Thomas Rue Hendricks, 19061974 (aged 68 years)

Name
Thomas Rue /Hendricks/
Birth
Occupation
1930 Farm laborer
Birth of a sister
Census
Birth of a sister
Birth of a brother
Death of a paternal grandfather
Burial of a paternal grandfather
Source: Find a Grave
Note: Greenlawn Cemetery, Sec Payn Row 17 Stn 7 (Find A Grave Memorial# 49016478)
Census
Birth of a sister
Death of a paternal grandmother
Source: Find a Grave
Burial of a paternal grandmother
Source: Find a Grave
Note: Buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Plot: Sec Payn Row 17 Stn 8 (Find A Grave Memorial# 49016531)
Census
Death of a father
Death of a sister
Death
Note: Zip code of last residence 46120
Burial
Note: New Providence Cemetery
Family with parents
father
18821931
Birth: March 26, 1882 43 28 Brown, Indiana
Death: March 27, 1931Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
mother
18851978
Birth: January 28, 1885 Indiana
Death: November 1978Franklin, Johnson, Indiana
Marriage MarriageMarch 1905
15 months
himself
19061974
Birth: May 20, 1906 24 21 Indiana
Death: May 31, 1974Cloverdale, Putnam, Indiana
17 months
younger sister
19071943
Birth: October 12, 1907 25 22 Indiana
Death: October 10, 1943
3 years
younger sister
19101995
Birth: December 4, 1910 28 25 Indiana
Death: August 30, 1995Franklin, Johnson, Indiana
4 years
younger brother
19141993
Birth: December 24, 1914 32 29 Franklin, Johnson, Indiana
Death: October 22, 1993Franklin, Johnson, Indiana
6 years
younger sister
19202012
Birth: August 13, 1920 38 35 Franklin, Johnson, Indiana
Death: January 9, 2012Franklin, Johnson, Indiana
Family with Sarah Christine Cloyd
himself
19061974
Birth: May 20, 1906 24 21 Indiana
Death: May 31, 1974Cloverdale, Putnam, Indiana
wife
19122007
Birth: October 10, 1912Crittenden, Kentucky
Death: June 28, 2007Cloverdale, Putman, Indiana
son
Private
daughter
Private
Death

Zip code of last residence 46120

Burial

New Providence Cemetery

Shared note

In the 1910 US Federal Census for Needham, Johnson, Indiana, 27-year-old Claud [Claude] and his 25-year-old wife Nellie B [Williams] Hendricks have in their household their two children, 3-year-old Thomas A, and 2-year-old Mary.

In the 1920 US Federal Census for Needham, Johnson, Indiana, 37-year-old farmer Claud [Claude] and his 35-year-old wife Nellie B [Williams] Hendricks have in their household their children, 13-year-old Thomas A, 12-year-old Mary. 9-year-old Edna and 5-year-old William. All the children have attended school in the last year. The family is living on Rumple Pike.

In the 1930 US Federal Census for Needham, Johnson, Indiana, 47-year-old farmer Claud [Claude] and his 45-year-old wife Nellie B [Williams] Hendricks have been married 25 years. In their household and their children, 23-year-old farm laborer Thomas A, 22-year-old stenographer Mary. 19-year-old Edna, 15-year-old William and 9-year-old Helen. Thomas and Mary have not attended school in the past year, but Edna, William and Helen have. Everyone can read and write but the youngest, 9-year-old Helen. The family has a radio.

