Edward Tatnall Kendrick was born December 26, 1819 in Georgia and died at Knoxville,
Tennessee, on December 22, 1862.
1 He married Faraba Ann Moore in 1844,
and they had three sons and two daughters by mid 1860.
2
Kendrick was elected Sheriff on October 9, 1861, with his responsibilities also
including Tax Collection and Assessment.
3 He served as a lieutenant in
a militia unit in the Polk County area in late 1856 during the Third Seminole War
and later organized his own militia company.
4 He later was a member of
Co. E, 7th Florida Infantry, CSA in the Civil War and died of illness while serving
with this unit.
5
E. T. Kendrick was also a school teacher and school trustee in Fort Meade and was
a law enforcement officer in Tampa area prior to moving to the Polk County area.
6
Notes:
1 David W. Hartman and David Coles, Biographical Rosters of Florida Confederate
and Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, p. 275.
2 Hartman and Coles, Ibid.; United States Census, 1860; Julius J. Gordon,
Comrades in Arms, Vol. II, p.14.
3 Florida Election Records (microfilm - PCH&GL); Florida State Archives
Records ("County Officers" vertical file - PCH&GL).
4 Canter Brown, Jr., In the Midst of All That Makes Life Worth Living
Polk County, Florida, to 1940; Gordon, op. cit., p. 147.
5 Brown, op. cit. P. 88; Gordon, op. cit.
6 Canter Brown, Jr., Fort Meade, 1849-1900, p. 163-164.
Information developed by Thomas L. Sailer.
Photo from Sunland Tribune, Journal of the Tampa Historical Society, November 1993
(Polk County Historical and Genealogical Library)
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