BIOGRAPHY
Isaac Henry Henson was a U.S. Civil War Soldier. He fought on the Union side, and he was killed on December, 27, 1862, in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Enlistment Date: 10 Aug 1862; Side served: Union; Regiment State/Origin: Illinois; Regiment Name: 91 Illinois Infantry; Regiment Name Expanded: 91st Regiment Illinois Infantry, Co H; Rank In: Private; Rank Out: Private.
Originally, Isaac was buried in the Elizabethtown Cemetery on 27 Dec 1862. Later in the Spring of 1867, his remains were removed from there and interred in Cave Hill National Cemetery in Louisville.
ISAAC'S DEATH
Lt. Jones and part of CO H (91st Ill) took possession of the courthouse & some other buildings in Elizabethtown. Lt. Jones & Isaac Henson were in the second story of the courthouse. Henson remarked, "If I am killed, just throw me down the stairs out of the way." Those were the last words for him, for at the instant a shell from the enemy's battery came into the room, bursting as it struck Henson, entirely severing his head from his body. At about the same moment a volley of Minnie balls came into the room, one striking Sergeant William F. Wood, causing a death wound, and another hit John W. Scott in the back. John died from wounds on Jan. 10th 1863. (A History of the 91st Ill by James M. Beverly. Pg 22) This historical segment presented by Elvin Smith Jr.
FAMILY MEMBERS
Father: Jesse Richard Henson, 1790-1880; Mother: Jemima Cobb, 1805-1847; and Susan Amanda Isom, 1820-1870. SIBLINGS: In order of age - Jesse Richard Jr. b:1834, James Henry b: 1837, John Franklin b: 1840, Martha Ann b: 1843, Mary Ann b: 1849, Annie Lavina 'Vina' b: 1853, Sarah Ann Lucinda b: 1855, Thomas Payne b: 1856, and Caroline b: 1859.
Isaac Henry Henson was a U.S. Civil War Soldier. He fought on the Union side, and he was killed on December, 27, 1862, in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Enlistment Date: 10 Aug 1862; Side served: Union; Regiment State/Origin: Illinois; Regiment Name: 91 Illinois Infantry; Regiment Name Expanded: 91st Regiment Illinois Infantry, Co H; Rank In: Private; Rank Out: Private.
Originally, Isaac was buried in the Elizabethtown Cemetery on 27 Dec 1862. Later in the Spring of 1867, his remains were removed from there and interred in Cave Hill National Cemetery in Louisville.
ISAAC'S DEATH
Lt. Jones and part of CO H (91st Ill) took possession of the courthouse & some other buildings in Elizabethtown. Lt. Jones & Isaac Henson were in the second story of the courthouse. Henson remarked, "If I am killed, just throw me down the stairs out of the way." Those were the last words for him, for at the instant a shell from the enemy's battery came into the room, bursting as it struck Henson, entirely severing his head from his body. At about the same moment a volley of Minnie balls came into the room, one striking Sergeant William F. Wood, causing a death wound, and another hit John W. Scott in the back. John died from wounds on Jan. 10th 1863. (A History of the 91st Ill by James M. Beverly. Pg 22) This historical segment presented by Elvin Smith Jr.
FAMILY MEMBERS
Father: Jesse Richard Henson, 1790-1880; Mother: Jemima Cobb, 1805-1847; and Susan Amanda Isom, 1820-1870. SIBLINGS: In order of age - Jesse Richard Jr. b:1834, James Henry b: 1837, John Franklin b: 1840, Martha Ann b: 1843, Mary Ann b: 1849, Annie Lavina 'Vina' b: 1853, Sarah Ann Lucinda b: 1855, Thomas Payne b: 1856, and Caroline b: 1859.
BIOGRAPHY
Isaac Henry Henson was a U.S. Civil War Soldier. He fought on the Union side, and he was killed on December, 27, 1862, in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Enlistment Date: 10 Aug 1862; Side served: Union; Regiment State/Origin: Illinois; Regiment Name: 91 Illinois Infantry; Regiment Name Expanded: 91st Regiment Illinois Infantry, Co H; Rank In: Private; Rank Out: Private.
Originally, Isaac was buried in the Elizabethtown Cemetery on 27 Dec 1862. Later in the Spring of 1867, his remains were removed from there and interred in Cave Hill National Cemetery in Louisville.
ISAAC'S DEATH
Lt. Jones and part of CO H (91st Ill) took possession of the courthouse & some other buildings in Elizabethtown. Lt. Jones & Isaac Henson were in the second story of the courthouse. Henson remarked, "If I am killed, just throw me down the stairs out of the way." Those were the last words for him, for at the instant a shell from the enemy's battery came into the room, bursting as it struck Henson, entirely severing his head from his body. At about the same moment a volley of Minnie balls came into the room, one striking Sergeant William F. Wood, causing a death wound, and another hit John W. Scott in the back. John died from wounds on Jan. 10th 1863. (A History of the 91st Ill by James M. Beverly. Pg 22) This historical segment presented by Elvin Smith Jr.
FAMILY MEMBERS
Father: Jesse Richard Henson, 1790-1880; Mother: Jemima Cobb, 1805-1847; and Susan Amanda Isom, 1820-1870. SIBLINGS: In order of age - Jesse Richard Jr. b:1834, James Henry b: 1837, John Franklin b: 1840, Martha Ann b: 1843, Mary Ann b: 1849, Annie Lavina 'Vina' b: 1853, Sarah Ann Lucinda b: 1855, Thomas Payne b: 1856, and Caroline b: 1859.
Isaac Henry Henson was a U.S. Civil War Soldier. He fought on the Union side, and he was killed on December, 27, 1862, in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Enlistment Date: 10 Aug 1862; Side served: Union; Regiment State/Origin: Illinois; Regiment Name: 91 Illinois Infantry; Regiment Name Expanded: 91st Regiment Illinois Infantry, Co H; Rank In: Private; Rank Out: Private.
Originally, Isaac was buried in the Elizabethtown Cemetery on 27 Dec 1862. Later in the Spring of 1867, his remains were removed from there and interred in Cave Hill National Cemetery in Louisville.
ISAAC'S DEATH
Lt. Jones and part of CO H (91st Ill) took possession of the courthouse & some other buildings in Elizabethtown. Lt. Jones & Isaac Henson were in the second story of the courthouse. Henson remarked, "If I am killed, just throw me down the stairs out of the way." Those were the last words for him, for at the instant a shell from the enemy's battery came into the room, bursting as it struck Henson, entirely severing his head from his body. At about the same moment a volley of Minnie balls came into the room, one striking Sergeant William F. Wood, causing a death wound, and another hit John W. Scott in the back. John died from wounds on Jan. 10th 1863. (A History of the 91st Ill by James M. Beverly. Pg 22) This historical segment presented by Elvin Smith Jr.
FAMILY MEMBERS
Father: Jesse Richard Henson, 1790-1880; Mother: Jemima Cobb, 1805-1847; and Susan Amanda Isom, 1820-1870. SIBLINGS: In order of age - Jesse Richard Jr. b:1834, James Henry b: 1837, John Franklin b: 1840, Martha Ann b: 1843, Mary Ann b: 1849, Annie Lavina 'Vina' b: 1853, Sarah Ann Lucinda b: 1855, Thomas Payne b: 1856, and Caroline b: 1859.
Inscription
3610, Isaac Henson, Ill.