Social Security Number issued in Indiana before 1951

Greencastle Banner Graphic (Greencastle, Indiana), Monday, June 3, 1974, page 2 column 2
Services Today For
Prominent Resident
Services will be held at 2:30
p.m. today from the Whitaker
Funeral home in Cloverdale for
Thomas R. Hendricks, 68, pro-
minent Cloverdale Township
retired farmer, who passed away
Friday in the Putnam County hos-
pital, following an illness of sev-
eral months.
Born in Johnson County near
Franklin, May 20, 1906, he was
the son of Claude and Nellie
Williams Hendricks. Following
graduation from Franklin High
school, he was ingaged for a
number of years in raising
broilers and in general farming.
Leaving his farming interests
for health reasons, he johned
the Farm Bureau staff in Indian-
apolis and later became manager
of the Famr Bueau in Delphi.
Coming to Greencastle in 1944,
he served five years as manager
of the Putnam County Farm Bur-
eau Hatchery.
In 1949, he became Putnam
County Extension Youth Agent,
serving in this capacity two years
full-time and seven years part-
time. Joining the Greencastle Pro-
duction Credit Association, he
worked for this organization
for 17 years.
In 1972, Mr. Hendricks was
elected president of the Indiana
association of County Fairs. Pre-
viously he had been Association
vice-president for one year and a
director for four years.
Active as secretary for the Put-
nam County Fair Board for 20
years, he was elected board presi-
dent in 1973 and was re-elected to
this post in 1974. Until recent
months, he had participated in
board meetings and was insru-
mental in developing many of
the programs which will be
carried out in the coming fair.
Tom Hendricks was widely
known throughout indiana and
in other states as an exhibitor
of dhampion livestock. Previous-
ly showing O.I.C. Swine and South-
down sheep, he had in recent years
been showing Columbia sheep.
He had been an exhibitor at the
Indiana State fair since 1930.
He was a former president of the
Indiana Southdown Sheep Asso-
ciation and had been president of the
Putnam County Sheep Breeders as-
sociation and had been president
of the Putnam County Sheep
Breeders association. He was a mem-
ber of the New Providence Baptist
Church and had served as moderator
and Deacon.
On July 24, 1943, he was married to
Christine Cloyd, who survives. Other
survivors include a son, Thomas C.
Hendricks, Route 2, Cloverdale; a
daughter, Miss Emily Hendricks, West
Lafayette; the mother, Mrs. Nellie Hen-
dricks, Franklin; a brother, William
and two sisters, Mrs. Edna Church and
Mrs. Helen Weddle, all of Franklin; and
one grandson, Darin.
Burial will be in New Providence cem-
etery. Rev. Arthur Bowser will be in
charge of services, assisted by Rev.
Winfred Winegar.

Greencastle Banner Graphic (Greencastle, Indiana), Tuesday, July 30, 1974, page 10 column 6
In Memoriam
Thomas Hendricks
1906-1974
For the first time in more than 20 years, the
Putnam County 4-H Fair will be without the
services of Thomas R. Hendricks, a man
whose hard work and dedication have helped
make our fair the outstanding exposition it has
become.
At the time of his passing, May 31, 1974,
Tom was fair board prresident. But his record
of service dates back much further than this.
From 1951 to 1972, he was secretary of the Put-
nam County Fair and 4-H Association. After
serving three years as a director on the Board
of the Indiana Association of District and
County fairs, he was elected vice president of
This organization in 1971 and then became
president in 1972. During 1973, he wa di-
rectro at large of this association.
Tom's interest in fairs and showmanship be-
gan in his boyhood days on a Johnson county
farm near Franklin. Here he learned to com-
pete, and for many years, he was a competitor,
a very tough competitor, in show rings at the
Indiana State Fair and throuout the mid-
west where he consistently exhibited
championship livestock.
His goal in the show ring and in couty fair
management was excellence. His ambition this
year as president had been to guide the local
fair to a second championship in the Indiana
Association of District and County fairs.
Not only did Tom set high priorities for excel-
lence for himself, but he tried to instill these
qualities into the lives of young showmen at
the Putnam county 4-H Fair.
Tom Hendricks believed that excellence in
young people should be rewarded. To this end
one of his personal projects has been the
awarding of a trophy to the 4-H club member
winning the fair's special shomanship
contest. His family will continue this award in
his memory.
As the Putnam County 4-H Fair comes and
goes this year, the thousands who attend will
in one way or another have reason to appreci-
ate the many contributions Tom Hendricks
has made to the fair throughout his years of
service.