Aged 48 years.
Suggested edit: More than one hundred years ago there lived in the town of West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, a man by the name of Martin Hendrix. Martin Hendrix was one of those clean cut, noble men of his day. A well educated men, and a most successful business man. His home ideals, his business principles, and his character standards were all beautifully expressed and handed down to posterity through letters to his son, William Hendrix.
Ninety years ago in July, 1835, William Hendrix, then a young man of nineteen years, left his Massachusets [sic] home to seek and make his fortune in the Sunny South. After a tedious journey of several weeks, history does not say by what means, young Hendrix reached his destination at Marion, Alabama. The following is an exact copy of the first letter received by this young man from his father back in Massachusetts. It would be a blessed good thing if every young man in America would copy it and keep it close to his heart:
"West Stockbridge, Mass., July 15, 1835. Dear son: You will not take it amiss in me on parting with you to give you a little advice. The first thing I wish to advise you is to take all due care of your health, be moderate in exercise especially in warm weather not exposing yourself more than you can possibly help to the scorching sun nor the evening damps and another thing I wish to caution you is to be careful of the company you keep. You are now young and just beginning to form a character which will go with you through life. You are going among strangers. You will no doubt find many who will attempt to decoy you from the paths of rectitude. But shun such as you would the pestilence that walketh in darkness. Take a straight forward course. Be honest be sober, be industrious. Do everything you do upon a principle and you will have the good will of all good men and the approval of your own conscious, and of your conscious, and of your God. I wish you to be saving of your money which you will earn so hardly, spend as little as you can conveniently until you return for you will recollect that one hundred dollars at your age well laid out is better than a thousand at forty or fifty years. Should the climate not agree with you, I should advise you not to stay at the expense of your health but write me if you have not the means to return and I shall forward it to you immediately. I want you to write the first thing without delay on your arrival and may God bless you. Your affectionate father. Martin Hendrix.
Source: The Texas Genealogy Trails website from Claude News. Friday, January 1, 1926.
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Suggested edit: More than one hundred years ago there lived in the town of West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, a man by the name of Martin Hendrix. Martin Hendrix was one of those clean cut, noble men of his day. A well educated men, and a most successful business man. His home ideals, his business principles, and his character standards were all beautifully expressed and handed down to posterity through letters to his son, William Hendrix.
Ninety years ago in July, 1835, William Hendrix, then a young man of nineteen years, left his Massachusets [sic] home to seek and make his fortune in the Sunny South. After a tedious journey of several weeks, history does not say by what means, young Hendrix reached his destination at Marion, Alabama. The following is an exact copy of the first letter received by this young man from his father back in Massachusetts. It would be a blessed good thing if every young man in America would copy it and keep it close to his heart:
"West Stockbridge, Mass., July 15, 1835. Dear son: You will not take it amiss in me on parting with you to give you a little advice. The first thing I wish to advise you is to take all due care of your health, be moderate in exercise especially in warm weather not exposing yourself more than you can possibly help to the scorching sun nor the evening damps and another thing I wish to caution you is to be careful of the company you keep. You are now young and just beginning to form a character which will go with you through life. You are going among strangers. You will no doubt find many who will attempt to decoy you from the paths of rectitude. But shun such as you would the pestilence that walketh in darkness. Take a straight forward course. Be honest be sober, be industrious. Do everything you do upon a principle and you will have the good will of all good men and the approval of your own conscious, and of your conscious, and of your God. I wish you to be saving of your money which you will earn so hardly, spend as little as you can conveniently until you return for you will recollect that one hundred dollars at your age well laid out is better than a thousand at forty or fifty years. Should the climate not agree with you, I should advise you not to stay at the expense of your health but write me if you have not the means to return and I shall forward it to you immediately. I want you to write the first thing without delay on your arrival and may God bless you. Your affectionate father. Martin Hendrix.
Source: The Texas Genealogy Trails website from Claude News. Friday, January 1, 1926.
