James was born about 1866, in Tennessee, United States.[1]
In 1870 and 1880, he was living with his parents and siblings in Anderson County, Tennessee.[2][3]
J. M. Hensley and Mary E. Vann married 18 Jul 1887, in Anderson County, Tennessee.[4]
Sources
↑ * 1866 birth and location: Based upon the 1880 census.
↑ * 1870 census: "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8F-3V1 : 19 March 2020), James H Hensley in entry for Jacob Hensley, 1870; Anderson, Tennessee.
Jacob Hensley Male 25 Tennessee
Cathron Hensley Female 28 Tennessee
John E Hensley Male 9 Tennessee
James H Hensley Male 4 Tennessee
Elen C Hensley Female 1 Tennessee
↑ * 1880 census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQK-G7G : 15 July 2017), Jacob Hensley, District 8, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 140, sheet 79A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,244.
Jacob Hensley Self Male 44 Tennessee
Catherine Hensley Wife Female 45 Tennessee
John Hensley Son Male 18 Tennessee
James Hensley Son Male 14 Tennessee
William Hensley Son Male 8 Tennessee
Henry C Hensley Son Male 6 Tennessee
Charles S Hensley Son Male 3 Tennessee
↑ * 1887 marriage: "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNCB-S1D : 4 December 2014), J M Hensley and Mary E Vann, 18 Jul 1887; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 48, Anderson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
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DNA Connections
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.
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