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Allen Kendrick
Kendrick around 1856
Born(1811-03-03)3 March 1811
Lauderdale County, Alabama, U.S.
Died1 December 1859(1859-12-01) (aged 48)
Hamburg, Tennessee, U.S.
Burial placeOak Hill Christian Church Cemetery, Kendrick, Alcorn, Mississippi, U.S.
EducationFranklin College
Spouse
Nancy Ann Rose
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(m. 1845; died 1898)​
ChildrenMansel Kendrick; Allen Rose Kendrick; Carroll Kendrick, Pauline Kendrick
Parents
  • Jesse Kendrick (father)
  • Mary Parker (mother)
RelativesCarroll Kendrick, John Parker, Daniel Parker, Parker Family
ReligionChristianity (Churches of Christ)
Writings

Allen Kendrick (March 3, 1811 – December 1, 1859) was a clergy member within the Restoration Movement, a Christian movement that began in the early 19th century, led by Barton W. Stone and Alexander Campbell. Kendrick was a land speculator and businessman as well as a minister, writer, and publisher in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

Early life and education

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Allen Kendrick was born on March 3, 1811, in Lauderdale County, Alabama, and was the brother of fellow Christian Church minister, writer, editor, and publisher Carroll Kendrick. His parents were Jesse Kendrick and Mary Jane Parker Kendrick. His parents were divorced in Tippah County, Mississippi in 1841.[1] His father Jesse Kendrick moved to Miller County, Missouri.[2] His grandfather was John Parker, who was killed in the Fort Parker massacre. His son was politician Carroll Kendrick.[3]

Kendrick grew up on Cypress Creek, and was a boyhood friend of Tolbert Fanning. The Christian movement came to the Shoals area under the influence of the Lynn and Chisholm family who had brought the concept of New Testament Christianity to the area from their Kentucky home around the time of Kendrick's birth. In the fall of 1826, both Allen and Tolbert were converted to Christ under the preaching of B.F. Hall and James E. Matthews. It was not long before both were preaching in the area.[4]

He left home when he was sixteen years old over a disagreement with his father for joining the Christian Church.[5] He would later move to Kentucky and increase his relationship with the movement initiated by Barton W. Stone. Kendrick was educated at Franklin College of Nashville, Tennessee.[6] The churches that he pastored included the First Christian Church at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1839,[7] the Central Christian Church at Lexington, Kentucky, and the Christian Church at Louisville, Kentucky in the 1840s. He was also an evangelist preaching throughout Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi.[8][9]

He was married to Nancy Hughes Rose near Louisville, Kentucky, on June 17, 1845.[10] His wife's family were early settlers of Louisville.[11][12] They had four children: three sons and one daughter. They were: Mansel Kendrick, born March 12, 1846; Allen Rose Kendrick, born July 27, 1849; Carroll Kendrick, named for his uncle, born May 24, 1852; and Pauline, born April 9, 1854. Mansel and Allen Kendrick became ministers in the Christian Church. The Kendrick family was highly esteemed and influential in the Christian church movement. They influenced and baptized thousands of people.[13][14][15]

Writing, publishing, and land speculation in North Mississippi

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Kendrick wrote sermons, poetry, and reports for Christian periodicals, including the Millennial Harbinger, the Gospel Advocate. With his brother, Carroll Kendrick, he published at least two Christian Church periodicals, the Christian Journal (1845–1846) and the Ecclesiastic Reformer.[16] He corresponded with leaders in the Christian Church movement such as Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone.[17][18][19]

Kendrick was one of the largest land speculators in northern Mississippi after the 1832 Chickasaw land cession. He began buying land in 1838, and his last purchase was recorded in September, 1855. He owned over 5,000 acres.[20] He earned an annualized profit of 20 percent from buying and selling land during a period of 17 years.[21] In a 1849 letter he stated that he had property valued at around $69,000[22] (about $2,865,731 in today's dollars).[23] The community of Kendrick on the northeastern Mississippi and Tennessee border in Alcorn County, Mississippi is named after him.[24]

