Dr. (Rev.) Americus Vespucius (A. V.) Kendrick (son of Daniel Bourbon Kendrick and Olivia Curry) was born in Mt. Sterling, Illinois on June 30, 1846 and died in Long Beach, California on July 23, 1923. Family lore says that his oldest sister, Elizabeth America, perhaps because she objected to her name, was allowed to name him, and chose the name "Americus Vespucius". It is said that she later regretted the choice, but that he managed it very well, using his initials "A. V." in much of his correspondence.
A. V. was a soldier during the Civil War, enlisting in Company A of Iowa's 33rd Infantry Regiment on January 1, 1864 when he was 17 years old. He started out in Company A, 33rd Iowa Infantry, where he served as chaplain, mustering out on July 12, 1865 when he was transferred to Company A of the Iowa 34th. He took part in the siege of Spanish Fort, the storming of Blakely, the battles of Jenkins' Ferry and of Prairie Du Anne, and the Camden Expedition into Arkansas. The November 26, 1909 Burlington Evening Gazette published the first-hand account, by A. V., of the Siege of Mobile. The February 27th, 1910 Burlington Hawk-Eye published A. V.'s account of General Steele's advance and the Camden Expedition. Private A. V. mustered out on August 15, 1865 at Houston, Texas.
After being mustered out of the service, A. V. married Martha Ann Rogers in Marion County, Iowa on Sept. 29, 1866, and subsequently he worked at farming and studying for the ministry. (Wife Martha Ann always said that she married a farmer and not a minister.) After winning his degree of doctor of divinity at a theological college, he was ordained a minister in the 1873 Iowa annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. Subsequently, Dr. Kendrick spent 38 years in active church work, much of it as a Methodist "circuit rider" in Iowa - 20 years were "station work" and six years were spent as presiding elder and district superintendent in Iowa. He was made a member of the national conference at Baltimore, MD. As a chaplain of the Grand Army of the Republic, he held many high offices, such as post chaplain at Keokuk, commander of West Liberty, department chaplain of Iowa, and chaplain of the 50th Iowa national guard. Dr. Kendrick was prominent in the Odd Fellows, being "noble grand" of Ft. Madison, grand chaplain of the grand lodge of Iowa, and, for 15 years, a commissioned lecturer in the Iowa department of the lodge. He was also recognized by his relatives as the Kendrick family's "resident genealogist" and authority on Kendrick family history. A. V. and Martha Ann produced six children - Rolla Martin, Mary Olivia, Lena Grace, May Belle, Alva Allen, and William R. C.
A. V. was a soldier during the Civil War, enlisting in Company A of Iowa's 33rd Infantry Regiment on January 1, 1864 when he was 17 years old. He started out in Company A, 33rd Iowa Infantry, where he served as chaplain, mustering out on July 12, 1865 when he was transferred to Company A of the Iowa 34th. He took part in the siege of Spanish Fort, the storming of Blakely, the battles of Jenkins' Ferry and of Prairie Du Anne, and the Camden Expedition into Arkansas. The November 26, 1909 Burlington Evening Gazette published the first-hand account, by A. V., of the Siege of Mobile. The February 27th, 1910 Burlington Hawk-Eye published A. V.'s account of General Steele's advance and the Camden Expedition. Private A. V. mustered out on August 15, 1865 at Houston, Texas.
After being mustered out of the service, A. V. married Martha Ann Rogers in Marion County, Iowa on Sept. 29, 1866, and subsequently he worked at farming and studying for the ministry. (Wife Martha Ann always said that she married a farmer and not a minister.) After winning his degree of doctor of divinity at a theological college, he was ordained a minister in the 1873 Iowa annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. Subsequently, Dr. Kendrick spent 38 years in active church work, much of it as a Methodist "circuit rider" in Iowa - 20 years were "station work" and six years were spent as presiding elder and district superintendent in Iowa. He was made a member of the national conference at Baltimore, MD. As a chaplain of the Grand Army of the Republic, he held many high offices, such as post chaplain at Keokuk, commander of West Liberty, department chaplain of Iowa, and chaplain of the 50th Iowa national guard. Dr. Kendrick was prominent in the Odd Fellows, being "noble grand" of Ft. Madison, grand chaplain of the grand lodge of Iowa, and, for 15 years, a commissioned lecturer in the Iowa department of the lodge. He was also recognized by his relatives as the Kendrick family's "resident genealogist" and authority on Kendrick family history. A. V. and Martha Ann produced six children - Rolla Martin, Mary Olivia, Lena Grace, May Belle, Alva Allen, and William R. C.
Dr. (Rev.) Americus Vespucius (A. V.) Kendrick (son of Daniel Bourbon Kendrick and Olivia Curry) was born in Mt. Sterling, Illinois on June 30, 1846 and died in Long Beach, California on July 23, 1923. Family lore says that his oldest sister, Elizabeth America, perhaps because she objected to her name, was allowed to name him, and chose the name "Americus Vespucius". It is said that she later regretted the choice, but that he managed it very well, using his initials "A. V." in much of his correspondence.
A. V. was a soldier during the Civil War, enlisting in Company A of Iowa's 33rd Infantry Regiment on January 1, 1864 when he was 17 years old. He started out in Company A, 33rd Iowa Infantry, where he served as chaplain, mustering out on July 12, 1865 when he was transferred to Company A of the Iowa 34th. He took part in the siege of Spanish Fort, the storming of Blakely, the battles of Jenkins' Ferry and of Prairie Du Anne, and the Camden Expedition into Arkansas. The November 26, 1909 Burlington Evening Gazette published the first-hand account, by A. V., of the Siege of Mobile. The February 27th, 1910 Burlington Hawk-Eye published A. V.'s account of General Steele's advance and the Camden Expedition. Private A. V. mustered out on August 15, 1865 at Houston, Texas.
After being mustered out of the service, A. V. married Martha Ann Rogers in Marion County, Iowa on Sept. 29, 1866, and subsequently he worked at farming and studying for the ministry. (Wife Martha Ann always said that she married a farmer and not a minister.) After winning his degree of doctor of divinity at a theological college, he was ordained a minister in the 1873 Iowa annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. Subsequently, Dr. Kendrick spent 38 years in active church work, much of it as a Methodist "circuit rider" in Iowa - 20 years were "station work" and six years were spent as presiding elder and district superintendent in Iowa. He was made a member of the national conference at Baltimore, MD. As a chaplain of the Grand Army of the Republic, he held many high offices, such as post chaplain at Keokuk, commander of West Liberty, department chaplain of Iowa, and chaplain of the 50th Iowa national guard. Dr. Kendrick was prominent in the Odd Fellows, being "noble grand" of Ft. Madison, grand chaplain of the grand lodge of Iowa, and, for 15 years, a commissioned lecturer in the Iowa department of the lodge. He was also recognized by his relatives as the Kendrick family's "resident genealogist" and authority on Kendrick family history. A. V. and Martha Ann produced six children - Rolla Martin, Mary Olivia, Lena Grace, May Belle, Alva Allen, and William R. C.
A. V. was a soldier during the Civil War, enlisting in Company A of Iowa's 33rd Infantry Regiment on January 1, 1864 when he was 17 years old. He started out in Company A, 33rd Iowa Infantry, where he served as chaplain, mustering out on July 12, 1865 when he was transferred to Company A of the Iowa 34th. He took part in the siege of Spanish Fort, the storming of Blakely, the battles of Jenkins' Ferry and of Prairie Du Anne, and the Camden Expedition into Arkansas. The November 26, 1909 Burlington Evening Gazette published the first-hand account, by A. V., of the Siege of Mobile. The February 27th, 1910 Burlington Hawk-Eye published A. V.'s account of General Steele's advance and the Camden Expedition. Private A. V. mustered out on August 15, 1865 at Houston, Texas.
After being mustered out of the service, A. V. married Martha Ann Rogers in Marion County, Iowa on Sept. 29, 1866, and subsequently he worked at farming and studying for the ministry. (Wife Martha Ann always said that she married a farmer and not a minister.) After winning his degree of doctor of divinity at a theological college, he was ordained a minister in the 1873 Iowa annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. Subsequently, Dr. Kendrick spent 38 years in active church work, much of it as a Methodist "circuit rider" in Iowa - 20 years were "station work" and six years were spent as presiding elder and district superintendent in Iowa. He was made a member of the national conference at Baltimore, MD. As a chaplain of the Grand Army of the Republic, he held many high offices, such as post chaplain at Keokuk, commander of West Liberty, department chaplain of Iowa, and chaplain of the 50th Iowa national guard. Dr. Kendrick was prominent in the Odd Fellows, being "noble grand" of Ft. Madison, grand chaplain of the grand lodge of Iowa, and, for 15 years, a commissioned lecturer in the Iowa department of the lodge. He was also recognized by his relatives as the Kendrick family's "resident genealogist" and authority on Kendrick family history. A. V. and Martha Ann produced six children - Rolla Martin, Mary Olivia, Lena Grace, May Belle, Alva Allen, and William R. C.
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