Brief Life History of William Miles
When William Miles Henson was born on 11 September 1880, in Bollinger, Missouri, United States, his father, Alfred Boyd Henson, was 26 and his mother, Seralda Jane Killian, was 28. He married Margaret Catherine Huffman on 15 December 1907, in Fredericktown, Madison, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Central, Madison, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Buckhorn, Madison, Missouri, United States in 1940. He died on 13 April 1951, in Madison, Missouri, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Buckhorn, Madison, Missouri, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Will Henson, "United States Census, 1940"
- William Miles Henson, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Will Henson, "United States Census, 1930"
Spouse and Children
1880–1951 Male
1887–1981 Female
Children (7)
1908–1998 Female
1910–1998 Female
1914–2006 Female
1917–2011 Female
1917–2011 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1854–1942 Male
1852–1935 Female
Siblings (7)
1874–1963 Male
1878–1966 Female
1880–1951 Male
1883–1965 Male
1885–1961 Female
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 1
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 2
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 20
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal names Hen, Hend(e), or Hendy (pet forms of Henry or Hendry ) + son. Compare Henderson . Hendy may also have been derived from Middle English hendy ‘courteous’, used as a personal name (see Hendy ).
English: perhaps sometimes a variant of Hainson, a patronymic meaning ‘son of Hayne’; see Hain 2.
English: in Devon, where patronymics in -son rarely originated, perhaps a variant of Hingston .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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