Life History

Notes

• 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

Sources

• 1. Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
• 2. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
• 3. Kentucky, Birth Records, 1847-1911
• 4. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1963
• 5. Ancestry Messaging
• 6. Madison County, Kentucky, Marriage Index, 1786-1844
• 7. 1920 Federal Census, Clark County, Indiana
  • 10 January, Jeffersonville, District 12, page 13A, 932 Maple St, Hse #284, Family #308
• 8. 1910 Federal Census, Clark County, Indiana
  • 21 April, Jeffersonville, 932 Maple St, Hse #230, Fam #243
• 9. 1900 Federal Census, Clark County, Indiana
  • 6 June, Port Fulton, District 13, page 5B, 120 Market St, Hse #93, Fam #296