• Born: 26 September 1908, Grand Tower, Jackson County, Illinois, USA
• Marriage (1): Matilda Permelia NELSON on 6 March 1937 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
• Died: 8 April 1972, Chester, Randolph County, Illinois, USA at age 63
• Buried: 12 April 1972, Lemay, Saint Louis County, Missouri, USA

   Other names for Eugene were Eugene K. HENSON and Eugene Kenneth "Blucher" HENSON.

  General Notes

EUGENE K. HENSON
   Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Schroeder Funeral Chapel, Chester, for Eugene K. Henson, 63, of 20 Washington Blvd., Chester.
   He was dead on arrival Saturday at Memorial Hospital, Chester.
   He was born on Sept. 26, 1906, in Grand Tower, the son of John B. and Susie Kunce Henson.
   On March 6, 1937, at Cape Girardeau, Mo., he was married to Tillie Nelson.
   Mr. Henson was a captain on a river boat.
   He was a member of the Prebyterian Church, Chester, the Masonic Lodge, the Eagles of Chester, the American Legion of Chester, and the Chester Boat Club. He was a World War II Veteran in the Coast Guard.
   Survivors include his wife; a stepdaughter, Delores Handale of St. Louis, Mo.; a sister, Ruby Pickens of Grand Tower; one grandchild and one great-grandchild.
   Burial will be in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, near St. Louis. The Rev. Howard Bailey will officiate.
   Memorial services by the Eagle's will be at 6:30 p.m. today at the chapel. Masonic services will be at 7:30 p.m., today at the chapel.

—  Southern Illinoisan, Monday, April 10, 1972, page 14, column 6

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  Burial Notes

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Section J Site 5376

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Parents: John Blucher Henson and Susan Elizabeth Kunce.

• He appeared on the 1910 US Federal Census on 18 April 1910 in Grand Tower Township, Jackson County, Illinois, USA. Sussie C Henson       46
  Clarance A Henson       26
  Ruby L Henson       20
  Duff J Henson       9
  Eugene K Henson       1 1/12

• He appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 14 April 1930 in Grand Tower Township, Jackson County, Illinois, USA. Harry Pickens       43
  Ruby Pickens       40
  Charles Bridges       18
  Dorothy Bledsoe       14
  Clarence Henson       45
  Eugene Henson       21
  Kenneth Bledsoe       20

• He had a residence in 1935 in Rural, Union County, Illinois, USA.

• He appeared on the 1940 US Federal Census on 1 April 1940 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Eugene K Henson       31
  Tillie R Henson       39
  Edward Miller       21

Eugene married Matilda Permelia NELSON, daughter of John H. NELSON and Elizabeth MAGLONE, on 6 March 1937 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. (Matilda Permelia NELSON was born on 24 December 1895 in Illinois, USA,^{2 3} died on 23 January 1982 in prob Saint Louis, Saint Louis City, Missouri, USA and was buried on 27 January 1982 in Lemay, Saint Louis County, Missouri, USA.)