His birth is listed as Louisiana Territory. This part of the Louisiana Territory is now the State of Missouri.
1st wife was Margaret Sullens/Sullins. They married 05 Sep 1833 in Franklin Co MO. They had 7 children - Evelena; Malinda; Melvina; Nancy JANE; Albert G.; Thomas ZACHARIAH; and Joh AUGUSTUS Hensley.
Sources
*1st marriage - Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]. Ancestry.com. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm. *1850; Census Place: District 31, Franklin, Missouri; Roll: 399; Page: 102A. Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1860; Census Place: Township 37 Range 11, Pulaski, Missouri; Page: 302; Family History Library Film: 803641.Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
1870; Census Place: Union, Pulaski, Missouri; Roll: M593_801; Page: 223A; Family History Library Film: 552300. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
1880; Census Place: Union, Pulaski, Missouri; Roll: 711; Page: 435A; Enumeration District: 148. Ancestry.com; Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1880; Census Place: Tavern, Pulaski, Missouri; Roll: 711; Page: 409C; Enumeration District: 147. Ancestry.com Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. (For Missouri Permely Carmack Hensley).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Franco Hensley :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-M253, Ancestry member bfabbn, FTDNA kit #213697
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John: