12 Facts About Eliza Hendricks

Eliza Carol Hendricks was the wife of Vice President Thomas A Hendricks.

Eliza Hendricks was the second lady of the United States from March to November 1885.

Mrs Eliza Hendricks was connected with some of the leading families of Cincinnati, and it was in that city she made her debut in the social world.

Eliza Hendricks married Thomas A Hendricks on September 26,1845 after a two-year courtship and had one son, Morgan, who died at age three.

Mrs Eliza Hendricks was a native of North Bend, Ohio, having been born there in 1823, and since that time she had resided in Indiana.

Mrs Eliza Hendricks was fond of domestic life and was the administrator of the household, saving her husband from all unnecessary annoyance or responsibility, and in many other ways was she his true help-mate.

Mrs Eliza Hendricks was not only the light of her husband's home life, but, wherever his official duties called him, he was accompanied by her, and when he twice visited the Old World, in quest of health, she was his faithful companion.

Thomas A Hendricks died unexpectedly of a heart attack on November 25,1885, during a trip home to Indianapolis.

Thomas Eliza Hendricks only served as vice president for about eight months, from March 4,1885, until his death on November 25,1885, in Indianapolis.

Mrs Eliza Hendricks had, from its beginning, been the president of its board of managers.

Eliza Hendricks died on November 3,1903, twenty days before what would have been her 80th birthday, in Indianapolis after being paralyzed for three weeks.

Eliza Hendricks was buried with her husband at Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Indiana.