John Henson

Brief Life History of John

When John Henson was born on 20 February 1878, in Knox, Kentucky, United States, his father, Richard Henson, was 29 and his mother, Margurite Malissa Finley, was 26. He married Amanda Hammons on 12 February 1903, in Knox, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Heidrick, Knox, Kentucky, United States in 1930 and Magisterial District 1, Knox, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 6 February 1958, in Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Morris Cemetery, Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Henson
1878–1958
Amanda Hammons
1886–1944
Marriage: 12 February 1903
Billie Henson
1904–1976
Sallie Henson
1906–1917
Nellie Henson
1908–1956
Nancy Henson
1911–1963
Burg Henson Sr.
1918–2002
Sally Henson
1921–1976
Anthony Henson
1923–1984
Thomas Henson
1926–1987
Charles Mayo Henson Sr
1928–1993

Sources (24)

  • John Henson, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Jno Henson, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • John Henson, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1963"

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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

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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