James Warren Hendricks was born on 11. Feb. 1854 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. He was the son of
William Dorris Hendricks and
Alvira Lavona Smith. James Warren Hendricks married
Frances Lucy Traveller on 13. Jan. 1876 at Logan, Cache County, Utah. James Warren Hendricks married
Elizabeth Almira Merrill on 5. Sep. 1887 at Logan, Cache County, Utah. James Warren Hendricks died on 25. Feb. 1923 at Richmond, Cache County, Utah, at age 69. He was buried on 28. Feb. 1923 at Richmond, Cache County, Utah. JAMES WARREN (SAUL) HENDRICKS, son of William Dorris and Alvira Lavona (Smith) Hendricks was born 11 Feb. 1854, Salt Lake City, Utah. The family moved to Cache Valley in 1860 living in the old Fort which was later named Richmond. He attended grade school for a short time. At the early age of fourteen, he began freighting, driving twelve mules pulling one wagon; later twenty mules with two wagons. Terminals were at Ogden and Corinne, Ut. and Helena, Mont. He married 1st FRANCES LUCY TRAVELLER, 13 Jan. 1876. She was born 31 Oct. 1857 in Philadelphia, Penn., daughter of Cornelius and Francis (Hobbs) Traveller. She died 7 May 1923 at Richmond, Ut. where she was buried. He married 2nd ELIZABETH ALMIRA MERRILL, 5 Sept. 1877, daughter of Marriner Wood and Almira Jane (Bainbridge) Merrill. She was born 11 Jan. 1868 at Richmond, Ut. and died 13 May 1926 at Logan, Ut. and was buried at Richmond. They were the parents of seven children; he was the father of eleven children by his first wife. During the early years of his married life he was a railroad contractor, building roads in Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada. He was civic minded, promoting many community projects and worked in the church auxiliaries. He was President of the Y.M.M.I.A. and a member of the High Council. He owned farms in Fairview, Ida., Lewiston, and Richmond, Ut. He fed cattle, run large herds of sheep and later turned to dairying. He was a director and motivating factor in establishing the People's Mercantile and Union Creamery Company, which later merged with the Merrill Creamery Company, and together with local stock subscriptions and Eastern Capital became the Utah Condensed Milk Company, which began operating in 1904. James Warren Hendricks was President of the company for about sixteen years, until it sold to Bullen and Eccles interests. As a member of the State Fair Board for a number of years, he had supervision of the Livestock and Dairy Division. He was a Charter Member of the first Black and White Committee, and helped to put on the first Black and White show held in Richmond, Ut. In June 1915 he was made a "Master Farmer" and received his diploma from Dr. John A. Widtsoe, President of the Utah Agricultural College. In his dealings with men he was honest, kind, considerate, just and fair to all. He died 25 Feb. 1923, and was buried in the Richmond Cemetery.