Later life and death

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Allen and Nancy Kendrick lived many years in the area they settled on the northeastern Mississippi and Tennessee border. They founded the Oak Hill Christian Church in Kendrick, Mississippi on the state line. Allen preached there and is buried in the Oak Hill Christian Church Cemetery. Allen Kendrick died at the age of 48 on December 1, 1859 at Hamburg, Tennessee. Nancy survived her husband nearly forty years, and died October 3, 1898. She was buried by the side of her husband.[25][26]

References

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  1. ^ Holly Springs Gazette, October 28, 1841, Page 4. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/holly-springs-gazette/54815803/ : accessed May 24, 2025), clip page by user jshays86
  2. ^ History of Cole, Moniteau, Morgan, Benton, Miller, Maries, and Osage Counties, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889), pp. 533, 534, 537
  3. ^ Claudine M. Dollar, The Gardner Family-Allied Families: Kendrick, Parker, Forgy and Gage (Blair, Oklahoma: Pioneer, 1983), pp. 238-44, 343
  4. ^ Scott Harp, "Allen Kendrick 1811-1859," History of the Restoration Movement, https://www.therestorationmovement.com/_states/california/kendrick,c.htm
  5. ^ Mattie Russell, Land Speculation in Tippah County, 1836-1861 (University of Mississippi, M.A. thesis, 1940), pp. 30-31
  6. ^ Scott Harp, "Allen Kendrick 1811-1859," History of the Restoration Movement, https://www.therestorationmovement.com/_states/california/kendrick,c.htm
  7. ^ Mattie Russell, Land Speculation in Tippah County, 1836-1861 (University of Mississippi, M.A. thesis, 1940), pp. 30-31
  8. ^ Clarence Egbert, "Central Church" in Churches of Christ: A Historical , Biographical , and Pictorial History of Churches of Christ, ed. John T. Brown (Louisville, Ky.: Morton, 1904), pp. 361-62
  9. ^ Claudine M. Dollar, The Gardner Family-Allied Families: Kendrick, Parker, Forgy and Gage (Blair, Oklahoma: Pioneer, 1983), p. 238
  10. ^ Claudine M. Dollar, The Gardner Family-Allied Families: Kendrick, Parker, Forgy and Gage (Blair, Oklahoma: Pioneer, 1983), p. 238
  11. ^ "Tylers of Kentucky and Missouri," in Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, 10 (1929): 276-80
  12. ^ Claudine M. Dollar, The Gardner Family-Allied Families: Kendrick, Parker, Forgy and Gage (Blair, Oklahoma: Pioneer, 1983), pp. 298-304
  13. ^ Scott Harp, "Allen Kendrick 1811-1859," History of the Restoration Movement, https://www.therestorationmovement.com/_states/california/kendrick,c.htm
  14. ^ Scott Harper, "Mansel Kendrick 1846-1898,"History of the Restoration Movement, https://www.therestorationmovement.com/_states/tennessee/kendrick,m.htm
  15. ^ Scott Harp, "Allen Rose Kendrick 1849-1902," History of the Restoration Movement, https://www.therestorationmovement.com/_states/tennessee/kendrick,ar.htm
  16. ^ Claudine M. Dollar, The Gardner Family-Allied Families: Kendrick, Parker, Forgy and Gage (Blair, Oklahoma: Pioneer, 1983), p. 239
  17. ^ Robert Richardson, Memoirs of Alexander Campbell, Embracing a View of the Origin, Progress and Principles of the Religious Reformation Which He Advocated, vol. 2 (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1868), p. 516
  18. ^ Letter from Alexander Campbell to Allen Kendrick, 24 April 1846, in Claudine M. Dollar, The Gardner Family-Allied Families: Kendrick, Parker, Forgy and Gage (Blair, Oklahoma: Pioneer, 1983), pp. 240-41
  19. ^ Charles Crossfield Ware, Barton Warren Stone, Pathfinder of Christian Union: A Story of His Life and Times (St. Louis: The Bethany Press, 1932), pp. 291, 314
  20. ^ Mattie Russell, Land Speculation in Tippah County, 1836-1861 (University of Mississippi, M.A. thesis, 1940), pp. 30-31
  21. ^ James W. Silver, "Land Speculation Profits in the Chickasaw Cession," Journal of Southern History, 10 (1944): p. 90
  22. ^ Claudine M. Dollar, The Gardner Family-Allied Families: Kendrick, Parker, Forgy and Gage (Blair, Oklahoma: Pioneer, 1983), pp. 242
  23. ^ "$69,000 in 1849 → 2025 | Inflation Calculator." Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 23 May. 2025, https://www.officialdata.org/us/inflation/1849?amount=69000.
  24. ^ James F. Brieger, Hometown Mississippi, 3rd ed. (Jackson, Miss., 1997: Town Square Books, Inc.), p. 50
  25. ^ Scott Harp, "Allen Kendrick 1811-1859," History of the Restoration Movement, https://www.therestorationmovement.com/_states/california/kendrick,c.htm
  26. ^ B. F. Manire, "Mississippi" in Churches of Christ: A Historical , Biographical , and Pictorial History of Churches of Christ, ed. John T. Brown (Louisville, Ky.: Morton, 1904), pp. 255-56

