Nancy Duncan (Hensley) Hodges (1825 - 1898)

Born 28 May 1825 in Wayne, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Andrew Jackson McBride — married before 1843 in Tennessee

Wife of Jesse M. Hodges — married 1854 (to 25 Jul 1898) in Searcy, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Jul 1898 at age 73 in Snowball, Searcy County, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Nancy Duncan Hensley was born on 28 May 1825 in Wayne County, Tennessee, United States, daughter of Lemuel Taylor Hensley (1785–before 1840) and Nancy Duncan (about 1789–about 1826).

Nancy (17) married Andrew Jackson McBride (29) before 1843 in Tennessee. Their son was Abner McBride (1843–1879)

Nancy (28) married Jessie M. Hodges (23) in 1854 in Searcy County. Their children were:

1. Pernina Elizabeth Hodges (1855–1931)
2. William Pressley Hodges (1857–1936)
3. Lemuel Taylor Hodges (1859–1934)^{[1] [2]}

She died on 25 July 1898 in Snowball, Searcy County, Arkansas, United States, aged 73. She was buried in McDaniel Cemetery, Snowball.^[3]

After her death, Jesse went to live with their son, Lemuel Taylor Hodges in Oklahoma, where he appeared in the 1910 US Federal Census living at Seminole, Oklahoma, USA.

Research Notes

Information from FindAGrave:

Married first Andrew J. McBride, married second Jesse Hodges,

Born 28 May 1825, died tombstone 25 July 1898, may have been earlier that month per newspaper.

Her parents were Lemuel Taylor Hensley and Nancy Duncan, according to the Searcy County Ancestor Information Exchange in 1994.

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 Census does not show husband Jesse Hodges in the household and McBride children are incorrectly shown with the Hodges last name. Calf Creek, Searcy County, Arkansas "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M87Y-HRP : 13 December 2017), Nancy Hodges, 1860.
2. ↑ 1880 Census, Calf Creek, indexed under N D Hodge with son W P: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWP-QLM : 12 August 2017), N D Hodge, Calf Creek, Searcy, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 175, sheet 488C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0056; FHL microfilm 1,254,056.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 10 June 2021), memorial page for Nancy Duncan Hensley Hodges (28 May 1825–25 Jul 1898), Find A Grave: Memorial #25941049, citing McDaniel Cemetery, Snowball, Searcy County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by nancy weaver (contributor 46992548) .

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