Any Cherokee connection in that WELCH line or a related woman named McKee? Lee LORI MEDLEY wrote: > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------4E9199DAAB4A298C602A84D1 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Here is one on Edward Hensley b.c. 1832 Frankfort Ky s/o Benj. and > Prudence (Culbertson) Hensley > http://www.starbase21.com/kybiog/franklin/hensley.e.txt > --------------4E9199DAAB4A298C602A84D1 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; > name="hensley.e.txt" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline; > filename="hensley.e.txt" > > Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887, > Franklin Co. > > EDWARD HENSLEY a native of Frankfort, was born February 5, 1832, and is > a son of Benjamin and Prudence (Culbertson) Hensley, who were born at > Culpeper C.H., Va., and Chambersburg, Penn., respectively. His grandfather, > Hensley, was probably born in England, and on his mother's side he is of > Scotch origin. His father came from Virginia to Frankfort about the year > 1800, and for many years engaged in the mercantile business, and in an > early day did flatboating between Frankfort and New Orleans, trading with > the Indiana at Shawneetown, Ill., and other points, afterward engaging in > the manufacture of bagging and rope goods. He was born in 1790 and died in > 1859. He had twelve children--three daughters and nine sons--of whom six > sons served in the Mexican war, and all of whom are now dead. The three > daughters: Maria, Elizabeth and Laura are all living and married. They > are women of unusual brilliancy, distinguished for their extensive reading > and fine conversational powers. Edward Hensley was reared and educated > in Frankfort, and received his knowledge of the sciences under the > celebrated teacher, B. B. Sayre. March 23, 1859, he married Miss Mary D. > Welch, a daughter of the eminent civil engineer, Sylvester Welch, deceased, > under whom Roebling, who superintended the construction of the famous New > York and Brooklyn bridge was a pupil in civil engineering. Mr. Hensley > has three children: Rev. A. C. Hensley, assistant rector in Grace > (Episcopal) Church, and chaplin of St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago; Arabella, > wife of Lieut. C. E. Colaham in the United States Navy, and now a > professor in the naval school at Annapolis, and Edward. Mr. Hensley has > been a leading fire insurance man for twenty years in Frankfort, and six or > seven years in the mercantile business. In 1880, under Gen. Fayette > Hewitt, he became first bookkeeper in the State auditor's office. This > position he still holds, and his insurance business is looked after by an > assistant and his son. Mr. Hensley is one of the progressive and > substantial business men of Frankfort, and he has countless friends. He > is a member of the Episcopal Church, and attained the Knight Templar degree > in Masonry about fifteen years ago. > > Hensley Culbertson Welch Colaham Hewitt Roebling > = > Culpeper-VA Chambersburg-Franklin-PA IL England > > --------------4E9199DAAB4A298C602A84D1-- > > ============================== > FREE UNLIMITED Web space at RootsWeb! > Any subject: genealogy, computers, pets! Get your Freepages account today: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi -- Mailto:[email protected] http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/a/r/Leona--Garcia-WA/