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Robert Evans Hendry Full Name: Robert Evans Hendry Other surnames: Handry Date of birth: July 10, 1847 Date of death: February 10, 1910 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 8 Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 19th   Democrat Rusk / Cherokee   Cherokee   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Obituary, "R.E. Hendry Dead: Was A Pioneer Developer of Mineral Wells," 2/11/1910, p. 2. Fort Worth Record and Register. Biographical sketch, R.E. Hendry, p. 27. Born 7/10/1847 in Harris County, Georgia. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. Biographical sketch and portrait, Judge Robert E. Hendry, Volume I, pp. 360-363. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906. Obituaries, "Judge Hendry Is Dead," 2/10/1910, p. 1. Born 7/10/1846 in Harris County, Georgia, joined Confederate Army at age 16. "Judge Hendry Dead: One of the Founders of Mineral Wells Passes Away at Wichita Falls," 2/12/1910, p. 5, from Mineral Wells Index. Formerly of Rusk, Cherokee County, served in 20th [sic] Legislature. Wichita Falls Times. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Company F, 5th Georgia Reserves. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906. Other Resources R.E. Handry, p. 164. Burke's Texas Almanac and Immigrants' Handbook for 1885, 1885. Robert Evans Hendry, birth date 7/10/1847, death date 2/10/1910, burial at Elmwood Cemetery in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County. Includes death notice from Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2/10/1910. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. R.E. Hendry, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 19th R.S. - 1885 Educational   Military Affairs   Penitentiaries

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