Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.

EDWARD HENNESSY-railroad watchman and farmer, is the owner of 1,060 acres of 
good land, well-timbered with white pine, white oak, poplar, hickory, ash, 
chestnut, etc., his farm lying about three miles from White Sulphur Springs,
and in the district of that name. He was born in Ireland in 1833, and he 
married Margaret S. STEERS, born in Pennsylvania, June 11, 1844. Their 
marriage was solemnized May 17, 1865, and their children were born: Mary 
Elizabeth, June 6, 1866; Alice M., August 21, 1867; Margaret Ellen, September 
23, 1868; Michael Evans, September 9, 1870; Joseph Edward, December 23, 1873; 
Joanna, July 2, 1875; John Isaac, December 7, 1877; Juliette July 2, 1879.
Alice M. died March 21, 1872, and the other children are all at home. 
Patrick and Mary (COSTELLO) HENNESSY are the parents of Edward HENNESSY; 
and his wife is a daughter of Evans and Elizabeth (MULHOLLEN) STEERS. Her 
brother, William STEERS, was a soldier in the 27th Virginia Infantry, 
Confederate service, through the war between the States. Edward HENNESSY's
post office address is White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

Submitted by Valerie Crook
Email: <vfcrook @trellis.net>, 1999