Hendricks, Sterling B.

Alabama-native Sterling Brown Hendricks (1821-1909) was the son of Jeremiah and Eunice (Williford) Hendricks. Raised in the Yazoo region of Mississippi, he began working at the law office of Samuel Marsh around the age of 18 and eventually passed the bar of Mississippi.

In January 1841, Hendricks moved to the Republic of Texas, settling in Washington-on-the-Brazos. The next year he became 2nd Lieutenant in Bogart's Company of the Somervell Expedition, a failed campaign of 700 militia and volunteers organized by Alexander Somervell to invade Mexico in retaliation for the capture of San Antonio. The expedition only lasted a few weeks, when the men were ordered to disband. About 300 men continued on the Mier Expedition, while the others returned home.

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