Francis A. Hendry
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Francis Asbury "Berry" Hendry was an American cattle rancher, politician in Florida, and served during the Third Seminole War, and the American Civil War in the Confederate States Army. Hendry was als
Francis A. Hendry Home, c. 1890
Captain Francis Asbury Hendry (center, standing) with Seminole Indians. 1870 (circa)
Francis Hendry's grave (2024) in Frierson-Hendry Cemetery, the oldest known private cemetery in Fort Myers, Florida
Florida cracker
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Florida crackers are the descendants of colonial-era British American pioneer settlers in what is now the U.S. state of Florida, and a subculture of White Southerners. The first crackers arrived in 17
Francis A. Hendry
…eyes, and dark hair and complexion. Hendry survived the war having seen little or no action. In 1860, on the eve of the American Civil War, Hendry was a Florida Cracker cattleman who retained his father cattle enterprise at 19 years old and helped raise his siblings. He opposed secession after the election of Abraham…
Remington a bit of cow country
A Cracker Cowboy (1895) by Frederic Remington, illustrating cracker Bone Mizell (1863–1921)