Further reading

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  • Brieger, James F., Hometown Mississippi 3rd ed. (Jackson, Miss., 1997: Town Square Books, Inc.).
  • Brown, John T. (ed.) Churches of Christ: A Historical , Biographical , and Pictorial History of Churches of Christ (Louisville, Ky.: Morton, 1904).
  • Dollar, Claudine M., The Gardner Family-Allied Families: Kendrick, Parker, Forgy and Gage (Blair, Oklahoma: Pioneer, 1983).
  • Foster, Douglas, et al., The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.
  • Harp, Scott "Allen Kendrick 1811-1859," History of the Restoration Movement, History of the Restoration Movement
  • Harp, Scott, "Dr. Carroll Kendrick 1815-1891," History of the Restoration Movement, History of the Restoration Movement
  • Harp, Scott, "Mansel Kendrick 1846-1898,"History of the Restoration Movement, History of the Restoration Movement
  • Harp. Scott, "Allen Rose Kendrick 1849-1902," History of the Restoration Movement, History of the Restoration Movement
  • Harrell, David Edwin, Quest for a Christian America , 1800–1865: A Social History of the Disciples of Christ, 2 vols. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2003 [1966]).
  • Hughes, Richard T., The Churches of Christ (Greenwood, Santa Barbara, 2001).
  • Kendrick, Julian Carroll, "The History of the Kendrick Family" (1960). Stone-Campbell Books. 339. The History of the Kendrick Family.
  • Kendrick, Julian Carroll, "The Life Of Carroll Kendrick," Octographic Review, also Gospel Advocate, 10 December 1891.
  • Richardson Robert, Memoirs of Alexander Campbell, Embracing a View of the Origin, Progress and Principles of the Religious Reformation Which He Advocated 2 Vols. (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1868).
  • Roberts, R. L., "Church of Christ," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 11, 2025, History of the Church of Christ in Texas.
  • Roberts, R. L., "Kendrick, Carroll," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 11, 2025, Carroll Kendrick: Influential Camp-Meeting Revivalist and Journalist.
  • Scott, Lawrence W., ed., Texas Pulpit by Christian Preachers (St. Louis: Christian, 1888).
  • Russell, Mattie, "Land Speculation in Tippah County, 1836-1861" (University of Mississippi, M.A. thesis, 1940).
  • Spencer, Claude E., Periodicals of the Disciples of Christ and Related Groups (Canton , Mo .: Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1943).
  • Ware, Charles Crossfield, Barton Warren Stone, Pathfinder of Christian Union: A Story of His Life and Times (St. Louis: The Bethany Press, 1932).
  • Ware, E. B., History of the Disciples of Christ in California (Healdsburg, California, 1916).
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