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Kaye Kensinger

Kaye Kensinger

Female 1938 - 2001  (63 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Kaye KensingerKaye Kensinger was born on 15 Feb 1938 in Indianapolis, Hamilton, Indiana, USA (daughter of Oliver Perry Kensinger and Laurayne Inez McCown); died on 20 Apr 2001 in Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, USA; was buried in Fort Myers Memorial Gardens.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1960, Lafayette, Allen, Indiana, USA
    • Obituary: 12 May 2001, Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, USA

    Kaye married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Oliver Perry KensingerOliver Perry Kensinger was born on 19 Jan 1904 in Clinton, Henry, Missouri, USA; died on 5 Nov 1974 in Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, USA; was buried in Fort Myers Memorial Gardens.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1930, Maplewood, St Louis, Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1934, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1937, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1949, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA

    Oliver married Laurayne Inez McCown on 3 Jun 1924 in Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA. Laurayne (daughter of William Henry McCown and Inez Boyer) was born on 10 Aug 1904 in Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, USA; died on 19 Oct 2001 in Baxter County, Arkansas, USA; was buried in Fort Myers Memorial Gardens. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Laurayne Inez McCownLaurayne Inez McCown was born on 10 Aug 1904 in Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, USA (daughter of William Henry McCown and Inez Boyer); died on 19 Oct 2001 in Baxter County, Arkansas, USA; was buried in Fort Myers Memorial Gardens.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1910, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA; Living with Aunt and Uncle (Edward Boyer and Lillie M. Boyer)
    • Residence: 1920, Clinton, Henry, Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1930, Maplewood, St Louis, Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1934, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1937, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1938, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; Address: 6176 Rosslyn Ave. Lived at this address until around 1960
    • Obituary: 8 Nov 2001, Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168859747/laurayne-inez-kensinger

    Children:
    1. Carolyn Kensinger was born on 26 Feb 1932 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; died on 3 Feb 2013 in Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas, USA.
    2. 1. Kaye Kensinger was born on 15 Feb 1938 in Indianapolis, Hamilton, Indiana, USA; died on 20 Apr 2001 in Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, USA; was buried in Fort Myers Memorial Gardens.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  William Henry McCownWilliam Henry McCown was born on 7 Aug 1870 in Henry County, Missouri, USA (son of William M. McCown and Martha A. "Mattie" Houston); died on 28 Mar 1961 in Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana, USA; was buried in Washington Park East Cemetery.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Guardianship: 1875, Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, USA; William lost his mother, father and his two sisters by the age of 5.
    • Residence: 1880
    • Residence: 1900, Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, USA
    • Occupation: 1910, Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Clinton, Henry, Missouri, USA; Address: 501 East Green Street
    • Residence: 1930, Clinton, Henry, Missouri, USA; Address; 309 East Jefferson.
    • Residence: Abt 1937, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, USA
    • Residence: Abt 1940, Texas, USA
    • Residence: 1949, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; Address: 326 N. Emerson Ave.
    • Occupation: Abt 1950, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; Gravestone salesman at Washington Park East Cemetery
    • Residence: 1951, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1954, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; Address: 1928 N. Pennsylvania
    • Obituary: 30 Mar 1961

    Notes:

    William's mother and his two sisters died in 1873 when he was 3 years old. Then two years later his father died. He and his remaining siblings are shown living with Joel Duvall and his family in the 1880 census.

    Residence:
    William and his brothers, Cinncinatus and Thomas, are living with Joel Duvall and family./Windsor, Henry, Missouri

    Residence:
    Address: 208 Fourth St. Occupation: Hardware Dealer. His brother, Cincinnatus, lives at 205 Fourth St. and is in the same occupation.

    Occupation:
    Undertaker at the Brownington and Maplewood Cemeteries from abt 1910 to abt 1919. See attached sources.

    Residence:
    Son-in-law says William went to Corvallis but not sure when. Date is based on death of Cincinnatus' wife (d.1937) and Cincinnatus' death (d.1940) in Corvallis. William not found in 1937-1941 MO or IN city directories

    Residence:
    Son-in-law says William went to Texas where he raised chickens. Location and date he went to Texas is unknown but was after Oregon.

    Residence:
    Address: 1928 Pennsylvania. William was the notifier of his half sister, May Belle McCown's death (see her death record)

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38795231/william-henry-mccown

    William married Inez Boyer in Feb 1896 in Henry County, Missouri, USA. Inez (daughter of Oliver Boyer and Elizabeth Gutridge) was born on 24 Apr 1877 in Indiana, USA; died on 26 Jan 1909 in Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, USA; was buried in Deepwater Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Inez BoyerInez Boyer was born on 24 Apr 1877 in Indiana, USA (daughter of Oliver Boyer and Elizabeth Gutridge); died on 26 Jan 1909 in Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, USA; was buried in Deepwater Cemetery.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1880, Crooked Creek, Meade, Kansas, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
    • Residence: 1900, Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45772670/inez-mccown

