Brief Life History of Marvin Woodrow
When Marvin Woodrow Hensley was born on 27 January 1913, in Henry, Virginia, United States, his father, William Thomas Hensley Sr, was 32 and his mother, Dollie Mae Merriman, was 23. He married Maudie Mae Hylton on 13 February 1937, in Martinsville, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Horse Pasture, Henry, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Horsepasture District, Henry, Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 28 August 1980, in Martinsville, Virginia, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Horse Pasture, Henry, Virginia, United States.
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- Marvin W Hensely, "United States Census, 1940"
- Marvin Woodrow Hensley, "Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913"
- Marvin Woodrow Hensley, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1917 · Camp Lee Training Facility
Camp Lee was the sight of where Europeans first came face to face with the Powhatan Confederation. Than during the Civil War the Union forces used it as a surprise attack and blocked Lee’s army from the supply base. When World War II started Fort Lee became Camp Lee and was used as a training facility.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
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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