James
William
Hensley
Born in Greenup, Kentucky, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Margaret Jane (Shannon) Hensley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Ann (Hensley) Ross, Benjamin Franklin Hensley, Fred D Hensley, Henry Hensley and Paul Hensley
Died
at age 81
in Cabell, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Mar 2011
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Biography
James W Hensley.
Born Sep 1848. Carter County, Kentucky, USA.
Residence
- 1880 Durbin, Boyd, Kentucky, United States
- 1900 Butler, Wayne, West Virginia, USA.
- 1910 Butler, Wayne, West Virginia, USA.
- 1920 Butler, Wayne, West Virginia, USA.
Marriage
- Ann Hazelett 15 OCT 1865. Boyd County, Kentucky, United States.
- Margaret Jane Shannon 1896
DISCLAIMER: after adding sources it has come to my attention that James and wife/s are potentially getting mixed up with a few other Hensley men. There is a John W Hensley and a James L Hensley with similar birth years and death years as well as states Kentucky/Virginia. I will be working to clear this up.
Sources
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 22 May 2019, 19:37), entry for James William Hensley(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KCBH-1N3); contributed by various users.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCS-9WH : 12 August 2017), James W Hensley, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 8, sheet 183A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0403; FHL microfilm 1,254,403.
- "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTN5-D9Q : 11 February 2018), J W Hensley and Margaret Shannon, 1896; citing Wayne, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 583,492.
Acknowledgements
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~6.25%
Paul Williams
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