Husband: James Moody HENSON
Birthdate: August 19, 1876
Birthplace: Jackson, TN
Death date: August 7, 1952
Place of death: Blytheville, Miss. County, AR,
Buried: Heber Springs Cemetery, Cleburne County, AR.
Father: Isaac HENSON, 1851 in AL
Mother: Susan BROWN HENSON, 1854 in SC
Other Spouses: Annie DIXON in 1896 Dyer County, TN, what happened to his wife/marriage is unknown

Marriage date: July 10, 1900
Marriage place: Dyer County, TN

Wife: Susan Frances WRIGHT
Birthdate: November 19, 1881
Birthplace: Crockett County, TN
Death date: March 6, 1963
Place of death: Blytheville, Miss. County, AR,
Buried: Heber Springs Cemetery, Cleburne County, AR.
Father: Joseph WRIGHT, dob unknown
Mother: maiden name was SANDERS, no other information
Other Spouses: none known

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: William Lawrence HENSON
Sex: male
Birthdate: 1901 in TN
Marriage date: none known
Death date: rumored to have died around age 18 of pneumonia, in Heber Springs, Cleburne County, AR

Child No. 2: Moody Ancil HENSON
Sex: male
Birthdate: 1905 in TN
Marriage date: married Nell WALTERS, February 13, 1926
Other Spouses: none known
Death date: September 21, 1936

Child No. 3: There was at least one other child, on Chester's birth certificate there had been 4 births but only 3 living children so this child could have been born in TN.
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Child No. 4: Chester Harvey HENSON
Sex: male
Birthdate: June 1, 1909, in Blytheville, Mississippi County, AR
Marriage date: Eula Mae WHITTLE, August 26, 1939, in Blytheville, AR
Other Spouses: He married Ruby JACKSON, in 1925 in Heber Springs, Cleburne County, AR.
Death date: May 16, 1991 in Blytheville, AR

Child No. 5: Walter A. HENSON
Sex: male
Birthdate: February 5, 1912
Marriage date: Elzora McGRUDER
Other Spouses: M. Louise ?
Death date: 1999 in Ripley, TN

Child No. 6: Joe HENSON
Sex: male
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Death date: about age 2
 
 
Documentation:
* Isaac and Susan married January 16, 1870 in Dyer County, TN. They were living in Hardin County in 1880, Isaac's mother, Sarah HENSON, was living with them at the time, she was born in 1830 in AL. Father's name unknown.
* In 1880 there were 2 other HENSON families living nearby, the first being John H. and Laviney HENSON, born in 1852 and 1855 respectively, both born in AL, along with their children, Mary M., Arminda S., Hester A. M., James O., Martha E., and Alminda HENSON. The children were all born in either TN or AL. The second family was James P. and Sarazanna HENSON, born in 1859 and 1860 respectively, both born in AL. They only had one child at the time, John H. HENSON, born in 1879 in AL.
* The family has several pictures that were Susan WRIGHT HENSON's, there are pictures of Joe WRIGHT and family, Dave or Davey WRIGHT, Ruby WRIGHT, Mary WRIGHT, and Lula WRIGHT FRAZIER, along with many others of her friends and family.
* I have been unable to find grave site for William Lawrence HENSON.
* Ancil HENSON was a foreman for the WPA, highway work, in Heber Springs, Cleburne County, AR, he died in an accident at his home in which the dynamite blasting caps had gotten wet and exploded. His son Hugh Weldon HENSON was with him when the blasting caps exploded and died a few hours later from shock and a concussion at age 4, he birth date was August 7, 1932. Ancil and Nell had 2 other children, the oldest was Nellie "Pauline" HENSON who was born January 30, 1927 and died October 27, 1929 from a "fever." The youngest child was Moody Allen HENSON who was born in 1935 and died in 1953 from Leukemia. Moody Ancil HENSON and his family are buried in the Mt. Olive Cemetery in Cleburne County, AR.
* Chester Harvey HENSON was a policeman and fireman for the city of Blytheville, AR and also worked for a shoe factory called Rice Sticks. He and Eula Mae had 7 children. The marriage to Ruby produced one child, his name was C.H. HENSON, he was born February 3, 1929 in Heber Springs, AR and died February 6, 1985 in Merced County, CA. He is buried in Winton District Cemetery, Winton, CA.