Greenbrier County, West Virginia          The Biography of Michael Evans HENNESSY

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Source:
History of Greenbrier County
J. R. Cole
Lewisburg, WV
1917
p. 103-104

MICHAEL EVANS HENNESSY

The Hennessys are of Irish descent. Those of that family living in Greenbrier
county are descendants of Patrick and Mary (Costello) Hennessy, whose son,
Edward, was born in Ireland, in 1833, and came to America when fourteen years
of age. After bringing his father and mother to this country, he settled in
Virginia.

Edward Hennessy, on May 17, 1865, married Miss Margaret Steers. She was born
in Pennsylvania, June 11, 1844. Their children were: Mary Elizabeth, born
June 6, 1866; Alice, August 21, 1867, died March 22, 1872; Margaret Ellen,
April 23, 1868; Michael Evans, September 9, 1870; Joseph Edward, September
23, 1873; Johanna, July 2, 1875; John Isaac, Decemher 7, 1877; Juliette, July
2, 1879. Mr. Hennessy, procuring a position with the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad Company, moved, with his family, to White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Michael Evans Hennessy, the subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm, and
with the other children of the family, was schooled in the White Sulphur
district. When twenty years of age he went West, and was for some time
connected with the Western Dredge and Improvement Company in the construction
of the Lake Michigan and Mississippi Canal, between Chicago and Joliet Later,
he returned to West Virginia and accepted a position with the transportation
department of the Cheasapeake & Ohio Railroad Com-pany, in which department
he served for a number of years. Resigning, he accepted a position with the
White Sulphur & Huntersville Railroad Company, which company he now serves as
su-perintendent. Mr. Hennessy is also interested in the drug business in
White Sulphur Springs. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and is known as a genial
companion and worthy citizen of his community.

On May 5, 1915, Mr. Hennessy married Margaret, a daughter of William Henry
and Mary Greene. Her grandparents, on both sides, came from Ireland. Mr.
Greene was a teacher in West Virginia for a great many years. He reared a
family of nine children, seven of whom, Mrs. Hennessy included, were teachers.
In 1912 Mr. Hennessy erected a commodious home one-half mile north of White
Sulphur Springs, in which he and his wife reside. They are members of the
Catholic church.