Enoch Lee Hendry
April 03 1873 — February 11 1944
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Enoch Hendry III (137 in this file passed along this note: This summer Ann (along with her students in the Telfairs's Photo Camp) ducked into the police station on Habersham St. to get out of the rain. Inside, she perused the wall of photograph's depicting the Chief's of Police across the years. She asked about Enoch L. Hendry's photo, which was not displayed. This set the ball rolling... the consequence of which is a veritable treasure trove of info, included in this e-mail which arrived today. Scroll down... Kudos to Ann Curry for her persistence... now if we can only locate the photograph of Chief Hendry on horseback! Who knew he had blue eyes???? Enoch III The note, Research-Chief Enoch L. Hendry is research from Amanda Williams, Administrative Assistant, Municipal Archives City of Savannah, passed through Luciana Spracher, Municipal Archives Director, City of Savannah. As Enoch notes, it's a Fantastic! Thank you Amanda, Luciana and Ann. |
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| I was able to find proof of Chief Hendry's police appointment in 1904 and resignation in 1907 along with his police chief status (see attachments for 1904, 1907 and 1923-1924 & link to 1923 municipal report (page 191). I discovered that Enoch ran for Sheriff City Court in 1920 but the incumbent, J. Sipple, won. Sipple served in that position for many years after (see attachment Hendry-Run for Sheriff). |
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| Enoch's police career isn't as consistent as other chiefs. Enoch resigned from the police force in 1907 while serving as a patrolman. I looked thru the City Directories for various years (1908-1922 & 1925-1932) and Enoch's occupation is either listed as a collector for Teeple Furniture Company or working at his own furniture company (Hendry-Simons Furniture Co. 125 Jefferson (E.L. Hendry & H.E. Simons)). |
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| Enoch may have participated in World War I. I found his World War I draft card, maybe there is a military connection as to why his police service wasn’t consistent (see Draft Card attachment). Although Enoch served as a police chief, he was reinstated as a police officer on September 16, 1933. Unfortunately, we do not have a copy of the 1933 City Directory or Municipal Report but the 1934 City Directory shows Enoch serving as a detective on the police force (see attachment 1934 City Directory). In 1940, Enoch is still working as a detective according to the 1940 census [below — large version — see row 48]. I checked the History of the Chatham County Police Department, Chatham County, Ga. 1909-2009 to see if he served as a county police officer but there was no mention of Enoch anywhere in the book. |
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| Enoch died February 12, 1944 and was buried on February 13, 1944 in Laurel Grove Cemetery (see attachments burial card, Georgia Death Index, and death notice [fourth column, bottom]). He was survived by his wife and children (see attachments 1940 Census & newspaper article of Enoch's visit to SC to see daughter [center of page]). Enoch's father, Dr. Alfred Iverson Hendry, was Hinesville's first mayor (1894-1895 and 1904-1907) & was a Civil War captain. Liberty County 100th Birthday Celebration was attended by Enoch Lee Hendry. Here is a biography of Enoch's father) & Hinesville's mayors listing ). |
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| I also ran across some extensive research on the Hendry family that has already been compiled [on this website] (Hendry Genealogy & John Hendry). |
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