His first wife, Mollie Merriott (Mary Emily) died at the birth of their last child. Gus married Linnie Raye Brinkley and they had two children.
In 1913, Gus was involved in a dispute with a man which resulted in his injury and death of the other man. Gus was acquitted as it was decided it was self-defense. But in 1918, as he was returning from visiting a patient in Greensboro, Gus was shot as he stepped off the train. The family were devastated by this and most of them moved away.
(From Nita H. Shepard, Burke County Heritage II and the Morganton News Herald; death certificate.)
Interestingly enough, the death certificate notes that there was no doctor in attendance at the time of death. The coronor lists cause of death as "Pistol wounds of chest and abdomen Homicide".
His first wife, Mollie Merriott (Mary Emily) died at the birth of their last child. Gus married Linnie Raye Brinkley and they had two children.
In 1913, Gus was involved in a dispute with a man which resulted in his injury and death of the other man. Gus was acquitted as it was decided it was self-defense. But in 1918, as he was returning from visiting a patient in Greensboro, Gus was shot as he stepped off the train. The family were devastated by this and most of them moved away.
(From Nita H. Shepard, Burke County Heritage II and the Morganton News Herald; death certificate.)
Interestingly enough, the death certificate notes that there was no doctor in attendance at the time of death. The coronor lists cause of death as "Pistol wounds of chest and abdomen Homicide".
Family Members
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Minnie Alice Hennessee
1892–1896
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Eugene Lionel Hennessee
1894–1955
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Valentine Broadway Hennessee Sr
1898–1971
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Charles Robert Hennessee Sr
1899–1973
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Aubrey Conrad Hennessee
1903–1959
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John Alexander Hennessee
1904–1978
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Emanuel Augustus "Gus" Hennessee
1906–1996
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Frank Narcissus Hennessee
1908–1986
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Patrick Henry Hennessee
1910–1972
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Ivison Merriot Hennessee
1912–1913
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Dr Albert Edward Hennessee-Houk
1914–2003
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Nita Raye Hennessee-Houk Shepard
1916–2003
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