[2][3] In 1851, his father took the family to Hillsborough County, Florida, settling on the Alafia River about twenty-two miles east of Tampa.

On March 25, 1852, Berry married Ardeline Ross Lanier (May 10, 1835 – September 6, 1917), a native of Bulloch County, Georgia.

[citation needed] Muster rolls describe him as standing six feet and one inch in height, with grey eyes, and dark hair and complexion.

[citation needed] Hendry spent the first three years of the war supplying cattle to the Confederate Commissary Department.

[citation needed] In 1863, he organized his own cavalry company to keep protect cattle intended for the Confederate States Army.

After Florida surrendered to Federal occupation in the spring of 1865, Hendry represented Polk County at the Second Constitutional Convention in Tallahassee.

On August 12, 1885, Hendry chaired a public meeting held at the schoolhouse in Fort Myers at the corner of Second and Lee Streets.

He also began to dispose of much of his range cattle in favor of Jersey and other breeds in an effort to improve the quality of his stock.

[citation needed] On May 11, 1923, the state legislature honored him with the creation of Hendry County, Florida, designating LaBelle as its seat of government.

His former home, the Captain Francis A. Hendry House is listed as a National Register of Historic Place since 1998.

[4][7] The Immokalee Pioneer Museum at Roberts Ranch has had a replica of Hendry's Confederate officer uniform created, which is sometimes worn for visitors.