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Frances Miriam Hensley

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

July 1, 1898

PLACE OF BIRTH:

City of Birth:

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DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

PLACE OF DEATH:

City of Death:

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GENDER:

F

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Miriam Hensley, Marion Hensley*, Frances Hainsley*

MAIDEN NAME:

Hensley

ETHNICITY:

RACE:

NATIONALITY:

RELATED TO:

Guy Hensley
Flora Hensley
Genevieve Hensley

DATE OF MARRIAGE:

PLACE OF MARRIAGE:

DATE OF ADDRESS:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

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Logansport

Indiana

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ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

AT THE TIME OF the fire

ROLE:

Audience Member

STATUS:

Victim

AGE:

5

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

other information

MORGUE:

Horan

IDENTIFIED BY:

Guy Hensley

FUNERAL HOME:

CEMETERY:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, IN

OTHER NOTES:

Daughter of G. Hensley. Was initially listed as Frances Hainsley in the paper.

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

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/34776223/frances-miriam-hensley

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

Karl Sup

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