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Thomas Henson 1802 – 1880 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1802

Birth Location: Rutherford, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: Aft. 1880

Death Location: Jackson County, Illinois, USA

Father: Jesse Henson

Mother: Mary Goodbread

Spouse(s): Lucy Cooke

Children(s): William Henson

Thomas Henson was born in 1802 in Rutherford, North Carolina, USA, the child of Jesse Henson and Mary Polly Goodbread. Thomas Henson married Lucy Ann Cooke, and had children including William Goodbread Henson. Thomas Henson passed away in 1880 in Jackson County, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Thomas Henson was born in 1802 in Rutherford, North Carolina, USA, the child of Jesse Henson and Mary Polly Goodbread.
  • Thomas Henson married Lucy Ann Cooke, and had children including William Goodbread Henson.
  • Thomas Henson passed away in 1880 in Jackson County, Illinois, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jesse Henson
1759 – 1843
Birth Location: Holston River, Surry, North Carolina, USA
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Mary Goodbread
1761 – 1846
Birth Location: Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
MG

Spouses(s)

Lucy Cooke
1805 – 1843
Birth Location: –
LC

Children(s)

William Henson
1837 – 1899
Birth Location: Caldwell County, Kentucky
WH

Thomas Henson's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Henson
1802 – 1880
Birth Place: Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Jesse Henson
1759 – 1843
Holston River, Surry, North Carolina, USA
Mary (Polly) Goodbread
1761 – 1846
Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Mary (Ann "Nancy") Bobbitt*
1741 – 1810
Pittsylvania County, Virginia, British Colonies
Sgt. (Johann Phillipus (John Phillip) Goodbread (Gutbrodt) Rev) War
1726 – 1811
Nordheim, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Maria (Catherina* Souder Braun \) Brown
1733 – 1824
Nordheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Henson's Descendants

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Thomas Henson (1802 – Aft. 1880) m. Lucy (Ann) Cooke (abt 1805 – abt 1843)
  1. 1. William (Goodbread) Henson (Abt. 1837 – 20 Apr 1899) m. Amanda Hankins (abt 1842 – )
    1. 1. Sarah (Hester) Henson (29 Apr 1860 – 9 Apr 1926) m. Harris (Flannigan) Hawkins (Sep 1854 – )
      1. 1. Samuel (C) Hawkins (27 Aug 1895 – 18 Mar 1945) m. Lilian (Marguerite) Page (October 1883 – 3 Nov 1965)
        1. 1. Barbara (Lillian) Hawkins (26 Apr 1921 – 2007) m. Roland Fenning (26 Mar 1904 – Sep 1988)

Thomas Henson's Timeline

2 Records

1802
1802
Birth of Thomas Henson in Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
1880
Aft. 1880
Age 78
Death of Thomas Henson in Jackson County, Illinois, USA
Jackson County, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1802
    Event Place: Rutherford, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft. 1880
    Event Place: Jackson County, Illinois, USA
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