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Abstracted from "History of Arkansas,Lawrence County",pp. 793-794,by Barbara
Rippee Claxton;"Thomas C. Hennessee is a son of G. C. and Sallie (Smith) Hennessee, of Warren
County,Tenn. who emigrated to Wright County,MO., in 1842, where Thomas was
born March 20, 1844. In 1863 the family moved to Arkansas and located in
Lawrence County, where the father died in 1880. He served in the
Confederate army through the war and was one of the raiders under Price during
that general's daring exploits. The family consisted of four sons and three
daughters, who grew to mature years, of whom two brothers and three sisters
are yet living. Thomas C. Hennessee remained with his father on the farm
until the latter joined the Confederate army, in 1861. In 1862 he enlisted
in the Second Missouri Battalion of Calvary, and served in that company until
the close of the war. He was paroled and discharged at Shreveport,La., on May
10, 1865, and returned to his home in Lawrence County. During his career in
the army Mr. Hennessee has, no doubt, seen about as much fighting , and also
done fully as much as any soldier at that period. He took part in the fights
at Poison Springs, Marks' Mill, Jenkins' Ferry, and a great many skirmishes
and fights of lesser note, but equally as hot as the predecessors. When he
first joined the army, the battalion of which he was a member was composed
of 476 men, and out of that number only seveny-four lived through the
horrors of war to be paroled at its close. Mr. Hennessee received a gun-shot
wound in one of his limbs, which disabled him for a time; and, on another
occasion, was wounded by one of the guards, after being taken a prisoner,
while walking over a log to cross a creek. On December 21, 1865, he was
married to Miss Levira Bagley, of Arkansas, and then settled to a farm life
with his bride. He came on his present place in December, 1870, and has
cleared up about 160 acres, and built a fair house, out buildings and all
necessary adjuncts, besides a small orchard of well selected fruits. He
also owns another farm of 187 acres, with about sixty acres cleared up and a
comfortable house built upon it, owning altogether some 400 acres of rich
bottom land, situated about five miles northwest of Walnut Ridge. Mr.
Hennessee was elected justice of Cache Township in 1874, and held the office
continuously for twelve years. He is Democrat in politics, and a strong
adherent to the principles and doctrines of his party.Both he and his wife are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,South, and Mr. Hennessee is also a
member of the Knights and Ladies of Homor. They have had five children born
to them, all living. Their names are Martha, wife of J. S. Childers; Laura,
wife of W. G. Duty, Joseph G., John H. and Sallie Anna. Mr. Hennessee started
in life, after the war, without a dollar, and has accumulated his fine
property by industry, economy and good mangagment , and is now one of Lawrence
County's solid men and interprising citizens."
_____Abstracted from "History of Arkansas,Lawrence County",pp. 793-794,by Barbara
Rippee Claxton;"Thomas C. Hennessee is a son of G. C. and Sallie (Smith) Hennessee, of Warren
County,Tenn. who emigrated to Wright County,MO., in 1842, where Thomas was
born March 20, 1844. In 1863 the family moved to Arkansas and located in
Lawrence County, where the father died in 1880. He served in the
Confederate army through the war and was one of the raiders under Price during
that general's daring exploits. The family consisted of four sons and three
daughters, who grew to mature years, of whom two brothers and three sisters
are yet living. Thomas C. Hennessee remained with his father on the farm
until the latter joined the Confederate army, in 1861. In 1862 he enlisted
in the Second Missouri Battalion of Calvary, and served in that company until
the close of the war. He was paroled and discharged at Shreveport,La., on May
10, 1865, and returned to his home in Lawrence County. During his career in
the army Mr. Hennessee has, no doubt, seen about as much fighting , and also
done fully as much as any soldier at that period. He took part in the fights
at Poison Springs, Marks' Mill, Jenkins' Ferry, and a great many skirmishes
and fights of lesser note, but equally as hot as the predecessors. When he
first joined the army, the battalion of which he was a member was composed
of 476 men, and out of that number only seveny-four lived through the
horrors of war to be paroled at its close. Mr. Hennessee received a gun-shot
wound in one of his limbs, which disabled him for a time; and, on another
occasion, was wounded by one of the guards, after being taken a prisoner,
while walking over a log to cross a creek. On December 21, 1865, he was
married to Miss Levira Bagley, of Arkansas, and then settled to a farm life
with his bride. He came on his present place in December, 1870, and has
cleared up about 160 acres, and built a fair house, out buildings and all
necessary adjuncts, besides a small orchard of well selected fruits. He
also owns another farm of 187 acres, with about sixty acres cleared up and a
comfortable house built upon it, owning altogether some 400 acres of rich
bottom land, situated about five miles northwest of Walnut Ridge. Mr.
Hennessee was elected justice of Cache Township in 1874, and held the office
continuously for twelve years. He is Democrat in politics, and a strong
adherent to the principles and doctrines of his party.Both he and his wife are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,South, and Mr. Hennessee is also a
member of the Knights and Ladies of Homor. They have had five children born
to them, all living. Their names are Martha, wife of J. S. Childers; Laura,
wife of W. G. Duty, Joseph G., John H. and Sallie Anna. Mr. Hennessee started
in life, after the war, without a dollar, and has accumulated his fine
property by industry, economy and good mangagment , and is now one of Lawrence
County's solid men and interprising citizens."
Ginger Turner abstracts 1860 Lawrence Co.,AR Census and finds "Aunt Sissy"
enumerated as, "Louise BAGLEY, 21, F" in her father's household.
Ginger Turner abstracts 1860 Lawrence Co.,AR Census and finds "Aunt Sissy"
enumerated as, "Louise BAGLEY, 21, F" in her father's household.
Two infants deaths...1900 Lawrence Co.,AR census
Two infants deaths...1900 Lawrence Co.,AR census