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Aged 48 years.
Suggested edit: More than one hundred years ago there lived in the town of West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, a man by the name of Martin Hendrix. Martin Hendrix was one of those clean cut, noble men of his day. A well educated men, and a most successful business man. His home ideals, his business principles, and his character standards were all beautifully expressed and handed down to posterity through letters to his son, William Hendrix.
Ninety years ago in July, 1835, William Hendrix, then a young man of nineteen years, left his Massachusets [sic] home to seek and make his fortune in the Sunny South. After a tedious journey of several weeks, history does not say by what means, young Hendrix reached his destination at Marion, Alabama. The following is an exact copy of the first letter received by this young man from his father back in Massachusetts. It would be a blessed good thing if every young man in America would copy it and keep it close to his heart:
"West Stockbridge, Mass., July 15, 1835. Dear son: You will not take it amiss in me on parting with you to give you a little advice. The first thing I wish to advise you is to take all due care of your health, be moderate in exercise especially in warm weather not exposing yourself more than you can possibly help to the scorching sun nor the evening damps and another thing I wish to caution you is to be careful of the company you keep. You are now young and just beginning to form a character which will go with you through life. You are going among strangers. You will no doubt find many who will attempt to decoy you from the paths of rectitude. But shun such as you would the pestilence that walketh in darkness. Take a straight forward course. Be honest be sober, be industrious. Do everything you do upon a principle and you will have the good will of all good men and the approval of your own conscious, and of your conscious, and of your God. I wish you to be saving of your money which you will earn so hardly, spend as little as you can conveniently until you return for you will recollect that one hundred dollars at your age well laid out is better than a thousand at forty or fifty years. Should the climate not agree with you, I should advise you not to stay at the expense of your health but write me if you have not the means to return and I shall forward it to you immediately. I want you to write the first thing without delay on your arrival and may God bless you. Your affectionate father. Martin Hendrix.
Source: The Texas Genealogy Trails website from Claude News. Friday, January 1, 1926.
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Suggested edit: More than one hundred years ago there lived in the town of West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, a man by the name of Martin Hendrix. Martin Hendrix was one of those clean cut, noble men of his day. A well educated men, and a most successful business man. His home ideals, his business principles, and his character standards were all beautifully expressed and handed down to posterity through letters to his son, William Hendrix.
Ninety years ago in July, 1835, William Hendrix, then a young man of nineteen years, left his Massachusets [sic] home to seek and make his fortune in the Sunny South. After a tedious journey of several weeks, history does not say by what means, young Hendrix reached his destination at Marion, Alabama. The following is an exact copy of the first letter received by this young man from his father back in Massachusetts. It would be a blessed good thing if every young man in America would copy it and keep it close to his heart:
"West Stockbridge, Mass., July 15, 1835. Dear son: You will not take it amiss in me on parting with you to give you a little advice. The first thing I wish to advise you is to take all due care of your health, be moderate in exercise especially in warm weather not exposing yourself more than you can possibly help to the scorching sun nor the evening damps and another thing I wish to caution you is to be careful of the company you keep. You are now young and just beginning to form a character which will go with you through life. You are going among strangers. You will no doubt find many who will attempt to decoy you from the paths of rectitude. But shun such as you would the pestilence that walketh in darkness. Take a straight forward course. Be honest be sober, be industrious. Do everything you do upon a principle and you will have the good will of all good men and the approval of your own conscious, and of your conscious, and of your God. I wish you to be saving of your money which you will earn so hardly, spend as little as you can conveniently until you return for you will recollect that one hundred dollars at your age well laid out is better than a thousand at forty or fifty years. Should the climate not agree with you, I should advise you not to stay at the expense of your health but write me if you have not the means to return and I shall forward it to you immediately. I want you to write the first thing without delay on your arrival and may God bless you. Your affectionate father. Martin Hendrix.
Source: The Texas Genealogy Trails website from Claude News. Friday, January 1, 1926.
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
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