"HISTORY OF OWEN COUNTY 1884"
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR.  CHICAGO:  F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS.  1884.
F. A. BATTEY.  F. W. TEPPLE

TAYLOR TOWNSHIP IN OWEN CO., IN.
PAGE 953

JOHN HENSLEY, was born June 24, 1824 in Scott County, Virginia. and is
the second child of Jesse and Susan (Peters) Hensley, of German descent
who emigrated to Indiana in 1838 and entered the land on which our
subject resides. John was reared on the farm, with but a trace of 
schooling. When twenty years of age he wedded Nancy Jane, daughter of
Joseph H. and Margaret Still, by which marriage they had six children--
Eliza Jane(deceased), Lucinda(deceased), Albert B, William Franklin, 
Mary E and John H. 
Mrs Hensley having died, Mr. Hensley married October 14, 1858 Lucinda E.
daughter of A.A. and Jane Burk. To this union succeeded eight children--
Theodore L, Charles Wesley, Louellie Noble(Mrs. Cantwell), Anna, Katie,
Rosie, Lillie May and James Edward. 
Mr. Hensley is the owner of 1,050 acres of well cultivated and improved
land and with a comfortable residence, in the attainment of all of which
he has been unaided. Mr. Hensley is a staunch Republican, a member of the
Masonic fraternity and a respected citizen. Mrs. Hensley is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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