Charles Walter Henson

1888 - 1974  (85 years)

• Name	Charles Walter Henson
  Birth	9 May 1888	Hughart, Greenbrier Co., WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Jan 1974	Hanover, York Co., PA   [2]
  Burial	8 Jan 1974	Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Finksburg, Carroll Co., MD   [2]
  Person ID	I51155	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Family	Mary Virgie Crookshanks,   b. 1884, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 26 Feb 1945, Louisville, Carroll Co., MD (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1908	Greenbrier Co., WV   [3]
  Children	1. Cecil Bernard Hanson,   b. 17 Oct 1908, Hughart, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 16 Apr 1995, Westminster, Carroll Co., MD (Age 86 years)   2. Leslie Law Hanson,   b. 8 Jun 1911, Hughart, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 20 Mar 1979, Westminster, Carroll Co., MD (Age 67 years)   3. Lona Ladell Henson,   b. 19 Nov 1911, Hughart, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 5 Jan 1999 (Age 87 years)   4. Forest W. Henson,   b. 8 Nov 1913, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 14 Sep 1928, Hughart, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 14 years)   5. Acie Lawrence Henson,   b. 25 Jun 1915, Hughart, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 11 Dec 1992, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 77 years)   6. Vicie Jane Henson,   b. 1917, Hughart, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 23 Aug 1974, Westminster, Carroll Co., MD (Age 57 years)   7. Beulah Mae Henson,   b. 22 Aug 1918, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 10 Oct 2012, Gettysburg, Adams Co., PA (Age 94 years)   8. Harding Oakley Hanson,   b. 24 May 1920, Hughart, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 25 Mar 1992, Westminster, Carroll Co., MD (Age 71 years)   9. Clarence Walker Hanson,   b. 9 May 1922, Hughart, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 9 May 1985, Westminster, Carroll Co., MD (Age 63 years)   10. William Zenith Hanson,   b. 30 Aug 1924, Hughart, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 2 Sep 2005, Carroll Co., MD (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F17986	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 May 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 1 Jan 1908 - Greenbrier Co., WV  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  The Evening Sun, Hanover, PA, Monday, 7 Jan 1974, p. M-2, col. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-obituary-for-charles-w/171868396/ Deaths Charles W. Hanson Charles Walter Hanson, 85, of 306 Third Street, Hanover, Pa., died Saturday morning the Hanover General Hospital. He had been in declining health for more than a year. He was born in Cornstock, W.Va., the son of the late Charles W. and Margaret Susan Judy Hanson. Before becoming ill, he had been employed at the Hanover Shoe Farms. He was a member of the Sinking Creek Baptist Church, Clintonville, W. Va. His wife, Mary Virgie Crookshanks Hanson, died a number of years ago. Surviving him are the following children: Cecil B. Hanson and William Z. Hanson, Finksburg; Leslie L. Hanson; Harding O. Hanson and Clarence W. Hanson, Westminster; Acie L. Hanson, Clintonville, W. Va.; Mrs. Guy Miller and Mrs. Abraham L. Shuck, Westminster R. D. 2; 37 grandchildren and 43 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Myers funeral home, Westminster. The Rev. Charles I. Wallace Jr., pastor of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Finksburg, will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Finksburg. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1590] WWI Draft Registration Cards, (Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2005.), (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 May 2025), card for Charles Walter Henson, serial no. 41; Precinct 1, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. (Reliability: 3). [S2361] Pennsylvania. Hanover., The Evening Sun, Hanover, PA, "Deaths," 7 Jan 1945, p. M-2, col. 1; digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 6 May 2025). (Reliability: 3). [S1475] West Virginia. Greenbrier County., Greenbrier Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2010.), marriage register, 1-B: 179, line 1, Henson-Crookshanks, 1908; accessed 6 May 2025. (Reliability: 3).