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WILLIAM C. HENDRICKS
Vol. 3, p. 1113

Success to some individuals seems an evasive substance, but failure
is generally found to be the result of a lack of possession of one of
the qualities which may be acquired by all -- persistence, industry,
enterprise and resolute purpose. An inquiry into the life records of
successful men shows that these qualities have been in large measure
the causation of their prosperity, and such has been the case with
William C. Hendricks, of Dacoma, a successful insurance broker and
dealer in real estate.

Mr. Hendricks was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 22, 1861. And
is a son of Sylvester and Phoebe (PYPHRON) Hendricks. His father was
born in 1827, in Ireland, and was fourteen years of age when he
migrated to the United States, locating in the vicinity of
Cincinnati, Ohio,, where he engaged in farming. He continued to be an
agriculturist throughout his career, and died in Ohio in September,
1869, when but forty-two years of age. He was married in 1854 to Miss
Phoebe PYPHRON, who was born February 22, 1837, in Hamilton County,
Ohio, a daughter of parents who were New Jerseyans. She died at
Toledo, Ohio, May 18, 1913, having been the mother of four sons and
three daughters: John, who is deceased; Howard, who is a merchant of
Toledo, Ohio; Elizabeth, who is deceased; William C. of this review;
Anna G., who is the wife of Milton JONES, a merchant of Toledo, Ohio;
and Charles G. and Minnie, who are both deceased.

William C. Hendricks was educated in the public schools of Hamilton
County, Ohio, and his father having died when he was but eight years
of age, he early learned not only to be self-supporting, but to
contribute to the family income. When still a lad he secured his
first business experience in the capacity of clerk in a store, and
also worked on the farm, continuing to be thus engaged until 1882,
when he removed to Peabody, Kansas, and there for seven years
followed contracting and building. He later turned his attention to
the lumber and hardware business at Lincolnville, Kansas, being thus
employed for three and one-half years, and in 1893, when the Cherokee
Strip was opened, came to Oklahoma and settled on a tract of
Government land, three miles from the present town of Dacoma. Mr.
Hendricks continued to be personally engaged in farming and stock-
raising on this property for sixteen years, and brought it to a high
state of cultivation, making improvements of a modern character and
erecting fine and substantial buildings. In 1909 he left the farm and
moved into the city, where he has since been engaged in the real
estate and insurance brokerage business, although he continues to own
the homestead, where operations are being carried on by his
superintendent.

Mr. Hendricks has been successful in building up a prosperous realty
and insurance business, and has served as the medium through which
some large transactions have been carried on. He is an enthusiastic
booster of Dacoma and has been a large contributor to the town's
prosperity as a builder and in attracting outside capital here., It
was through his individual efforts that the first rural free delivery
mail route was established out of Alva, and he was one of the
organizers of the Hopeton Telephone company, which has done much to
build up this locality, and of which he has been president for
several years. His well-known business integrity and straightforward
manner of dealing brought him favorably before the public, and in
1911 he was elected to the office of mayor of Dacoma, serving therein
during 1911-1912 and making an excellent official under whose
administration a number of reforms were inaugurated. He is active in
republican politics, having served as delegate to both county and
state conventions. Fraternally, Mr. Hendricks is affiliated with the
Masons, in which he has attained to the Scottish Rite degree, the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Independent order of Odd
Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. With his family, he
attends the United Brethren Church.

Mr. Hendricks was married November 9, 1882, at Macon, Missouri, to
Miss Annie M. BEETON, who was born November 2, 1861, at Cherry Grove,
Ohio, daughter of Ephraim and Melisa Beeton, the former a native of
England and the latter of Ohio. Mrs. Hendricks died November 7, 1910.
Three children were born to this union: Howard C., born July 29,
1884; Bessie M., born March 9, 1886; and Everett J., born June 19,
1888, who died November 24, 1912.

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