From: KyArchives [Archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 3:04 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Henson.Henry.J.1836.Adair-Casey.BIOS Henry J. Henson November 1, 1836 - Adair-Casey County KyArchives Biography Author: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, 3rd edition, 1886 HENRY J. HENSON, a farmer, was born November 1, 1836, in Casey County. His father, Joseph S. Henson, was a farmer, born in Pulaski County, February 2, 1814. He was married at the age of eighteen to Miss Maria, daughter of Henry and Mary B. (Phoebyhouse) Baker, natives of North Carolina. To this marriage were born eleven children: John W., H. J., Robert, Elizabeth (wife of Stephen Evans), Mary (wife of Simpson Evans), Amanda (wife of William Evans), George, Serilda (wife of James Rexrhod), David, Nanny (wife of R. Pitts), and an infant that died unnamed. Joseph Henson was never in any war, but was a member of the State Guards under command of Capt. Edmund Goode, and during Morgan's raid, through Casey County, he received a very severe gunshot wound in the head. Mrs. Henson, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, departed this life in February, 1881, in the sixty-second year of her age. Mr. Henson now owns 510 acres of his original farm which he has rented out, and now lives with his son. H. J. Henson. Joseph Henson, grandfather of J. J., born in Amherst County, Va., was a carpenter most of his life, and a No. 1 mechanic, who followed his trade until too old to do hard work, when he turned his attention to farming in Pulaski County, on about 150 acres. He moved to Casey County, where he carried on a farm of about 200 acres until his death in 1841, in his seventy-fourth year. The maiden name of his wife was Jemima Evans, a Virginian, and they were the parents of nine children: Elisha, Nancy (Vest), Elizabeth (Meeks), John, Robert, Polly (Raborn), Melinda (Murphy, Malson and Newman), James and Joseph, of whom James, Joseph, Melinda and Polly are living. Elisha Henson was a soldier in Gen. Scott's army in the war of 1812. Henry J. Henson remained at home until twenty-one years of age, when, in possession of only a horse, he began the battle of life on his own account. March 16, 1858, he married Miss Catherine, daughter of William and Mary (Reynolds) Holliday, natives of Adair County. To this marriage were born four children: William J., James H., Anna, and H. C. who died in infancy. Mrs. Henson departed this life March 13, 1866, to Miss Mary, daughter of John and Martha (Reynolds) Tupman, natives of Adair County. To this marriage have been born ten children: Charles L., Mattie Ocilla, Rosa L. and Retta F. (twins), Ellen M., John T., Samuel T., Elizabeth, Truman K., and an infant that died unnamed. Mr. and Mrs. Henson are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Mr. Henson is a member of the Democratic party and of the Masonic order. Mr. Henson, in 1871, purchased 230 acres of improved land in Adair County, on Green River, very fertile. He has since built on and improved this farm and added to it until he now owns 400 in a high state of cultivation and improvement, and worth about $8,000. He has 220 acres in cultivation, and in addition to farming buys tobacco - this year to the extend of 80,000 pounds - and has bought mules and sold them in the South during the past twenty years. His estate, worth, $10,000, has been all acquired by his own industry, economy and good management. Submitted by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/