Hendershot Military Records
Ford J. Hendershot-War Records
Ford J. Hendershot, 542626 corporal, Company K, 7th Infantry, 3rd Division, French Croix de Guerre with gilt star, under Order No. 17, 467 "D", dated May 17, 1919 General Headquarters, French Armies of the East, with the following citation:" All his men having been wounded by an intense bombardment he hastened to give them first aid and assisted the litter bearers in transporting them to the first-aid station. He returned to look for a severely wounded comrade and brought him in on his shoulders under an incessant bombardment". Residence at enlistment: Bad Axe, Michigan
From the book "Michigan in the World War" contributed by Sue DeHaan
1/2/2002 Submitted by Barbara Rudy and Ivan Hendershot
Letter from Government about Leland Hendershot's Death in WWII
HENDERSHOTS IN THE WAR OF 1812
Name Additional Info
ALEXANDER HENDERSHOT HINDS' BATTALION, CAVALRY, MISSISSIPPI MILITIA.
ALEXANDER HENDERSHOT 1 REG'T (BYRNE'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA.
ALEXANDER HENDERSHOT 1 REGIMENT (TROTTER, JR.'S), MOUNTED, KENTUCKY VOLS.
ALEXANDER HENDERSHOT 4 REG'T (POGUE'S) KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS.
DAVID HENDERSHOT 2 REGIMENT (PRICE'S), OHIO MILITIA.
DAVID HENDERSHOT 2 REG'T ARTILLERY, U.S. VOLS.
ISAAC HENDERSHOT 1 REG'T (WEIRICK'S) PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA.
JACOB S. HENDERSHOT LIEUT. COL. WILCOCKS' DETACHMENT, (CANADIAN), U.S.
VOLUNTEERS.
JOHN S. HENDERSHOT 1 REGIMENT RIFLEMEN (IRWIN'S), PENNSYLNANIA MILITIA.
JOHN HENDERSHOT 1 REG'T (MCDONALD'S), OHIO MILITIA.
WILLIAM HENDERSHOT VARIAN'S REGIMENT, NEW YORK MILITIA.
WILLIAM HENDERSHOT 1 REG'T (HARRIS'), NEW YORK MILITIA.
Contributed by KAREN GAUGHAN