Dr. Joel Dudley Hendrickson
July 1, 1866 - March 11, 1929
Dr. Hendrickson graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky in 1894.
He married Mattie Clark Bane on February 12, 1893 in Jefferson, Indiana. Three children were born to the couple: Lizzie Leoto, Henry Fulton, and Catherine Gertrude.
Dr. Hendrickson came to Ohio in September 1895 and practiced in Friendship until the spring of 1899. He then removed to Portsmouth and practiced for two yars in partnership with Dr. S. B. McKerrihan.
He graduated from the Illinois School of Electro-Therapeutics in August of 1901. He operated the Portsmouth Electrical Sanitarium on the corner of Market Street and Fourth Street in Portsmouth.
Dr. Joel Dudley Hendrickson practiced in Harrisonville from September 3, 1913 to December 19, 1917.
When he left Harrisonville, he opened a practice in Portsmouth, Ohio. He later became the Scioto County Coroner.
Dr. Hendrickson died suddenly on March 11, 1929 in Martinsville, Virginia from complications of heart disease. He was 63 years old at the time of his death.
Dr. Hendrickson in the news at Harrisonville:
The Portsmouth Times, August 2, 1915
BOILING WATER STRIKES CHILD
Virginia, one-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Whitaker of Harrisonville was seriously burned Satruday when a bucket of boiling water was overturned on her, receiving burns about the face and neck. Dr. J. D. Hendrickson was called. The baby was reported better Monday.
The Portsmouth times, October 13, 1915
DOCTOR IS ROBBED OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
Dr. J. D. Hendrickson, well known Harrisonville physician, is mourning the loss of his surgeon's case containing $300 worth of surgical instruments.
The doctor's automobile was completely stripped of its contents while it stood in front of Mrs. Hendrickson's home on Second street just before the Mardi Gras parade Saturday evening. The surgeon's case, a lap robe and even a sack of mango peppers Dr. Hendrickson had just brought in from Harrisonville for his wife were carried off by the sneak thief. He had brought the surgical instruments with him for use in a operation he was to perform on a West Side patient.
Dr. Hendrickson reported his loss to the police and expressed the opinion that the peppers might afford the best clue, for once the thief discovered what the sack contained he was likely to discard it.
The Portsmouth Times, September 2, 1916
BOTH ARMS BROKEN
Everett Bennett, 22, Blue Run, had both arms fractured at the wrists Thursday afternoon when a heavy bridge timber slipped from his grasp and pinned his arms beneath it. Mr. Bennett and Albert Brown were building a bridge across Long Run for John Bennett.
The injured man was removed to the John Bennett home, near Harrisonville, and Dr. Hendrickson was called and set the bones.
The Portsmouth Times, March 31, 1916
BITTEN BY COPPERHEAD
Henry Seidel, a well known farmer, was bitten on the finger by a copperhead snake while picking strawberries near his home in Harrisonville Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Seidel hurried to Dr. J. D. Hendrickson's office and had his wound treated and he has since experienced no ill effects on his unpleasant experience.