Record #:

5822

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Born in 1919, Bea Hensley learned blacksmithing and the \"hammer language\" at the forge of Daniel Boone VI in Burnsville. Hensley's ornamental ironwork is known worldwide. He received a 1993 North Carolina Folk Heritage Award for preserving blacksmithing traditional techniques.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p75-76, por

Subject(s):

Blacksmiths--Mitchell County; Blacksmithing--Mitchell County; Hensley, Bea Ellis, 1919; Ironwork--Mitchell County