported here as E, instead D for David.

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Santa Barbara, California, City Directory, 1973, p 298
Hendron G Lahoma h 175 Harvard Av
Hendron Joe E [Joe D] (Peggy M) form str Hendron Associates h 536c W Pedregosa
St

In and 1974, one other name is Robt D Hendron, a name not otherwise known in
this nuclear famliy.  This may be an error for Ruddell D (Russell Dean), Joe's
youngerst brother.

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Santa Barbara, California, City Directory, 1974, p 343
Hendron G Lahoma h 175 Harvard Av
Hendron Joe E [Joe D] (Peggy M) form str Hendron Associates h 536c W Pedregosa
St
Hendron Robert D h 6671 Berkshire Terr (Goleta) Apt 12

In 2006, I found a burial entry for Joe David Hendron in Goleta Cemetery, in
Santa Barbara County, where the family lived, and where I last saw his mother,
my Aunt Lahoma.  This was the first public record I found for Joe David.
--  Goleta Cemtery Records,
http://www.cagenweb.com/santabarbara/sbcgs/goleta_h.htm

I found the California Death Index listing in July 2007, along with the
California Birth Index listing.  The California Birth Index tells us that Joe
David was born in Los Angeles County.  I had already found the date from other
sources before finding the Birth Index record in February 2008.  His birth
date was 18 April 1945.

I found matching information in the Social Security Death Index.  According to
the SSDI, Joe David died in November 1975.  This index lacks an address at the
time of death, which is normally included.  The month of death matches the
exact date of 14 November 1975 reported by the California Death Index.  Joe
David died in Solano County, in northern California.

Family members tell me, in email exchanges February-April 2008,  Joe David
died in prison, under suspicious circumstances.  Some thought he was murdered. 
He died just 2 weeks before he was to be released.  His daughter Lenae reports
(person email communication) that her mother told her that Joe David had
indicated he was happy to be getting out and excited about seeing his family
again in just a few days.

California Death Index, 1940-1997
Joe D Hendron
Birth 18 Apr 1945 California
Death 14 Nov 1975 Solano County, California
Social Security #565-60-8920

I had also found in February 2008 a report that he and his wife had divorced
in September that same year.  I found it odd that he would be divorced and
then die two months later.  The California Divorce Index had told me that he
was divorced from Margaret Thorpe in September 1975.

The California Divorce Index has an entry for Joe D and Margaret, dated
September 1975.
California Divorce Index, 1966-1984, Santa Barbara County
Hendron Joe D  b 1945
Thorpe Margaret M  b 1949
Married 1970  Divorce 09 75

In email exchanges in April 2008, Joe D's daughter Lenae said she asked her
mother about the divorce.  Margaret (called Peggy by the family) said they
were never divorced.

"I spoke with my mom last night regarding the divorce. She told me they were
never divorced so I'm a little confused on that. My father died while
incarcerated .... The facts are a little shady on his death.  Some say he
committed suicide while others say he was murdered. He was to be released two
weeks before he died and from what my mom says, he was very excited [at the
prospect of being] home with his wife and children."
--  Lenae Hendron, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 25 April 2008

What a mystery we have, then, finding such an entry in the official California
records!  A divorce that never happened!?  How did such an entry get entered
into the California records, with all the right information for these two
persons?

The divorce was registered in Santa Barbara County, in southern California. 
Two months later he died in prison in Solano County, northern California, on
14 Nov 1975.

[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 6, Social Security Death
Index: US)
Hendron, Joe
Birth 18 April 1945
Death November 1975  [No day's date or address at time of death reported]
Social Security #565-60-8920 Issued in California

Joe David was buried in Santa Barbara County, where he had previously been
living.  The Goleta Cemetery Registry reports he was buried on 19 November
1975.

