- John N. Hendren
John N. Hendren (1822 — 1898) was a
Virginia attorney and judge who served as the second Treasurer of theConfederate States of America , serving during the last year of theAmerican Civil War .Hendren was born in
Staunton, Virginia . He was the nephew of locally prominentPresbyterian minister John Hendren. He attendedThe College of William & Mary , studied law, passed his bar exam, and established a prosperous legal practice in Staunton. He married, raised a family, and built a largemansion , "Selma."Secretary of the Treasury Christopher Memminger resigned his post on July 18, 1864, and was replaced by fellow South CarolinianGeorge Trenholm . However,Edward C. Elmore initially stayed on as Treasurer under Trenholm, but resigned in the autumn. Shortly afterward, Hendren posted his bond on October 10, 1864, and assumed the role of Treasurer. He stayed in his post until the fall of the Confederacy in April 1865. [Current, p. 1614.]Following the war, Hendren returned to Staunton and was a judge for
Augusta County, Virginia . [ [http://www.roanetnhistory.org/bookread.php?loc=WaddellsAnnals&pgid=476 Augusta County History] Retrieved2008-10-07 ]References
* Current, Richard N., "Encyclopedia of the Confederacy", Simon & Schuster, 1995. ISBN 0132760495.
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