Fulton Hensley - Madison County - 1913

Contributed by Sam Flora

Born: 10/30/1838 Madison County, KY

admitted Eastern State Hospital circa 1913-1918

Death: Eastern State Hospital 11/21/1918

Burial: Eastern State Hospital Cemetery

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Druggist 

Parents: James and Mary Crittenden

Notes: He was an inmate at the Confederate Soldiers Home in Pewee Valley, KY in 1912 and was transferred to Eastern State.  Records indicate his residence prior to admission to the Home was Clark and Powell counties. He served in the 4th Kentucky Infantry and was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh and again at the Battle Stones River. This information is taken from unprocessed microfilm records of the Kentucky Confederate Soldiers Home located in the Kentucky Dept. for Libraries and Archives.

Name: Fulton Hensley
Side: Confederate
Regiment State: Kentucky
Regiment Name: 4 Kentucky Mounted Infantry.
Company: H
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: First Sergeant

1850 Clark Co., KY, District 1, HH# 371, Enumerated Aug 19, 1850 John W. Hensley, 41, M, Physician, KY Mary Hensley, 30, F, KY Orlando Hensley, 15, M, KY Fulton Hensley, 11, M, KY Eudora Hensley, 7, F, KY James Hensley, 3, M, KY Elizabeth Hensley, 3/12, F, KY 1860 census Fulton is no longer listed in his parents household in Clark County. There is a Fulton Hensley listed in Tyler, Smith Co., TX in 1860, single, age 21, clerk, born KY.  He is listed in the home of a Thomas Wiggins and family, whose occupation is listed as apothecary. 1870 Clark Co., KY, Kiddville, HH# 28, Enumerated July 8, 1870 James W. Hensley, 62, M, W, Physician, KY Mary Hensley, 55, F, W, Housekeeping, KY Fulton Hensley, 29, M, W, School Teaching, KY James Hensley, 20, M, W, Constable, KY Alice Hensley, 14, F, W, No Occupation, KY Endora Hensley, 22, F, W, No Occupation, KY At the taking of the 1880 census, Fulton's father, mother and siblings are still located in Clark County and Fulton is no longer in the home. 1880 Meade Co., KS, Pearlette, Dist. 396, HH# 32/29 Fulton Hensley, M, W, 41, Farmer, KY 1900 Johnson Co., Arkansas, Coal Hill, District 34, HH# 265/281, Enumerated June 13, 1900 Hensley, Fulton, Head, W, M, Oct 1839, 60, WD, KY KY KY, Occupation - Druggist 1910 Powell Co., KY, Virden, District 185, HH# 44/45, Enumerated April 19, 1910 Fulton, Hensley, Head, M, W, 71, WD, KY KY KY, Farmer/General Farm

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