< HENDRICKS HOUSE HISTORY

Charles Louis Hendricks, Jr.

Charles L. Hendricks, Jr., the youngest of the Hendricks children was born on 25 March 1889. Like his older sister, Jennie, he was born in the Main Street house.

He attended the Center Grammar School (District #1) until the age of about 12. At this time his epilepsy became so severe that he was forced to leave school. Town librarian, Mrs. Addie Black Holden, taking a great liking to him, helped Charles select books for study after he was forced to leave school.


Charles Louis Hendricks, Jr.

After suffering from epilepsy for over twenty-five years, Charles L. Hendricks, Jr. died on 24 November 1925. He was thirty-six years old. The official cause of death was listed as bronchopneumonia. He is buried at Grove Cemetery in Holden, MA.