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Mr. and* Mrs. Howard Hensley Returned.Mr. and Mr#, Howard Hensley left the latter part of May for a visit to the scenes of their early childhood in Illinois and Indiana. Aiter enjoying an extended visit^^reLaffi^po,®6Dde^viilo/Chi-oago and Shelden, 111., and Kens-ellaer, Delphi, Camden, Florea, Franklin, Grayford, North Vern. on and Bloomington, Ind.Camden was the birthplace of Mrs. Hensley and at Bloomington Mr. Hensley first saw the light of day. It^wasjthere] he enlisted for the fight for Uncle Sam, in Co. F, 27th Ind. Inf. This company enjoyed the distinction of averaging the tallest in the service. There were eighty men in it that were each six feet or more in height,and the captian, David VanBus-tkirk, ffas seven feet tall. Mr. Hensley met a good many of these old comrades while gone.He reports the crops through Illinois and Indiana to be in about the same condition as they arehero.
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Bedford Free Press
Bedford, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 12, 1906
Page 5
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