In the 1750s, Isham Hendon and three brothers, William, James and Josias, moved from Maryland to North Carolina. This story details the forty descendant families of the four brothers from early settlement down to 1860 and how the social, political, and economic conditions changed for these families because of the Civil War. Prosperous in 1860, the war brought heavy losses to the forty descendant families. They suffered from the death and woundings of their soldier loved ones. They suffered the decline of social and political standing in the wake of the upheaval in North Carolinaas social system after the war. The families suffered too from economic losses caused by the war. The families fell from social, political and economic prosperity in 1860 to poverty in 1870.
Language
English
Pages
190
Format
Paperback
ISBN 13
9781606106532
From Prosperity to Poverty: Hendon Families in Civil War North Carolina
In the 1750s, Isham Hendon and three brothers, William, James and Josias, moved from Maryland to North Carolina. This story details the forty descendant families of the four brothers from early settlement down to 1860 and how the social, political, and economic conditions changed for these families because of the Civil War. Prosperous in 1860, the war brought heavy losses to the forty descendant families. They suffered from the death and woundings of their soldier loved ones. They suffered the decline of social and political standing in the wake of the upheaval in North Carolinaas social system after the war. The families suffered too from economic losses caused by the war. The families fell from social, political and economic prosperity in 1860 to poverty in 1870.