Mary Alice (Hensley) Colegrove (abt. 1859 - 1943)

Born about 22 Apr 1859 in Wayne, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Nathan Benjamin Colegrove — married 20 Dec 1882 in Wayne, West Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Oct 1943 at about age 84 in Cabell, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Mary Alice Hensley was born April 22 1859 in Wayne Co., Virginia (now West Virginia). She was the daughter of Alexander Hensley and Mary Fry.

Though her death record states that she was born April 22 1857 in Boyd Co., Kentucky, this year is incongruent with her age in all other records in her life. According to her marriage record she was born in Wayne Co., and her husband was born in Boyd Co.

She is first named in the 1860 Census, age 1, living in Wayne County, Virginia, with her parents Alexander (42) and Mary A (23), and her two older siblings Elizabeth (5) and Johnson (3). ^[1]

She is listed again in the 1880 census, now age 21, living in Union District, Wayne Co., with her parents Alexander (63) and Mary Ane (41), and her siblings Elisha (24), Johnson (22), Susan (18), James (16), Martha (14), Henrietta (11), Thos. J. (8), Dica (6), and Kenna (1). According to this census she can read and write. ^[2]

On December 20, 1882, when she was 23 years old, Mary Alice married Nathan Benjamin Colgrove, a 25 year old farmer, in Wayne Co. According to their marriage record she was from Wayne Co., and he was from Boyd Co., Kentucky. ^[3] They had the following children together:

1. Olena L. (1883–1919)
2. E. A. (1888–1890)
3. James (1890–1952)
4. Bernie J. (1892–1943)
5. Luvonda (1890–1977)
6. John Henry (1894–1969)
7. William Jennings (1897–1979)
8. Stanley Fred (1903–1996)

She was enumerated in the 1900 Census, age 41, living in the Butler District of Wayne Co., with her husband Nathan P (42), and their children Olena (17), James (10), Bennie (8), Luvonda (8), John H (6), and William J. (3). According to this census, she had given birth to 8 children total, with 6 still living. She is also unable to read and write. ^[4]

She passed away on October 24, 1943 in Cabell Co., from chronic myocarditis. She was 84 years old. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M411-H2X : 4 April 2023), Entry for Alexander Hensly and Mary A Hensly, 1860.
2. ↑ 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TC-QBG : 15 January 2022), Alice Hensley in household of Alex Hensley, Union District, Wayne, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ Marriage: "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZX-1Z97 : 9 November 2021), N B Colegrove and Alice Hsnley, 1882. image
4. ↑ 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9ZN-63B : accessed 11 April 2023), Mary A Colegrove in household of Nathan P Colegrove, Butler district (northwest side), Wayne, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 108, sheet 5B, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,774.
5. ↑ Death: "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMD7-NP2 : 9 March 2018), Mary Alice Colegrove, 24 Oct 1943; citing , Cabell, West Virginia, County Records, v 6 p 15C, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 559,883.

• 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPF1-VL4 : accessed 11 April 2023), Mary Coalgrove in household of Nathan Coalgrove, Union, Cabell, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 48, sheet 4A, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1678; FHL microfilm 1,375,691.
• 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMC2-FGL : accessed 11 April 2023), Alice Colegrove in household of James Colegrove, Guyandotte, Cabell, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 45, sheet 13B, line 88, family 287, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2529; FHL microfilm 2,342,263.
• 1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7H1-9YS : 8 January 2021), Alice Colegrove in household of Stanley Colegrove, Union Magisterial District, Cabell, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6-79, sheet 25B, line 58, family 445, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4399.