Eugene Russell Hendrix Explained

Eugene Russell Hendrix
Birth Date:	17 May 1847
Birth Place:	Fayette, Missouri
Death Place:	Kansas City, Missouri
Burial Place:	Mount Washington Cemetery
Occupation:	Clergyman
Signature:	Signature of Eugene Russell Hendrix (1847–1927).png

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

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

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

• List of bishops of the United Methodist Church

Notes and References

1. Book: The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans . V . Rossiter . Johnson . John Howard . Brown . American Biographical Society . Boston . . 1904 . 2022-04-20 . Internet Archive.
2. Book: Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society . XII . . 156–157 . 1912 . 2022-04-20 . Internet Archive.
3. News: Rev. E. R. Hendrix, Retired Methodist Bishop, is Dead . . Kansas City, Missouri . UP . 5 . 1927-11-12 . 2022-04-20 . Newspapers.com.