Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth
When Sarah Elizabeth Hensley was born in 1865, in Iowa, United States, her father, Jacob Goodwin Hensley, was 31 and her mother, Rhoda Marie Noble, was 21. She married Charles Merinus Kenyon on 27 October 1879, in Lassen, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Chico Judicial Township, Butte, California, United States for about 10 years. She died on 4 June 1926, in Chico, Butte, California, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Chico, Butte, California, United States.
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- Elizabeth Kenyen in household of Chas M Kenyen, "United States Census, 1900"
- Sarah E Hensley, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Sarah Elizabeth Hensley Kenyon, "Find A Grave Index"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the 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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