THE people

Flora Kerns Hensley

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

February 1, 1868

DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

GENDER:

F

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Mrs. Guy Hensley

MAIDEN NAME:

Kerns

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

Logansport

IN

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

35

MARITAL STATUS:

Married

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, IN

MORGUE:

Rolston

IDENTIFIED BY:

Guy Hensley

OTHER NOTES:

Mrs. Hensley and her two daughters, Genevieve and Miriam, were in Chicago "to witness the performance of 'Mr. Bluebeard' at which they lost their lives, and were to have returned to Logansport the next morning." Indianapolis Star

"Three children are left to mourn a mother's loss, one a baby a year old today. The mother had never been away from her baby before." Indianapolis Star

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2
Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana) Saturday, January 02, 1904 page 2
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34776225/flora-a-hensley

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup

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