Union veteran’s grave to be marked on Monday

GRASSY FORK – An unmarked grave of a Union soldier will soon have a military headstone to memorialize the veteran.

The Loyal Mountaineers Camp #39 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, which is based out of Maryville, will be placing a headstone for Sgt. Ezekiel Hensley of the 2nd North Carolina Mounted Infantry.

Sgt. Hensley is buried in the Ford Family Cemetery, which is in Grassy Fork…

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