Brief Life History of Elizabeth Jane
When Elizabeth Jane Hensley was born in December 1840, in Harlan, Kentucky, United States, her father, Samuel Hensley, was 20 and her mother, Mary Howard, was 17. She had at least 6 sons and 3 daughters with Father George Mann. She lived in Harlan, Harlan, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and Magisterial District 7 Springfork, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States for about 20 years. She died on 18 September 1906, in Breathitt, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Breathitt, Kentucky, United States.
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- Elizabeth Mann in household of George Mann, "United States Census, 1880"
- Elizebeth Hensley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Hensley Mann, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
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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