Santa Barbara Genealogical Society, Goleta Cemetery Registry HA
HENDRON, JOE DAVID
Apr 18, 1945  Nov 14, 1975
30 years old
Place of death Solano County
Buried Nov 19, 1975, Section 5 East, Lot 128, Space 7

Joe David Hendron
Birth Apr 18, 1945 Los Angeles County, California
Death Nov 14, 1975 Solano County, California
Parents:
Charles Robert Hendron (1915 - 1991)
Gladys Lahoma Jenkins Hendron (1914 - 1991)
Burial Goleta Cemetery, Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California
Created by Damien Mar 25, 2006
--  Find A Grave Memorial #13730889,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13730889
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Notes for Russell Dean HENDRON


California Birth Index, 1905-1995
Russell Dean Hendron
Birth 1 Jul 1954 Los Angeles County
Gender Male
Mother's Maiden Name Jenkins

Russell was listed in the 1972 Santa Barbara City Directory with his mother. 
His father is also lited with his business, at a different address, because
Russell's parents had divorced in 1970.

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Santa Barbara, California, City Directory, 1972, p 284
Hendron Associates concrt [concrete] contrs 4710 Dexter Dr Apt 23 Tel 964-4419
Hendron Charles R h 4710 Dexter Dr Apt 23 Tel 964-4419
Hendron G La Homa h 175 Harvard La Tel 964-5121
Hendron Russell h 175 Harvard La Tel 964-5121

Russell does not appear in any other city directories with his parents. 
Howver, an entry in 1974 may be for hikm, with an error in the name.  Lahoma
and Joe with Joe's wife Peggy are reported, along with a Robt D Hendron.  They
have been the only Hendron family in Santa Barbara, but no one named Robert is
associated with Charles and Lahoma's family.

Santa Barbara, California, City Directory, 1974, p 343
Hendron G Lahoma h 175 Harvard Av
Hendron Joe E [Joe D] (Peggy M) form str Hendron Associates h 536c W Pedregosa
St
Hendron Robert D h 6671 Berkshire Terr (Goleta) Apt 12

Public Records Index compilations report addresses for Russell D Hendron in
the following places, approximately in this order.  No dates are given to
place these residences on a timeline.  A record or two below give more
specific information on an address or two.  The addresses given all match
residence of other family members until we get to Oregon and Montana.

Public Records Index
Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California
Cape Coral, Lee County, Florida
Glide, Douglas County, Oregon
Flathead County, Montana (Montana Death Index)

Russ was living in Florida when he was married in 1976.

Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001
Russell Dean Hendron
Spouse Barbara Jean Rosati
Marriage Date 18 Mar 1978 Lee County
Florida Department of Health, Volume 4232,  Certificate #015597

U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
Russell Hendron
Birth Date 1 Jul 1954
RR 8 , P O Box 40, Fort Myers, FL, 33909

Oregon, Divorce Records, 1961-1985
Barbara Rosati
Spouse Russell Hendron
Divorce 26 Jun 1981 Douglas, Oregon, USA
Certificate #07530

He was in Oregon when he married again in 1994.

Oregon, Marriage Indexes, 1906-1924, 1946-2008
Russell Dean Hendron
Spouse Name Debra Ann Marshall
Marriage 10 Jun 1994 Douglas County

A Directory listing reports Russell in Glide, Oregon in 1996.  This matches a
direcotry listing in 1991 for his mother there, at the same address.

U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
G L Hendron
5965 Little River Rd, Glide, OR, 97443-9787 (1991)

U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
Russell Hendron
5965 Little River Rd, Glide, Oregon 97443-9787
Phone #541-496-3889
Residence 1996

I have found no City Directory entries in Glide for Russ or his mother.

The Social Security Death Index records Russell's birth and death information. 
I had been told that Russ had been living in Montana, and it was thought he
died there.  SSDI records report no address at the time of either birth or
death.  Family sources inform us that Russ died by suicide.

Social Security Death Index
Russell D. Hendron
Born 1 Jul 1954 [no location reported]
Died 17 Apr 1998 [no location reported]
SSN 549-15-8879, issued California (1972)

The Montana Death Index confirms that Russell died in Montana and gives
details, except for cause of death.  From this we learn that he was living in
Flathead County and died there on 17 April 1998.

Montana Death Index
Index #2401
Russell D Hendron, Age 43
Estimated Birth Year 1955
Death 17 Apr 1998 Flathead County
Residence Flathead County
Social Security #549158879
Married Or Separated
--  Source: Montana State Genealogical Society

An obituary index provides the place of death in Montana.

Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-Current
Russell Hendron Dean
Age at Death 43
Birth Abt 1955 Santa Barbara CA
Death abt 1998 Ferndale MT
Publication The News-Review, Roseburg OR, 28 Apr 1998

Two sisters-in-law report that Dicky died by suicide.

"Russell, the youngest boy, committed suicide in Montana.  He was married but
never had children. ... Russ inherited all of Lahoma’s money when she died
and he went into several businesses that failed.  He was a very gentle,
sensitive man; not sure why he would end his life."
--  Susanne Briggs, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 8 February 2008

"Chuck informed me that Russell committed suicide.  We think he lived in
Oregon or Montana"
--  Andrea Hendron Scheffler Volland, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 22
January 2008

"We were very close to my Uncle Russ when were we kids because we moved to the
small town he lived in. When I was 22 or so my Uncle Russ moved to Montana
with his wife and step son. Less than a year later he committed suicide. We
were all very shocked of course."
--  Lenae Hendron, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 25 April 2008

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Russell Dean Hendron [Russell D Hendron]
Birth 1 Jul 1954 Pasadena Los, California
Death Date 17 Apr 1998
SSN 549158879
Aug 1972 Name listed as RUSSELL DEAN HENDRON; 23 Apr 1998 Name listed as
RUSSELL D HENDRON
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Notes for Starling Brooklyn HENDRON


In his marriage records, his name was simply Starling Hendron.

Madison County, Kentucky, Marriage Index, 1786-1844
Starling Hendron
Marriage 12 Jan 1830 Madison, Kentucky
Spouse Polly Sanders
Volume III, page 177, Index p 512

On his son's death certificate, he was reported as the father under the name
Brooklyn Hendfron.

Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Benjamin Callen Hendran
Age 76 yrs, 3 days; Shoe Maker
Birth 14 Mar 1847 Kentucky [census age reports place birth more like
1852-1854]
Married, Spouse and informant Susan Hendran
Father Brooklyn Hendran, born Kentucky
Mother Mary Sanders, born Kentucky
Death 7 Mar 1923 at home, 527 E Market St, Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana
Cause of Death Chronic Tuberculosis for 1 year
Burial 8 March Eastern Cemetery [Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana]
Filed 29 March 1923

On his daughter's birth certificate he was reported as Sterling Hendron.  A
member of the Hendron family commented on Straling in a comment about research
into the family.  She refers to him as Starling Brook Hendron.

"...Starling Brook Hendron, Uncle Newt's father."
--  Carolyn Humphreys, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 23 August
2016

Though Carolyn uses the nickname short form of Brooklyn, this name order is
confirmed in his military record, which has his name as Starling B Hendron.

U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Starling B Hendron
Civil War, Company I, 25th Kentucky Cavalry
Filed 25 July 1890 Kentucky

Kentucky, Birth Records, 1847-1911
Mary F Hendron
Birth 11 Apr 1854 Washington, Kentucky, USA
Father Sterling Hendron
Mother Mary Sanders

Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1963
Alford Hendron
Age 20, Single
Birth abt 1834 Madison County
Death Sep 1854 Kentucky, USA
Cause Typhoid Fever
Residence Washington County
Father Sterling Hendron
Mother Mary
Hendron
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Notes for Charles HENRY


The Rogers genealogy by Nicole Wiebe provides some basic information on
Charles, including his marriage to Cynthia Strange.  Charles HENRY Birth 15
Jun 1898 Death 5 Feb 1976 Father Nathaniel L HENRY b 9 Jun 1866 in Jefferson
Co Tennessee, Mother Martha L CHAMBERS Marriage Cynthia STRANGE b 16 Jun 1899
--  Nicole Wiebe,
http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1643067&id=I73774117

There are discrepances in the records for Charlie or Charles Henry.  These
apepars on vrious records of marriage and recidence as married to a Cynthia
Strange, who appear to be different individuals, daughters of related Strange
parents.  There are two marriage recores distinguishing these tow women form
each other, on e record in Cocke County and the other in Jefferson County,
where they both apparently lived, and their two spouses both named Charles
Henry.  The marriage in 1918 appears to be for the daughter of John and Mary
(Beeson) Strange.  The other couple marriedin 1920 in Jefferson County.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Cynthia Strange, age 18
Charlie Henry, age 18
Marriage bond of $1250 signed by Charley Henry and W J Strange
Marriage 21 February 1918 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Ceremony performed by W C Lyle, JP
Recorded in Jefferson County Marriage Book, p 49

