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Eugene Russell Hendrix

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Eugene Russell Hendrix
Born(1847-05-17)May 17, 1847
Fayette, Missouri
DiedNovember 11, 1927(1927-11-11) (aged 80)
Kansas City, Missouri
Burial placeMount Washington Cemetery
Education
OccupationClergyman
Spouse
Ann Elizabeth Scarritt
(m. 1872)
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Eugene Russell Hendrix (May 17, 1847 – November 11, 1927) was a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in the U.S., elected in 1886.

Biography

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Eugene Russell Hendrix was born in Fayette, Missouri on May 17, 1847. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1867, and from Union Theological Seminary in 1869.[1][2]

He died at his home in Kansas City, Missouri on November 11, 1927, and was buried at Mount Washington Cemetery in Independence.[3]

Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, is named in his honor.

Family

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He was married to Ann Elizabeth Scarritt (born May 23, 1851), daughter of Nathan Spencer Scarritt (1821–1890) and Martha Matilda Chick (died 1873), on June 20, 1872.[1][2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol. V. Boston: American Biographical Society. Retrieved April 20, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ a b Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society. Vol. XII. Kansas Historical Society. 1912. pp. 156–157. Retrieved April 20, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "Rev. E. R. Hendrix, Retired Methodist Bishop, is Dead". The Anniston Star. Kansas City, Missouri. UP. November 12, 1927. p. 5. Retrieved April 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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