James Hensley

1824 - 1831  (7 years)   Has 13 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	James Hensley
  Birth	2 Jan 1824	Sangamon Co, IL
  Gender	Male
  _UID	C335898DD2DAD4118AC44445535400001DEE
  Death	18 Aug 1831	Sangamon Co, IL
  Person ID	I19673	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Simon Hensley,   b. 26 Feb 1785, Washington Co, VA d. 12 Aug 1826, Sangamon Co, IL (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Mary Arnold,   b. 24 Aug 1792, OH d. 1 Oct 1857, Warren Co, IL (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	23 Feb 1820	Miami Co, OH
  _UID	8115B4512204F743A7B020F911A162C5445A
  Family ID	F9583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  !REFRENCE: https://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/hensley/hensley-simon-sangamon-il.html !REFERENCE: History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois: "centennial record", John Carroll Power, Sarah A. Power, Old Settlers' Society of Sangamon County (Ill.) Publisher - Edwin A. Wilson & Co., 1876. pp 370-371. HENSLEY, SIMON, was born Feb. 26, 1785, in Washington county, Va. He was married Feb. 2, 1820, near Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio, to Mary Arnold, who was born Aug. 24, 1792, in Ohio. They had two children in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1823, in what is now Island Grove township, north of Spring creek, where two children were born. Of their four children JOHN, born Jan. 20, 1821 in Ohio, married in Sangamon county:Thursday, between Christmas and New Year, Dec., 1861, to Leanah Lynch. She was born Jan. 12, 1841, in Pickaway county, Ohio. They had six children-MARY and JAMES died young. KATIE, WIL-LIAM, SAMUEL and HARRY, live with their parents, in Cartwright township, four miles east of Berlin. SAMUEL, born June 16, 1822, in Ohio, is unmarried, and lives with his brother John. JAMES, born Jan. 2, 1824, in Sangamon county, died Aug. 18, 1831. GEORGE, born Dec. 13, 1825, in Sangamon county, married, in 1857, to Calista Huber, a native of Ohio. They have three children, MARY J., HORACE and BELLE, and live near Topeka, Kansas. Simon Hensley died Aug. 12, 1826, in Sangamon county, and his widow married Aug. 22, 1827, to Josiah Kirkpatrick. They had two children JACOB KIRKPATRICK, born Oct. 5, 1828, in Sangamon county, married Huldah Atkinson. They have three children, HENRY, WILLIAM and MARY, and live-1873-near Roseville, Warren county, Ill. MARY A. KIRKPATRICK, born Aug. 19, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Dr. Remer Sanders. They have two children, MARINDA and CLARA, and reside near Avon, Fulton county, Ill. Dr. Sanders is a practicing physician, now-1873-on a tour to Europe. Mrs. Mary A. Kirkpatrick died, in 1857, and Josiah Kirkpatrick died March 18, 1872, both in Warren county, Ill.;