Henson Henry Monroe (1797 - 1853)

Born 2 Apr 1797 in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza (Campbell) Monroe — married about 8 Aug 1819 in Shelburne Parish, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 18 Jun 1853 at age 56 in Shelby County, Ohio, USA

Biography

Henson H. Monroe was born on April 2, 1797, Loudoun County, Virginia.

Henson Monroe was married to Eliza Campbell on August 8, 1819, in Shelburne Parish, Loudoun County, Virginia.^[1] Two of his brothers married two of Eliza's sisters. Eliza was the daughter of Andrew and Jane (Carr) Campbell. The couple were parents of the following known children:

Nancy Monroe Wyatt^[2][3] who was married before the 1850 Census.

James Henry Monroe^[4] who was married before the 1850 Census.

Henson T Monroe^[5]

Virginia Ann Monroe Hardesty^[6]

Josephine Monroe Baker^[7]

By the time this couple's second child, James Henry Monroe was born in 1824, they had moved to Pennsylvania. Soon after that they returned to Virginia for about ten years.

Henson Monroe settled in Shelby County, Ohio circa 1836.^[8][9][10]

Both Eliza and Henson died in Shelby County, Ohio. Henson died on June 12, 1853. Eliza died thirty years later on March 12, 1883.^[11] They are both buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Orange Township, Shelby County, Ohio.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRV8-B2K : 1 July 2020), Elizabeth Cammee in entry for Henson Monroe, 1819.
2. ↑ Calvert, Jeanne Bennett, The Ancestors and Descendents of Goldsby Alaska Bennett and Ida Ellen Monroe Bennett.
3. ↑ "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDVN-XZ8 : 25 March 2020), Nancy Monroe in entry for John T. D. Wyatt, 1837.
4. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZZ5G-K52M : 13 October 2021), James H Monroe and Eveline Lutrell, 1849.
5. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6DQ-P2N : 8 March 2021), Henson Monroe in entry for Henson T Monroe, 17 Aug 1909; citing Jefferson Twp., Mercer, Ohio, reference fn 42480; FHL microfilm 1,927,183.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7W-B5R : 21 December 2020), Virginia Monroe in household of H H Monroe, Washington Township, Shelby, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8VK-391 : 8 March 2021), Henson Monroe in entry for Josephene Baker, 27 Apr 1918; citing Washington, Shelby, Ohio, reference fn 27845; FHL microfilm 1,984,349.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYT-WCZ : 10 June 2022), Henson Monroe, Clinton Township, Shelby, Ohio, United States; citing p. 290, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
9. ↑ "Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:74XJ-QW2M : 18 February 2021), Henson H Munroe, 1846; citing multiple county courthouse offices, Ohio, United States, p. , Tax records indexed by Ohio Genealogy Society; FHL microfilm 004849337.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7W-B5N : 21 December 2020), H H Monroe, Washington Township, Shelby, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
11. ↑ Calvert, Jeanne Bennett, The Ancestors and Descendents of Goldsby Alaska Bennett and Ida Ellen Monroe Bennett.
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26105835/henson-h-monroe: accessed 06 December 2022), memorial page for Henson H. Monroe (2 Apr 1797–12 Jun 1853), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26105835, citing Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Kirkwood, Shelby County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Pam Holeton Estes gedmatch# T131729 (contributor 46799761) .