Fergus Falls Daily Journal
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
December 14, 1954


WRIGHTSTOWN RESIDENT DIES

DEER CREEK -- Jack Hendershot, prominent resident of the Wrightstown Community for a great many years, died Friday, Dec. 10 in Thiel Hospital, Bertha. He fell on Wednesday, breaking his hip. He was born in Ohio and was 93 years old. He will be remembered by many old timers as "Red Jack" Hendershot, to distinguish him from othersd of his family bearing the same name. He was a vioilinist of ability and many were the dances, wedding parties and other occasions at which he played, in west Compton, Oak Valley, Deer Creek and at Wrightstown, on into the Hewitt area. Late years he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Hugh Cameron in Wrightstown. He leaves a son Arthur Hendershot of Sebeka. The funeral was held Monday from the Wrightstown church, with interment in the cemetery there.

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