MAJOR HENRY F. KENDRICK,
Born at Honakerville, Russell county, Virginia, on January 7, 1832, is
the son of George H. Kendrick, of Scott county, Virginia, whose father
was George Kendrick, of Russell county, a soldier of the war of 1812,
in which he held commission as captain. The Kendrick family are of
Irish descent, settlers at an early date in Russell county. The wife of
Henry F., whom he married at Glade Spring, Virginia, October 27, 1870,
is Mary E. Price, born near Glade Spring, on June 30, 1843. Their
children are five: George H., Grace Price, Margaret E., Ella Virginia
and Price. Mrs. Kendrick is the daughter of John W. Price, of Russell
county, one of the noted men of that county in his day. She has two
brothers who are ministers in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Her mother was Miss Mary Miller, of Smyth county, Virginia, of one of
the oldest Virginia families.
Major Kendrick derives his title from service in the war between the
States, when he was major of the 22d Virginia Cavalry, from August,
1862, to the close of the war. He was in constant field service from the
time the regiment took the field until the battle of Monocacy, Maryland,
July 9, 1864. In that battle he was wounded and made prisoner, and
was not exchanged until March, 1865. His brother J. T. Kendrick
served in the same regiment. Another brother, L. H. Kendrick, was in
the Federal army, in a Kentucky or Ohio regiment, and visited him
while he was held a prisoner of war. George H. Kendrick, Major Kendrick's
father, represented Scott county in the Virginia legislature many
years. He was in the capitol building when it fell, in 1869.
Major Kendrick is now engaged in a mercantile business at Meadow
View, where he has his home.
