Family Group Sheet for James Moody Henson Family -------------------------------- SUBMITTED BY: Kimberly Henson Cressman DATE: 05/09/2004 E-MAIL ADDRESS: arkgal38305@msn.com ************************************************** Copyright © All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html ************************************************** HUSBAND: James Moody HENSON BORN: August 19, 1876 in Jackson, TN MARRIAGE: July 10, 1900 Dyer County, TN OTHER MARRIAGES: Annie DIXON in 1896 Dyer County, TN, what happened to his wife/marriage is unknown MILITARY SERVICE: none DIED: August 7, 1952 Blytheville, Miss. County, AR, buried Heber Springs Cemetery, Cleburne County, AR. FATHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Isaac HENSON, 1851 in AL MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Susan BROWN HENSON, 1854 in SC NOTES: Isaac and Susan married January 16, 1870 in Dyer County, TN. They were living in Hardin County in 1880, Isaac's mother, Sarah HENSON, was living with them at the time, she was born in 1830 in AL. Father's name unknown. In 1880 there were 2 other HENSON families living nearby, the first being John H. and Laviney HENSON, born in 1852 and 1855 respectively, both born in AL, along with their children, Mary M., Arminda S., Hester A. M., James O., Martha E., and Alminda HENSON. The children were all born in either TN or AL. The second family was James P. and Sarazanna HENSON, born in 1859 and 1860 respectively, both born in AL. They only had one child at the time, John H. HENSON, born in 1879 in AL. ................................................................... WIFE: Susan Frances WRIGHT HENSON BORN: November 19, 1881 in Crockett County, TN OTHER MARRIAGES: none known DIED: March 6, 1963, Blytheville, Miss. County, AR, buried Heber Springs Cemetery, Cleburne County, AR. FATHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Joseph WRIGHT, dob unknown MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: maiden name was SANDERS, no other information NOTES: The family has several pictures that were Susan WRIGHT HENSON's, there are pictures of Joe WRIGHT and family, Dave or Davey WRIGHT, Ruby WRIGHT, Mary WRIGHT, and Lula WRIGHT FRAZIER, along with many others of her friends and family. ................................................................... CHILD 1: William Lawrence HENSON SEX: male BORN: 1901 in TN MARRIAGE: none known OTHER MARRIAGES: MILITARY SERVICE: none known DIED: rumored to have died around age 18 of pneumonia, in Heber Springs, Cleburne County, AR NOTES: I have been unable to find grave site. ................................................................... CHILD 2: Moody Ancil HENSON SEX: male BORN: 1905 in TN MARRIAGE: married Nell WALTERS, February 13, 1926 OTHER MARRIAGES: none known MILITARY SERVICE: none known DIED: September 21, 1936 NOTES: Ancil HENSON was a foreman for the WPA, highway work, in Heber Springs, Cleburne County, AR, he died in an accident at his home in which the dynamite blasting caps had gotten wet and exploded. His son Hugh Weldon HENSON was with him when the blasting caps exploded and died a few hours later from shock and a concussion at age 4, he birth date was August 7, 1932. Ancil and Nell had 2 other children, the oldest was Nellie "Pauline" HENSON who was born January 30, 1927 and died October 27, 1929 from a "fever." The youngest child was Moody Allen HENSON who was born in 1935 and died in 1953 from Leukemia. Moody Ancil HENSON and his family are buried in the Mt. Olive Cemetery in Cleburne County, AR. ................................................................... CHILD 3: Chester Harvey HENSON SEX: male BORN: June 1, 1909, in Blytheville, Mississippi County, AR MARRIAGE: Eula Mae WHITTLE, August 26, 1939, in Blytheville, AR OTHER MARRIAGES: He married Ruby JACKSON, in 1925 in Heber Springs, Cleburne County, AR. This marriage produced one child, his name was C.H. HENSON, he was born February 3, 1929 in Heber Springs, AR and died February 6, 1985 in Merced County, CA. He is buried in Winton District Cemetery, Winton, CA. MILITARY SERVICE: none DIED: May 16, 1991 in Blytheville, AR NOTES: Chester Harvey HENSON was a policeman and fireman for the city of Blytheville, AR and also worked for a shoe factory called Rice Sticks. He and Eula Mae had 7 children. ................................................................... CHILD 4: Walter A. HENSON SEX: male BORN: February 5, 1912 MARRIAGE: Elzora McGRUDER OTHER MARRIAGES: M. Louise ? MILITARY SERVICE: none DIED: 1999 in Ripley, TN NOTES: .................................................................... CHILD 5: Joe HENSON SEX: male BORN: MARRIAGE: OTHER MARRIAGES: MILITARY SERVICE: DIED: about age 2 NOTES: ................................................................... CHILD 6: There was at least one other child, on Chester's birth certificate there had been 4 births but only 3 living children so this child could have been born in TN. SEX: BORN: MARRIAGE: OTHER MARRIAGES: MILITARY SERVICE: DIED: NOTES: ................................................................... ADDITIONAL NOTES: