Bessie Cordelia (Abernathy) Hensley (1882 - 1969)

Born 14 Feb 1882 in Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George Lee Hensley — married 29 Dec 1903 in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Nov 1969 at age 87 in Levelland, Hockley, Texas, United States

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Biography

Bessie was born in 1882. She passed away in 1969. She was the daughter of Mary "Polly" Barnett Deweese, 1836-1926 and Rufus Pinkney Abernathy, 1833 – 1882.

Sources

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXT4-G6W : 4 November 2017), George Hensley and Bessie Abernathy, 29 Dec 1903; citing Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 573,159.

• "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JV1S-LP5 : 5 December 2014), Bessie Cordelia Hensley, Hockley, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.

• "Texas Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6TM-ZY3 : 13 February 2020), Bessie Hensley in entry for George Lee Hensley, 1936.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M29L-FLM : accessed 20 July 2021), Bessie C Hensley in household of George L Hensley, Justice Precinct 1, Foard, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 109, sheet 41B, family 588, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1551; FHL microfilm 1,375,564.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVG-BZWZ : 28 September 2020), Bessie Cordelia Abernathy Hensley, ; Burial, Levelland, Hockley, Texas, United States of America, Levelland Municipal Cemetery; citing record ID 21629041, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSY9-T9J : accessed 20 July 2021), Bessie C Abernathy in household of Polly B Abernathy, Murphy Township (west part) Murphy town (prt.), Cherokee, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 3B, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,188.