George Washington Hendry

George Washington "Wash" Hendry (1838–1914), was an American land developer, writer, and farmer, who was from an early settler family in Southwest Florida. Hendry served in the Seminole Wars, and in the American Civil War for the Confederate States Army. He was also known as G.W. Hendry, and Wash Hendry.

Biography George Washington Hendry was born on December 3, 1838, in Thomas County, Georgia. The family was of English and Scotch ancestry. He arrived in the Fort Meade area at age fourteen in 1853. The Hendrys were a prominent family in Southwest Florida. His older brother was Captain Francis Asbury "Berry" Hendry, one of the founders of the city of Fort Myers and the namesake of Hendry County, Florida.

Hendry had dealt in land development in Florida. In 1883, he authored a book on the history of Polk County, Florida. He was buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Fort Meade.

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