In 1838, Theophilus Hansel and his half-brother, William Hinson, traveled from North Carolina to Henry County and bought a 101-acre farm. Theophilus and his wife, Nancy Wyatt Hansel, had 12 children. The family raised corn, tobacco, horses, mules, chickens, and pigs.
The family's history reports several stories from the Civil War period. During these years, the farm and house were occupied by Union troops. The youngest son, Joseph Noah Hansell, who turned 10 at the outbreak of the war, took food to his brothers as they hid in the farm fields to avoid being conscripted to fight for the Union. When the Union troops left, they took young Joseph Noah's new horse with them and left another one that died the next day.
It was Joseph Noah who became the second-generation farm owner in 1874. By this time, the farm had increased to about 140 acres. He and his wife, Mary Margaret Beard, were married in 1878 and had five children. After Joseph Noah's death in 1940, his son, John Hansel, kept the house, living there until his death in 1962.
John's three sisters, Olive Elizabeth, Tonie Ellen, and Nancy Zula, remained in the area where they reared their families. In 1940, Zula and her husband, Jesse McDaniel, acquired the farm, where they continued to raise tobacco, corn, horses, mules and chickens. Their son, William Earl McDaniel, became the owner of the family farm in 1978. He and wife Janette are the parents of Charles.
The family's history reports several stories from the Civil War period. During these years, the farm and house were occupied by Union troops. The youngest son, Joseph Noah Hansell, who turned 10 at the outbreak of the war, took food to his brothers as they hid in the farm fields to avoid being conscripted to fight for the Union. When the Union troops left, they took young Joseph Noah's new horse with them and left another one that died the next day.
It was Joseph Noah who became the second-generation farm owner in 1874. By this time, the farm had increased to about 140 acres. He and his wife, Mary Margaret Beard, were married in 1878 and had five children. After Joseph Noah's death in 1940, his son, John Hansel, kept the house, living there until his death in 1962.
John's three sisters, Olive Elizabeth, Tonie Ellen, and Nancy Zula, remained in the area where they reared their families. In 1940, Zula and her husband, Jesse McDaniel, acquired the farm, where they continued to raise tobacco, corn, horses, mules and chickens. Their son, William Earl McDaniel, became the owner of the family farm in 1978. He and wife Janette are the parents of Charles.
In 1838, Theophilus Hansel and his half-brother, William Hinson, traveled from North Carolina to Henry County and bought a 101-acre farm. Theophilus and his wife, Nancy Wyatt Hansel, had 12 children. The family raised corn, tobacco, horses, mules, chickens, and pigs.
The family's history reports several stories from the Civil War period. During these years, the farm and house were occupied by Union troops. The youngest son, Joseph Noah Hansell, who turned 10 at the outbreak of the war, took food to his brothers as they hid in the farm fields to avoid being conscripted to fight for the Union. When the Union troops left, they took young Joseph Noah's new horse with them and left another one that died the next day.
It was Joseph Noah who became the second-generation farm owner in 1874. By this time, the farm had increased to about 140 acres. He and his wife, Mary Margaret Beard, were married in 1878 and had five children. After Joseph Noah's death in 1940, his son, John Hansel, kept the house, living there until his death in 1962.
John's three sisters, Olive Elizabeth, Tonie Ellen, and Nancy Zula, remained in the area where they reared their families. In 1940, Zula and her husband, Jesse McDaniel, acquired the farm, where they continued to raise tobacco, corn, horses, mules and chickens. Their son, William Earl McDaniel, became the owner of the family farm in 1978. He and wife Janette are the parents of Charles.
The family's history reports several stories from the Civil War period. During these years, the farm and house were occupied by Union troops. The youngest son, Joseph Noah Hansell, who turned 10 at the outbreak of the war, took food to his brothers as they hid in the farm fields to avoid being conscripted to fight for the Union. When the Union troops left, they took young Joseph Noah's new horse with them and left another one that died the next day.
It was Joseph Noah who became the second-generation farm owner in 1874. By this time, the farm had increased to about 140 acres. He and his wife, Mary Margaret Beard, were married in 1878 and had five children. After Joseph Noah's death in 1940, his son, John Hansel, kept the house, living there until his death in 1962.
John's three sisters, Olive Elizabeth, Tonie Ellen, and Nancy Zula, remained in the area where they reared their families. In 1940, Zula and her husband, Jesse McDaniel, acquired the farm, where they continued to raise tobacco, corn, horses, mules and chickens. Their son, William Earl McDaniel, became the owner of the family farm in 1978. He and wife Janette are the parents of Charles.
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