Brief Life History of Maud Augusta
When Maud Augusta Hensley was born on 25 July 1888, in Middleton, Hardeman, Tennessee, United States, her father, Alfred A. Hensley, was 38 and her mother, Louisa Jane Eaves, was 37. She married Samuel Wesley Shelton on 29 August 1906, in Anna, Union, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Reynoldsville, Union, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Reynolds Twp, Union, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. She died on 6 March 1967, in Jonesboro, Union, Illinois, United States, at the age of 78.
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- Maud Shelton in household of S W Shelton, "United States Census, 1930"
- Maud Hansley, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Maude Shelton in entry for Samuel Wesley Shelton, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1894
Historical Boundaries: 1894: Union, Illinois, United States
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
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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