Ardella HENSLEY
1909 - 1926 (17 years)Person ID: I539034561 |  Last Modified: 3 May 2021
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Name Ardella HENSLEY Birth 4 Mar 1909 Breathitt, Kentucky, USA [1, 2, 3] Gender Female Died 14 Dec 1926 Jackson, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA [2, 3] Age: 18 Agency: Commonwealth of Kentucky, State Board of Health Cause: Bichloride Poisoning, Suicide - Notes for Ardella Hensley:
per Barbara Deaton:
Ardella worked at the old Bach Hospital. She was keeping company with a local fellow, Courtney/Red Hays. He was about 5 years older than Ardella. It seems he promised to marry her and backed out. At age 18, Ardella committed suicide by taking 5 tablets of an extremely deadly poison. She had gotten the tablets at the hospital. She lay sick and dying for about 3 weeks during which time she suffered horrific bouts of vomiting. The vomitus included bits and pieces of flesh. Courtney did not come around then nor later when she died.
Ardella had a small box. It was about the size of our shoe boxes. She kept it tied and near her all the time. She cautioned everyone not to bother the box nor to look in it. No one did. Her mother Sarah looked after the box and, presumably, saw that it was buried with Ardella. This adds come credence to the belief she and been pregnant.
Buried Kings Branch Cemetery, Jackson, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA [3] - Notes for Ardella Hensley:
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Parents
Father Jay Cooke HENSLEY (ID:I539034096), b. 5 May 1879, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA d. 29 May 1932, Jackson, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA (Age 53 years) Relationship Birth Mother Sarah VIRES (ID:I539034097), b. 8 Sep 1885, Kentucky, USA d. 1960 (Age 74 years) Relationship Birth Marriage 29 Jul 1897 Breathitt, Kentucky, USA [6] Marriages Jay and Sarah's marriage
Page from Sarah Vires Hensley Bible showing marriage of Jay C Hensley and Sarah Vires.Children 1. Bandon HENSLEY (ID:I539034557), b. 9 Sep 1900, Kentucky, USA d. 16 Sep 1923, Kentucky, USA (Age 23 years) 2. Tildon HENSLEY (ID:I539034558), b. 6 Jul 1901, Kentucky, USA d. 23 May 1988, Jackson, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA (Age 86 years) + 3. Edna HENSLEY (ID:I539034560), b. 17 Feb 1905, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA d. 17 Apr 1991, Marietta, Washington, Ohio, USA (Age 86 years) 4. Scott HENSLEY (ID:I539034559), b. 10 Apr 1907, Kentucky, USA d. 28 Nov 1922, Kentucky, USA (Age 15 years) 5. Ardella HENSLEY (ID:I539034561) (current person) , b. 4 Mar 1909, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA d. 14 Dec 1926, Jackson, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA (Age 17 years) + 6. Clarence C. HENSLEY (ID:I1615), b. 15 Apr 1910, Jackson, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA d. 18 Dec 1972, Jackson, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA (Age 62 years) 7. John W. Laugley HENSLEY (ID:I539034098), b. 12 May 1913, Jackson, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA d. 1 Oct 1934, Kentucky, USA (Age 21 years) + 8. Charles Stanley "Charley" HENSLEY (ID:I539034099), b. 20 Aug 1914, Jackson, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA d. 30 Dec 1950, Lickburg, Magoffin, Kentucky, USA (Age 36 years) + 9. Elizabeth Neal HENSLEY (ID:I539034100), b. 4 May 1917, Jackson, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA d. 12 Aug 1959, Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 42 years) 10. Mize HENSLEY (ID:I539034101), b. 23 Dec 1918, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA d. 11 May 1966, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA (Age 47 years) 11. Fred HENSLEY (ID:I539036362), b. 29 Oct 1920, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA d. 22 Jun 1921 (Age 0 years) -
Other Personal Events
Census 1910 Terry, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA [4] Census 1920 Precinct 6, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA [5] Patriarch & Matriarch James Samuel HENSLEY, b. 1605, Tiverton, Devon, England d. 1665, Northampton, Virginia, USA (Age 60 years) (7 x Great Grandfather)
Susannah WHITAKER, b. 24 Jan 1800, Washington, Tennessee, USA d. 29 Jul 1877, Wolfe, Kentucky, USA (Age 77 years) (2 x Great Grandmother) -
Photos Jay Cooke and Sarah Vires Hensley Family
Barbara Deaton on Facebook says: First one on back row is my dad, Clarence. Next is: Scott, Tildon, Bandon, Edna, Ardella. Front row: Grandfather Jay C. Is holding Charlie (or John); Granny Sarah V. Hensley is holding Neal. Neal's real name was Elizabeth.Ardella Hensley Histories Hensley Family Bible
Birth and Death Certificates Kentucky US Death Records 1852-1965 Death Certificates 1911-1965 1926-1927 Film 7017518 All Counties Ardela Hensley
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Reference Mark and Amy Kosinski. "Ardella HENSLEY". Four Branches Genealogy. https://www.fourbranches.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I539034561&tree=mhkr (accessed May 12, 2024).
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Source Citations
- [S00318] Jay C. Hensley and Sarah Vires, Family bible of Jay C. Hensley and Sarah Vires, 3.
- [S1595] Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.Kentucky. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport, Kentucky US Death Records 1852-1965 Death Certificates 1911-1965 1926-1927 Film 7017518 All Counties Ardela Hensley, 5159.
- [S1596] Thea Neace, Find a Grave Memorial 113886336, 113886336.
- [S782] United States Census Bureau, 1910 United States Federal Census Kentucky Breathitt Terry District 0008, 9A.
- [S1086] United State Census Bureau, 1920 United States Federal Census Kentucky Breathitt Precinct 6 District 0047, 4A.
- [S00379] Marriage Certificate - Jay C Hensley and Sarah Vires.