    Children:
    1. William Eugene McCown was born on 27 Jul 1898 in El Dorado Springs, Cedar, Missouri, USA; died on 23 Apr 1966 in Manhattan, Kings, New York, USA.
    2. 3. Laurayne Inez McCown was born on 10 Aug 1904 in Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, USA; died on 19 Oct 2001 in Baxter County, Arkansas, USA; was buried in Fort Myers Memorial Gardens.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  William M. McCownWilliam M. McCown was born on 5 Aug 1829 in Indiana, USA (son of James M. McCown and Nancy Mourning Lewis); died in 1875 in Windsor, Henry, Missouri, USA; was buried in Laurel Oak Cemetery.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1850, Bean Blossom, Monroe, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 16 Sep 1853, Sacramento County, California, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA
    • Military: 10 Aug 1862, Clinton, Henry, Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1 Jul 1863, Clinton, Henry, Missouri, USA; Age: 33
    • Residence: 1870, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA

    Notes:

    Residence:
    William M. McCown and James Williams (brother of Nancy Williams, wife of Elijah Thomas McCown) arrived in California after traveling for three months from Indiana. They spent the next few years prospecting for gold.

    Residence:
    Returns from CA flush with gold. Purchases 600 acres of land near Calhoun in Windsor Township. He runs an important live stock ranch and is widely known as a successful breeder of racehorses. The 1870 US census shows he has real estate value of $10,000.

    Military:
    Civil War...60th Regiment E.M.M., Co. K. Relieved of duty 18 Apr 1863. Promoted to Captain on Dec 6, 1862

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34874131/william-m-mccown

    William married Martha A. "Mattie" Houston about 1860 in Missouri, USA. Martha (daughter of Harvey Houston and Elizabeth Brown) was born in 1838 in Ohio, USA; died in 1873 in Windsor, Henry, Missouri, USA; was buried in 1873 in Laurel Oak Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Martha A. "Mattie" HoustonMartha A. "Mattie" Houston was born in 1838 in Ohio, USA (daughter of Harvey Houston and Elizabeth Brown); died in 1873 in Windsor, Henry, Missouri, USA; was buried in 1873 in Laurel Oak Cemetery.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1850, Noble, Cass, Indiana, USA; Living with her father and step-mother
    • Residence: 1 Jun 1860, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA

    Notes:

    Residence:
    Living with brother Benjamin, sister Sarah (and her husband James Klepinger and their family), and step-mother Orrelia)

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34874247/martha-mattie-mccown

    Buried in the McCown family plot at Laurel Oak Cemetery (Lot: 0576 Gr: 06). Martha and her daughters, Alice and Laura, died during the US cholera epidemic of 1873 that swept through Missouri and most of the Midwest.

    Children:
    1. Alice L. McCown was born in 1861 in Windsor, Henry, Missouri, USA; died in 1873 in Windsor, Henry, Missouri, USA; was buried in 1873 in Laurel Oak Cemetery.
    2. Ulyssis S. McCown was born in 1863 in Windsor, Henry, Missouri, USA; died in 1863 in Windsor, Henry, Missouri, USA; was buried in 1863 in Laurel Oak Cemetery.
    3. Cincinnatus McCown was born in Oct 1865 in Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA; died on 19 Nov 1940 in Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, USA; was buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery.
    4. Thomas Benton McCown was born on 27 Feb 1868 in Windsor, Henry, Missouri, USA; died on 16 Jun 1919 in El Paso, Texas, USA; was buried in Laurel Oak Cemetery.
    5. 6. William Henry McCown was born on 7 Aug 1870 in Henry County, Missouri, USA; died on 28 Mar 1961 in Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana, USA; was buried in Washington Park East Cemetery.
    6. Laura May McCown was born in 1872 in Windsor, Henry, Missouri, USA; died in 1873 in Windsor, Henry, Missouri, USA; was buried in 1873 in Laurel Oak Cemetery.

  3. 14.  Oliver Boyer was born about 1846 in Indiana, USA; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1850, Franklin, De Kalb, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Franklin, De Kalb, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Crooked Creek, Meade, Kansas, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
    • Residence: 1910, Benton, Beaver, Oklahoma, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Oliver married Elizabeth Gutridge about 1870 in Missouri, USA. Elizabeth was born about 1852 in Missouri, USA; died on 3 Apr 1882 in Spencer County, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Elizabeth Gutridge was born about 1852 in Missouri, USA; died on 3 Apr 1882 in Spencer County, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1860, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Crooked Creek, Meade, Kansas, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Children:
    1. Edward Jay Boyer was born on 19 Aug 1871 in Henry County, Missouri, USA; died on 15 Nov 1947 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
    2. Sedulia Boyer was born about 1874 in Indiana, USA; and died.
    3. 7. Inez Boyer was born on 24 Apr 1877 in Indiana, USA; died on 26 Jan 1909 in Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, USA; was buried in Deepwater Cemetery.



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