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Thomas “Uncle Tom” Hendricks Sr.

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Thomas “Uncle Tom” Hendricks Sr.

Birth
Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
12 Aug 1930 (aged 90)
Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA
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Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Thomas Hendricks Sr. was the son of William H. Hendricks Sr. and Susannah (a full-blood Cherokee born in GA) both buried at Hendricks Cemetery. He had 12 brothers and sisters: James R., Annie, Jane, Margaret, John, Nancy, Susannah, Catherine, William H. Jr.,(all born in the Cherokee Nation East in GA); and three born in the Cherokee Nation, IT, OK: Willis, Franklin, and Elizabeth.

He married Nellie Ragsdale b. Sept. 22, 1839, d. 1918, (buried at Hendricks) at Park Hill, OK in 1869; their children are: Rufus, Susan "Susie", Thomas Jr., and Jane Anna (Click on: Jane Anna Chaudoin.)

He served in the 3rd Indian Home Guard, Kansas Inf. as a Pvt/Corporal on the Union Side in the Civil War. He was elected Councilor from Tahlequah District on Aug 3, 1885. He is listed on the Drennan Roll, the 1880 & 1890 Censuses Cherokee Nation; Old Settler Payroll; Dawes Roll: card# 6914, roll# 16496; Blood: 1/2 Cherokee; Occuaption: 1890, Farmer.

Photo of Thomas Hendricks Sr. and 1st tombstone: Courtesy of Jill Schneider (descendant)
Photo of Tombstone: Courtesy of Patty Byrd VanZant (James R. Hendricks, Jonas Hendricks descendant).
Thomas Hendricks Sr. was the son of William H. Hendricks Sr. and Susannah (a full-blood Cherokee born in GA) both buried at Hendricks Cemetery. He had 12 brothers and sisters: James R., Annie, Jane, Margaret, John, Nancy, Susannah, Catherine, William H. Jr.,(all born in the Cherokee Nation East in GA); and three born in the Cherokee Nation, IT, OK: Willis, Franklin, and Elizabeth.

He married Nellie Ragsdale b. Sept. 22, 1839, d. 1918, (buried at Hendricks) at Park Hill, OK in 1869; their children are: Rufus, Susan "Susie", Thomas Jr., and Jane Anna (Click on: Jane Anna Chaudoin.)

He served in the 3rd Indian Home Guard, Kansas Inf. as a Pvt/Corporal on the Union Side in the Civil War. He was elected Councilor from Tahlequah District on Aug 3, 1885. He is listed on the Drennan Roll, the 1880 & 1890 Censuses Cherokee Nation; Old Settler Payroll; Dawes Roll: card# 6914, roll# 16496; Blood: 1/2 Cherokee; Occuaption: 1890, Farmer.

Photo of Thomas Hendricks Sr. and 1st tombstone: Courtesy of Jill Schneider (descendant)
Photo of Tombstone: Courtesy of Patty Byrd VanZant (James R. Hendricks, Jonas Hendricks descendant).

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  • Maintained by: Judy Rossman
  • Originally Created by: Alice P.
  • Added: Oct 11, 2001
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5837413/thomas-hendricks: accessed ), memorial page for Thomas “Uncle Tom” Hendricks Sr. (29 Aug 1839–12 Aug 1930), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5837413, citing Hendricks Cemetery, Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Judy Rossman (contributor 51061288).