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Rachel Naomi Hensley 1897 – 1977 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Oct 1897

Birth Location: Tennessee

Death Date: 18 Feb 1977

Death Location: Greenville County, South Carolina, USA

Father: William Hensley

Mother: Emily Cogdell

Spouse(s): Robert Waldrop

Children(s): Janelle Waldrop

In 1897, Rachel Naomi Hensley entered the world in Tennessee, born to William Barnet Hensley and Emily Cogdell. Rachel Naomi Hensley married Robert Horace Waldrop, and had children including Janelle V Waldrop. Rachel Naomi Hensley passed away in 1977 in Greenville County, South Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1897, Rachel Naomi Hensley entered the world in Tennessee, born to William Barnet Hensley and Emily Cogdell.
  • Rachel Naomi Hensley married Robert Horace Waldrop, and had children including Janelle V Waldrop.
  • Rachel Naomi Hensley passed away in 1977 in Greenville County, South Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Rachel Hensley's Ancestors

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Rachel Hensley
1897 – 1977
Birth Place: Tennessee
Parents
William Barnet Hensley
1861 – 1930
Madison County, North Carolina, USA
Emily Cogdell
1860 –
Tennessee
Grandparents
James (Berry) Cogdill
1830 – 1903
Cocke County, Tennessee, United States of America
Elizabeth Cogdell
1835 –
Tennessee
Great-Grandparents
Frederick Codgill
1802 – 1859
Mary Davis
1809 – 1859
William Mooneyham
1800 – 1870
Hanna Mason
– 1845
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Cogdill
1782 – 1865
Nancy Davis
1784 – 1865
Agnes Calderwood
1798 – 1875
William (Mooney)
1774 – 1840
Mary Scrimshire
1778 – 1820

Rachel Hensley's Descendants

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Rachel (Naomi) Hensley (4 Oct 1897 – 18 Feb 1977) m. Robert (Horace) Waldrop (5 April 1897 – 24 Jul 1960)
  1. 1. Janelle (V) Waldrop (13 July 1926 – 19 Nov 2006)

Rachel Hensley's Timeline

2 Records

1897
4 Oct 1897
Birth of Rachel Naomi Hensley in Tennessee
Tennessee
1977
18 Feb 1977
Age 80
Death of Rachel Naomi Hensley in Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Greenville County, South Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Oct 1897
    Event Place: Tennessee
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Feb 1977
    Event Place: Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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