The Hendee Family Tree - George Whitman Hendee

Person Chart

Additional Names

Additional Names	Name
Name at Birth	George W. Hendee
Name at Birth	George W. Hende

Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
Jehiel Preston P Hendee	1807	Rebecca Ferrin (Hendee)	about 1814

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Millissa Redding (Hendee)	1833	Lillian Frances Hendee Lincoln Hendee
Viola Lucy Bundy (Hendee)	OCT 1841

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place	Description
Birth	30 Nov 1832	Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont
Marriage	1854	Barnet, Caledonia, Vermont
Marriage	17 Nov 1855
Marriage	23 Dec 1863	Windham, United States
Marriage	23 Dec 1863	Morristown, Lamoille, Vermont, United States
Marriage	23 Dec 1863	Vermont, United States
Occupation	1870	Windham, United States	Governor of Vermont
Death	06 Dec 1906	Morristown, Lamoille, Vermont, United States
Burial		Pleasant View Cemetery, Vermont

Notes


HENDEE, George Whitman, represtatative, was born at Stowe, Vt., Nov. 30, 1832; son of Jehial P. and Rebecca (Ferrin) Hendee, grandson of John and Hannah (Jacobs) Ferrin and of Roswell and Hopey (Terrill) Hendee, and a descendant of Nicholas Jacobs, who came to America from Hingham, England, in 1633, bringing with him his wife Mary and two children, John and Elizabeth. They first settled in Watertown, Mass. George W. Header was educated at the People's academy at Morrisville, Vt., and in 1852 began the study of law in the office of W. G. Ferrin, of Johnson, Vt. He was admitted to the bar in 1855, and began practice inl; Waterville, Vt., finally settling in practice in Morrisville. He was superintendent of public schools, 1853-58; state's[p.193] attorney for Lamoille county, 1858-59; represented Morristown in the state legislature, 1861-62; served as deputy provost marshal, 1862-65; and was state senator in 1866, 1867 and 1868, being president pro tempore of the senate in 1868. He was elected lieutenant-governor of Vermont by the Republicau party in 1869, and became governor on the death of Governor Peter T. Washburn in February, 1870, and served until the close of the term. He was a Republican representative from the third Vermont district in the 43d, 44th and 45th congresses, 1873- 79. He served on the committees on the District of Columbia and on private land claims. He was one of the projectors of the Portland and Ogdensburg railroad and was a director from the opening of the road in 1873. He was president of the Montreal, Portland and Boston railroad of Canada, 1887-89; director and vice-president of the Union Savings Bank and Trust company of Morrisville, Vt., 1890-97, and president from 1897; receiver of the National Bank of Poultney, 1880-81; and of the Vermont National Bank of St. Albans, 1883-92, and was national bank examiner, 1879-85. He was married, Nov. 17, 1855, to Millissa, daughter of Stevens and Caroline (Johnson) Redding. She died in 1861, and he was married a second time, Dec. 23, 1863, to Viola L., daughter of Loren and Fidelia (Paine) Bundy.

HENDEE, George Whitman, represtatative, was born at Stowe, Vt., Nov. 30, 1832; son of
Jehial P. and Rebecca (Ferrin) Hendee, grandson of John and Hannah (Jacobs) Ferrin and
of Roswell and Hopey (Terrill) Hendee, and a descendant of Nicholas Jacobs, who came to
America from Hingham, England, in 1633, bringing with him his wife Mary and two
children, John and Elizabeth. They first settled in Watertown, Mass. George W. Header
was educated at the People's academy at Morrisville, Vt., and in 1852 began the study of
law in the office of W. G. Ferrin, of Johnson, Vt. He was admitted to the bar in 1855, and
began practice inl; Waterville, Vt., finally settling in practice in Morrisville. He was
superintendent of public schools, 1853-58; state's[p.193] attorney for Lamoille county,
1858-59; represented Morristown in the state legislature, 1861-62; served as deputy
provost marshal, 1862-65; and was state senator in 1866, 1867 and 1868, being president
pro tempore of the senate in 1868. He was elected lieutenant-governor of Vermont by the
Republicau party in 1869, and became governor on the death of Governor Peter T.
Washburn in February, 1870, and served until the close of the term. He was a Republican
representative from the third Vermont district in the 43d, 44th and 45th congresses, 1873-
79. He served on the committees on the District of Columbia and on private land claims.
He was one of the projectors of the Portland and Ogdensburg railroad and was a director
from the opening of the road in 1873. He was president of the Montreal, Portland and
Boston railroad of Canada, 1887-89; director and vice-president of the Union Savings Bank
and Trust company of Morrisville, Vt., 1890-97, and president from 1897; receiver of the
National Bank of Poultney, 1880-81; and of the Vermont National Bank of St. Albans,
1883-92, and was national bank examiner, 1879-85. He was married, Nov. 17, 1855, to
Millissa, daughter of Stevens and Caroline (Johnson) Redding. She died in 1861, and he
was married a second time, Dec. 23, 1863, to Viola L., daughter of Loren and Fidelia
(Paine) Bundy.

Sources

Description	Quality	Information	Evidence
Legacy NFS Source: George Whitman Hendee - Government record: U.S. Federal Census: 1880;	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know