Louisa H. [Hawkins] Kendrick^[1]

1820 - 1882  (62 years)

• Name	Louisa H. [Hawkins] Kendrick
  Born	16 Jun 1820	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	20 Jun 1882	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Buried	Kendrick Cemetery, Museville, Pittsylvania, Virginia
  Person ID	I4052	My Reynolds Line | Descendants Hugh Pittsylvania Reynolds, Descendants of James Reynolds
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	John Hawkins Kendrick,   b. 1801, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 1851, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Reynolds,   b. Abt 1791, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 1833, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Married	23 Oct 1817	Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.
  	!MARRIAGE:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh
  Family ID	F1493	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Owen Sanford Adkins,   b. 1785, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 15 May 1885, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 100 years)
  Married	Not married
  Children	1. John Saunders Kendrick,   b. Abt 1841, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 23 Dec 1905, Museville, Pittsylvania, Virginia  (Age ~ 64 years)   2. Massie Kendrick,   b. Abt 1844, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Green Wade 'Pos' Kendrick,   b. Abt 1845, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 15 Apr 1908, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age ~ 63 years)   4. Christopher Kendrick,   b. Abt. 1842, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 29 Dec 1916, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age ~ 74 years) + 5. Melissa Anne Kendrick,   b. 10 Mar 1851, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 4 Dec 1947, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 96 years)   6. Louisa Kendrick,   b. Abt 1856, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 4 Mar 1860, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age ~ 4 years)   7. Elisha Keen Kendrick,   b. 1857, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 1 Nov 1933, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 76 years)   8. M. Kach Kendrick,   b. 5 Apr 1861, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. ,   d. 14 Aug 1945, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2019
  Family ID	F1499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Louisa Kendrick p4052LouisaKendrick.jpg

  
  

  Histories

  Owen Adkins Book OwenAdkinsBook.pdf

  
  

• Notes

  !NAME:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh, email dated 18.Jun.2000 !BIRTH:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh, email dated 18.Jun.2000 !DEATH:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh !BURIAL:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40829605. Louisa Kendrick Birth 1820 Death 1890 (aged 69?70) [S47] Newspaper Article, https://www.roanoke.com/news/woym-retired-doctor-shares-the-unusual-tale-of-th-century/article_44075109-89d8-571f-8faa-a34bbf8ef1d1.html. A MODERN PATRIARCH. The Living Progenitor of 550 Persons. LIFE IN THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS. Horse Racing, Card Playing, Fox Hunting, and Running Contests. Bob Kinsey was incredulous when he read a recap in this space not long ago. ?I don?t know what to make of this latest one,? came the recording on the answering device at newspaper offices, ?but all I can say is, I don?t know when he found time to go hunting.? After reading the sensational above headline, many of us might share in that skepticism. So perhaps did the enterprising reporter from the Herald who arrived at the old man?s ?mansion,? described as being built in 1803 ?odd-shaped, queer and old-timey; and it, along with all the outhouses and fencing, seem to be in an advanced stage of dilapidation.? Who has time for house repairs when there?s so many more entertaining enterprises from which to choose? The reporter had plenty of time to examine the southeast Franklin County real estate given his near-centenarian host was not home at sunrise of their previously arranged appointment. The writer waited all day. That evening, the host, age 96, arrived home ?head erect and not a tremor in his step,? rifle in one hand, the product of his hunt over his other shoulder ? a pair of wild gobblers. The scribe asked where old man Adkins had been. Complaining of springtime mud on the mountain, Adkins responded he could only manage 20 miles that day. On a dry path, his stalking was likely to be ?much farther.? Long as the fishing and hunting were good, Adkins indicated he?d be loathe to put in a good day?s work. Not that he wasn?t up to it. A man whose powers of endurance in footraces covering miles of broken countryside had won handsome wagers more often than he lost in literally hundreds of head-to-head meetings. Adkins assured the much younger interviewer that he?d be pleased to race him right then long as the money was right. As for the foxes he hunted in that most gentlemanly of Old Dominion sports, Adkins said he would typically dismount when the chase was at its height and pursue ?Reynard? on foot. That was so as best to be poised to throw his hounds one by one over any fence that got in the way ?in order that they might hurry on and press the fox home.? The prudent reader may then wonder how one who was documented to have fathered 70 children by two wives and four ?concubines? could provide for such a multitude with little to no conventional labor. Who says that pokerplaying, silver dollar pitching, horse and footracing, fox and turkey hunting isn?t work? In any event, those pursuits are what paid the bills. Clearly, he was a master of frugality, not to mention his own good health. The old man said he wasted little treasure on strong drink and none on the top local agricultural product, tobacco. Sounds like a good approach for us all.