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Francis A. Hendry
Francis Asbury "Berry" Hendry (November 19, 1833 – February 12, 1917) was an American cattle rancher, politician in Florida, and served during the Third Seminole War, and the American Civil War in the Confederate States Army. Hendry was also a state senator for parts of Lee County, and Monroe County (which then included what is now Hendry County, and Collier County), as well as serving as a state representative for Lee County for six terms from 1893 to 1904. He was known by the nickname "Berry" and in later life as "Captain Hendry."
Hendry was born near Thomasville, Georgia, a son of James Edward Hendry and Lydia Carlton. The family was of English and Scotch ancestry. George W. Hendry was his younger brother. In 1851, his father moved the family and his cattle herd to Hillsborough County, Florida, settling on the North Fork of the Alafia River about twenty-two miles east of the village of Tampa. His father then returned to the Ocholocknee River area of south Georgia to settle his affairs, and died suddenly on January 3, 1852. Nineteen-year-old Berry, his mother, and his siblings decided to remain in Florida.
On March 25, 1852, Berry married Ardeline Ross Lanier (May 10, 1835 – September 6, 1917), a native of Bulloch County, Georgia. Soon thereafter, they moved to the Fort Meade, Florida, area where they started a Florida Cracker Cattle ranch. They marked their cattle with a crop and split in one ear and an upper square in the other. They also branded them with a large "A", Berry's middle initial, as well as his wife's first initial.
The Hendrys lived with the garrison at Fort Meade for a time before building their first home about two miles (3 km) north on a branch of the Peace River, now known as the Berry Hendry Branch.
During the Third Seminole War, Hendry served with both Capt. William B. Hooker and Capt. Leroy G. Lesley in their independent companies of mounted volunteers.[citation needed] Muster rolls describe him as standing six feet and one inch in height, with grey eyes, and dark hair and complexion. Hendry survived the war having seen little or no action.
In 1860, on the eve of the American Civil War, Hendry was a Florida Cracker cattleman who retained his father cattle enterprise at 19 years old and helped raise his siblings.[citation needed] He opposed secession after the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1861, but supported his adopted state after it passed a secession ordinance.
On February 1, 1861, before the war really began in earnest, Hendry led efforts to create Polk County, Florida, and was elected to its first Board of County Commissioners.[citation needed] Hendry spent the first three years of the war supplying cattle to the Confederate Commissary Department.[citation needed] But, his work was made difficult by a Federal garrison that occupied old Fort Meade as well as Fort Myers.[citation needed] In 1863, he organized his own cavalry company to keep protect cattle intended for the Confederate States Army. He was given the rank of captain and attached to Colonel C. J. Munnerlyn's Cow Cavalry.[citation needed]
On October 27, 1857, he was elected to a two-year term on the Hillsborough County Commission.
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Francis A. Hendry
Francis Asbury "Berry" Hendry (November 19, 1833 – February 12, 1917) was an American cattle rancher, politician in Florida, and served during the Third Seminole War, and the American Civil War in the Confederate States Army. Hendry was also a state senator for parts of Lee County, and Monroe County (which then included what is now Hendry County, and Collier County), as well as serving as a state representative for Lee County for six terms from 1893 to 1904. He was known by the nickname "Berry" and in later life as "Captain Hendry."
Hendry was born near Thomasville, Georgia, a son of James Edward Hendry and Lydia Carlton. The family was of English and Scotch ancestry. George W. Hendry was his younger brother. In 1851, his father moved the family and his cattle herd to Hillsborough County, Florida, settling on the North Fork of the Alafia River about twenty-two miles east of the village of Tampa. His father then returned to the Ocholocknee River area of south Georgia to settle his affairs, and died suddenly on January 3, 1852. Nineteen-year-old Berry, his mother, and his siblings decided to remain in Florida.
On March 25, 1852, Berry married Ardeline Ross Lanier (May 10, 1835 – September 6, 1917), a native of Bulloch County, Georgia. Soon thereafter, they moved to the Fort Meade, Florida, area where they started a Florida Cracker Cattle ranch. They marked their cattle with a crop and split in one ear and an upper square in the other. They also branded them with a large "A", Berry's middle initial, as well as his wife's first initial.
The Hendrys lived with the garrison at Fort Meade for a time before building their first home about two miles (3 km) north on a branch of the Peace River, now known as the Berry Hendry Branch.
During the Third Seminole War, Hendry served with both Capt. William B. Hooker and Capt. Leroy G. Lesley in their independent companies of mounted volunteers.[citation needed] Muster rolls describe him as standing six feet and one inch in height, with grey eyes, and dark hair and complexion. Hendry survived the war having seen little or no action.
In 1860, on the eve of the American Civil War, Hendry was a Florida Cracker cattleman who retained his father cattle enterprise at 19 years old and helped raise his siblings.[citation needed] He opposed secession after the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1861, but supported his adopted state after it passed a secession ordinance.
On February 1, 1861, before the war really began in earnest, Hendry led efforts to create Polk County, Florida, and was elected to its first Board of County Commissioners.[citation needed] Hendry spent the first three years of the war supplying cattle to the Confederate Commissary Department.[citation needed] But, his work was made difficult by a Federal garrison that occupied old Fort Meade as well as Fort Myers.[citation needed] In 1863, he organized his own cavalry company to keep protect cattle intended for the Confederate States Army. He was given the rank of captain and attached to Colonel C. J. Munnerlyn's Cow Cavalry.[citation needed]
On October 27, 1857, he was elected to a two-year term on the Hillsborough County Commission.