A WWI draft registration in September 1918 for Charlie Henry in Dandridge,
Jefferson County, Tennessee reports his birth date as 19 July 1899, while a
birth date of a gravestone in Hills Unon Cemetery, Dandridge, reports Charles
Henry, husband of Cynthia S Henry, as 15 June 1898.  Birth dates on WWI draft
records, for some reason, often report a birth year one year off from later
records.  But the birth date is usually the same.  This birth record confirms
their earlier marriage as reported in the above record, reporting Charlie's
wife as Sinth Strange.

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Charlie Henry
Birth Date 19 Jun 1899
Residence (Rt 1) Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Self-Employed Farmer
Nearest Relative Sinth Henry (Wife)
Blue Eyes, Brown Hair, Medium Build, Medium Height
Registered 12 September 1918 Jefferson City, Tennessee

the birth date here differs slightly from that reported on a gravestone in
Hills Union Cemetery for a Charles Henry, whose wife inthe joint grave isalso
named Cynthia.  The grave reports an eerily-close birth date of 15 June 1898. 
Though this date and teh corrsponding death date on the grave have been
reoported by some genealogies for the Charles Henry who married the daughter
of John and Masry Stragne, it appears the grave is in fact that of another
person of the same name and age who married the same-name daughter of Porter
and Sarah (Hale) Strange in the same broader family, who also lived in the
same area of Jefferson County.  The latter couple were married in nearby Cocke
County, where many stranges of this clan were also married.
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Notes for Charles HENRY


It appears the following 1920 census is for this Charlie who married Porter
Strange's daughter Cynthia.  But the age reported is younger than the reported
birth date for him in 1898.  But ages vary in censuses so this is not
definitive.  The Civil District 8 is the same as Charlie and Cynthia are later
reported living in.

Genealogies report the son of Nat is the one of this name who married Cynthia,
daughter of Porter.  They married in September, which fits with this census. 
Another marriage record reports the marriage of two individuals of the same
two names in neighboring Cocke County in 1918.  That Charlie Henry appears to
have been born in 1900 or 1899.

1920 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 8 January, Civil District 8,
Enumeration District 78, page 3B, Channel Hill Rd, Hse/Fam #56
Strange, Nat Head Owns M W 42 Widowed TN TN TN Farm Laborer [b abt 1877]
Strange, Charlie Son M W 20 Single TN TN TN [b abt 1899]

1940 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 23 April, District 8,
Enumeration District 45-16,  page 13A, Hse #320, Owns $300, Farm
Henry, Richard Head M W 40 M Married Grade 2 b Tennessee same house in 1935
Farming [b abt 1900]
Henry, Cynthia Wife F W 40 Married Grade 2 b Tennessee same house in 1935 [b
abt 1900]
Henry, Dooley Nephew M W 17 Single Grade 5 b Tennessee same house in 1935
Laborer [b abt 1923]

Social Security Death Index
Charles Henry
SSN 414-60-6992
Born 15 Jun 1898
Died Feb 1976
Last Residence Dandridge, Jefferson, Tennessee 37725

Charles Henry
Birth 15 Jun 1898
Death 5 Feb 1976 (aged 77)
Spouse Cynthia S. Henry (1899 - 1990)
Burial Hills Union Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee
Created by Virgil & DeAnna Hancock-Cooley 31 Mar 2003
--  Find A Grave Memorial #7313411,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7313411?memorialUpdated=Yes
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Notes for David HENRY


1930 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee, 10 April, Civil District 5,
Enumeration District 8, page 5B, Hse #97, Family #98, Henry, David Head M W 65
married at age 22 TN TN TN General Laborer Henry, Rebecca S Wife F W 61
married at age 19 TN TN TN None Henry, Hazel Dau F W 19 Single TN TN TN None
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