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H. H. HENSIL, manufacturer of lumber, lath and shingles, Marienville, was born in Wheeling, W. Va., October
19, 1855. His father, Henry Hensil, a shoemaker by trade, and who was a native of Germany, moved to Allegheny City.
Penn., where H. H. Hensil was educated in the public schools. Our subject learned the sawyer's trade, and in 1877
moved to Jefferson county, engaging in the manufacture of lumber, and in 1881 came to Jenks township, Forest county,
where he now manufactures 16,000 feet daily. In 1882 he married Miss Nancy J. Stine, daughter of Mrs. Sarah A.
Stine, of Jefferson county, and she died March 6, 1888, aged twenty seven years, ten months and seventeen days,
leaving four children: Edward Miles, Annie Bell, Ella May and Lulii Josephine. Mr. Hensil in politics is a Democrat,
and is now serving as commissioner of Jenks township. He is a member of the Patriotic Order Sons of America.
From:
History of the Counties of
McKean, Elk and Forest,
Pennsylvania
With Biographical Selections.
J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers
Chicago, 1890.
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