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Elijah Hensley 1793–1879 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1793

Birth Location: Hawkins, Tennessee, United States

Death Date: 1879

Death Location: Martin, Kentucky, United States

Father: Christopher Hensley

Mother: Catherine Tompkins

Spouse(s): Mahala Adams

Children(s): Elijah Jr.

Elijah Hensley was born in 1793 in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States, the child of Christopher Chrisley Hensley And Catherine Tompkins. Elijah Hensley married Mahala Adams, and had children including Elijah Hensley Jr. Elijah Hensley passed away in 1879 in Martin, Kentucky, United States.

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Biography

  • Elijah Hensley was born in 1793 in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States, the child of Christopher Chrisley Hensley And Catherine Tompkins.
  • Elijah Hensley married Mahala Adams, and had children including Elijah Hensley Jr.
  • Elijah Hensley passed away in 1879 in Martin, Kentucky, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Christopher Hensley
1754–1812
Birth Location: Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
CH
Catherine Tompkins
1760–1804
Birth Location: Russell, Virginia, United States
CT

Spouses(s)

Mahala Adams
1816–1869
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
MA

Children(s)

Elijah Jr.
1847–1909
Birth Location: Logan County, West Virginia, USA
EJ

Elijah Hensley's Ancestors

Self
Elijah Hensley
1793–1879
Birth Place: Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
Parents
Christopher Chrisley Hensley
1754–1812
Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
Catherine Tompkins
1760–1804
Russell, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
George Hensley
1722–1786
Essex, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
Sarah Richardson
1718–1772
Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Hensley
1664–1734
ELIZABETH
1664–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Hensley
1638–1695
Mary Sharp
1638–1700

Elijah Hensley's Descendants

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Elijah Hensley (1793–1879) m. Mahala Adams (1816–Aug 1869)
  1. 1. Elijah (Hensley) Jr. 1847–1909 m. Rebecca Jackson 1861–1892
    1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Hensley 1878–1947 m. Robert (Calahan) Copley 1860–1900
      1. 1. Effie (M.) Copley 1894–1978 m. William (Henry) Dalton 1873–1953
        1. 1. Mary (Bernadine) Dalton 1916–1987 m. Michael (Lawrence) Ciminella 1914–1997

Elijah Hensley's Timeline

2 Records

1793
1793
Birth of Elijah Hensley in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
1879
1879
Age 86
Death of Elijah Hensley in Martin, Kentucky, United States
Martin, Kentucky, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1793
    Event Place: Hawkins, Tennessee, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1879
    Event Place: Martin, Kentucky, United States
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