Posted on: Maries Co MO Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mo/Maries/706 Surname: HENSON, ELKINS, HINSON, DRENNEN, DRENNAN, DREMAN, FORBISH, FANBUSH, FORBES, BROWN, RICE, BRIDGES, HAYWOOD, HARDEN, FORBES, COPELAND ------------------------- Greetings, again. My gggrandfather George W. Henson and his wife Ann Forbish/Fanbush/Forbes/Etc had two daughters; Lucinda Henson and Sarah Henson who married two ELKINS brothers. Lucinda married Jackson Elkins on October 05, 1843 and Sarah married W.R.D. "Dillard" Elkins on December 19, 1844 ... both marriages in Grundy Co Missouri. George Henson had bought 80 acres of government land on May 01, 1843 in Grundy Co .... There were also two additional Elkins; Elizabeth Elkins-Metcalf and her brother Martin F. Elkins, buried in Grundy Co, who are siblings of Jackson and Dillard. Elizabeth Elkins married a William Metcalf on February 19, 1829 in Laurel Co Kentucky. Elizabeth died young and William Metcalf remarried and became a judge of Grundy Co. William and Elizabeth are buried in the Tate Cemetery AKA Metcalf Cemetery in Grundy Co and Martin F. Elkins is buried in the Antioch Cemetery, also in Grundy Co. The ELKINS and HENSON's came out of Laurel Co KY and later returned there, before migrating to Webster and Maries Co Missouri before 1860. A son of George W. and Ann Henson ... William H. Henson/Hinson, born May 10, 1842 in Laurel Co KY, settled in Maries Co MO after returning from Logan Co Arkansas, where the rest of the Henson/Hinson family had migrated to before 1880. William H. Henson/Hinson and his wife Fannie COPELAND have left a lot of offsping who still lives in Maries and the adjoining counties, including a Ronald Earl Hinson. There are also ELKINS descendant's still living in Maries County. Please write to me; R.E. Hinson, Jr. P.O Box 33253 Los Gatos CA 95031 or email me; roaten@prodigy.net

I also have a George Hinson(Henson) b 1780 who married Silence Whipple, b 1805 in KY. They had a daughter named Narcissa, b 1805 in KY. Narcissa first married a Cain and then Riddle. Any connection? They lived near Dixon, Mo. Carol----- Original Message ----- From: <Roaten.E.Hinson@cgi.rootsweb.com>; Jr. <roaten@PRODIGY.NET> To: <MOMARIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 5:10 PM Subject: [MOMARIES] HENSON ... HINSON ... ELKINS ... COPELAND > Posted on: Maries Co MO Query Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mo/Maries/706 > > Surname: HENSON, ELKINS, HINSON, DRENNEN, DRENNAN, DREMAN, FORBISH, FANBUSH, > FORBES, BROWN, RICE, BRIDGES, HAYWOOD, HARDEN, FORBES, COPELAND > ------------------------- > > Greetings, again. My gggrandfather George W. Henson and his wife Ann Forbish/Fanbush/Forbes/Etc > had two daughters; Lucinda Henson and Sarah Henson who married two ELKINS > brothers. Lucinda married Jackson Elkins on October 05, 1843 and Sarah > married W.R.D. "Dillard" Elkins on December 19, 1844 ... both marriages > in Grundy Co Missouri. George Henson had bought 80 acres of government > land on May 01, 1843 in Grundy Co .... There were also two additional Elkins; > Elizabeth Elkins-Metcalf and her brother Martin F. Elkins, buried in Grundy > Co, who are siblings of Jackson and Dillard. Elizabeth Elkins married a > William Metcalf on February 19, 1829 in Laurel Co Kentucky. Elizabeth died > young and William Metcalf remarried and became a judge of Grundy Co. William > and Elizabeth are buried in the Tate Cemetery AKA Metcalf Cemetery in Grundy > Co and Martin F. Elkins is buried in the Antioch Cemetery, also in Grundy > Co. The ELKINS and HENSON's came out of Laurel Co KY and later returned > there, before migrating to Webster and Maries Co Missouri before 1860. > A son of George W. and Ann Henson ... William H. Henson/Hinson, born May > 10, 1842 in Laurel Co KY, settled in Maries Co MO after returning from > Logan Co Arkansas, where the rest of the Henson/Hinson family had migrated > to before 1880. William H. Henson/Hinson and his wife Fannie COPELAND have > left a lot of offsping who still lives in Maries and the adjoining counties, > including a Ronald Earl Hinson. There are also ELKINS descendant's still > living in Maries County. Please write to me; R.E. Hinson, Jr. P.O Box 33253 > Los Gatos CA 95031 or email me; roaten@prodigy.net > > > ==== MOMARIES Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >