Thursday, June 5, 2008

Death of Increase C. Hendrickson

New York, 1895

At a special meeting of the Queens Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1, held on March 2, the following resolutions were adopted:

Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God in his all-wise disposition of events to remove from our midst, and call home to eternal joy our beloved Worthy Comrade, Increase Carpenter Hendrickson, and

Whereas, The devoted and faithful service of our deceased comrade to this company, and the genial and happy relations long held by him with its members, renders it proper that we should place on record our appreciation of his merits and services, therefore

Resolved, That in Increase Carpenter Hendrickson, we recognized a gentleman of excellent endowments of mind and heart, true to his trust and sincere in his friendship among us

Resolved, That we tender to his afflicted family our sincere condolence and our earnest sympathy in their bereavement and affliction.

WM. L. CALLISTER, Secretary.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 8, 1895, p. 8.

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