Andrew Jackson "Jack" Hensley

Brief Life History of Andrew Jackson "Jack"

When Andrew Jackson "Jack" Hensley was born on 9 March 1855, in Catron Creek, Harlan, Kentucky, United States, his father, William Burton Hensley, was 23 and his mother, Levina Earnest, was 20. He married Josephine Helton in 1872, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 3, Bell, Kentucky, United States in 1940 and Calvin, Bell, Kentucky, United States in 1946. He died on 30 June 1946, in Bell, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Cubage, Bell, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Jackson "Jack" Hensley
1855–1946
Josephine Helton
1855–1925
Marriage: 1872
Annie Givens
1855–
Elizabeth Ann "Betsan” Hensley
1873–1964
Campbell Elijah Hensley
1875–1928
William Burton Hensley
1879–1968
Nathaniel Hensley
1881–1960
David Crockett Hensley
1883–1927
Hensley
1887–1890
Henry Bascom Hensley
1889–1954
Albert Hensley
1892–
Alisee Hensley
1894–1977
Addie Hensley
1897–1965

Sources (35)

  • Jackson Haisley in household of Burton Haisley, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Jackson, "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960"
  • Jackson Hensley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1879

Historical Boundaries: 1879: Bell, Kentucky, United States

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Hensley in East Worlington (Devon), from the Old English personal name Hēahmund (genitive Hēahmundes) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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