┌── Jesse Hinshaw
                                                            │    1773->1850
                          ┌── William Hinshaw ──────────────┤
                          │    1810-c1905
                          │
                          │
John Ballard Hinshaw ─────┤
B: 1833                   │
D: 1904                   │
                          └── Mary Ann "Polly" Cunningham
                              c1813-?    
M: Malonna Frances Shaver
   ├── William Lee Hinshaw (1871-<1910) 1,2,3
   ├── Robert Sidney Hinshaw (1872-<1948) 1,2,3,4
   ├── Ernest Hinshaw (1875-?) 1,2,3
   ├── Mary M. Hinshaw (1877-?) 1,2,3

M: Vianna Hipp

M: Laura Jane Blankenship
   ├── Harry Charles Hinshaw (1883-1957) 1,4
   ├── John Ballard Hinshaw (1886-1894) 1,5
   ├── Maudie Florence Hinshaw (1888-1889) 1
   ├── Grover Cleveland Hinshaw (1889-1948) 1,4
   ├── Joseph B. Hinshaw (1890-1938) 1,4,5,6
   └── Richard Caron Hinshaw (1898-1955) 1,4,5

John Ballard Hinshaw     [ID 05042]

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John Ballard Hinshaw^1,7 [J.B. Henshaw^8,9].

Born Jul - 1833^2,6,7 [about 1844¹⁰], Hickman County, Kentucky^2,6,7.  

He married Malonna Frances Shaver¹ [Fanny Shaver^1,3], Jan 9 1868¹, Cross County, Arkansas¹.  Malonna, daughter of William Ashley Shaver & Matilda Stone, was born 1849, Bay Village, Poinsett County, Arkansas.^3,8,11  

John and family were shown in the 1870 census (Jul 6 1870), Mitchel Township, Cross County, Arkansas:¹⁰

Malonna died 1880, Evening Shade, Sharp County, Arkansas.^3,8,11  

John and family were again shown in the 1880 census, Sharp County, Arkansas:²

He then married Vianna Hipp¹³ [Vianna Hip¹⁴, Vianna Stone^15,16], Mar 8 1881¹³, Sharp County, Arkansas¹³.  Vianna, daughter of William Alfred Stone & Zilpha/Zelphia Smith^{15,16,17,18,19,20}, was born Oct 16 1850^{15,16,17,18,19,20} [about 1852¹⁴], Tennessee^{15,16,17,18,19,20}.  

Vianna had apparently been previously married (or had a relationship with) a -- Hipp or -- Hip, with whom she had a daughter, Fannie Hip/Hipp.  Vianna was shown in the 1880 census living with her parents and family in Fulton County, Arkansas, shown as a widow (which was commonly shown for other reasons such as divorce), with her daughter Fannie Hip [Hipp].¹⁴  

A marriage license was issued for John Ballard Hinshaw & Vianna Hipp (Mar 8 1881),¹³ but no completed marriage record/return is known to exist in government records.  According to family folklore, John Ballard Hinshaw intended to marry Vianna until he found out her child had been born out of wedlock and so he cancelled the wedding, saying he wasn't going to marry a "green skirted round heels".¹  

John and Vianna seem to have either never married, or quickly divorced or separated (a very short marriage), as Vianna [re]married to James William Blue, Jul 4 1886, Independence County, Arkansas,^17,18 with whom she had children Arminta E. "Minty" Blue (Apr 1887), Charles/Charley Eber Blue (Mar 1889) and Willie May Blue (Apr 1893).^15,16,20  Vianna died Nov 5 1931, buried Nail Cemetery, Izard County, Arkansas.¹⁹  

He then married Laura Jane Blankenship, Nov 4 1881, McDonald County, Missouri.^1,9,21,22  Married in the McDonald County courthouse by J.G. Huff, JP.^9,22  Laura, daughter of Joshua Blankenship & Eliza Metcalf, was born Jul 10 1860, Evening Shade, Sharp County, Arkansas.^1,11  In their marriage record, Laura was shown being from Wittsburg, Cross County, Arkansas.^9,22  

Note that Laura had been shown in the 1880 census as a servant in John Ballard Hinshaw's household.²  She was 26 years younger than John.²  

John was a fiddle player of some repute in the area where he lived.  Some old newspaper accounts from the Sharp County (Arkansas) Register, a local newspaper, tell of soirees where he provided the music.  Also, the account of the birth of his first daughter says he "grabbed his fiddle and began to play 'The Girl I Left Behind Me'".  John was a well-known blacksmith and is said to have been a favorite of Jesse James and his gang.¹  

John and family were shown in the 1900 census (Jul 10 1900), Elk Township, Washita County, Oklahoma:^4,6

John Ballard Hinshaw died 1904, Washita County, Oklahoma.²³  

John's last will and testament was written October 4, 1904 in Washita County, Oklahoma.  It was recorded February 10, 1905 at Cordell, Oklahoma (book 3 page 130).  His wife Laura was his sole beneficiary.²³  

Widow Laura and family were shown in the 1910 census (Apr 20 1910), Grubbs Township, Jackson County, Arkansas:²⁴

After a few years, Laura remarried to Frances Scott Key.¹  Laura died Mar 12 1931, Marked Tree, Poinsett County, Arkansas.¹¹  She is buried beside him in Nichols Cemetery, Lepanto, Arkansas.²⁶  

Sources

1. Contribution from Dale Hinshaw McMasters.
2. 1880 census, Evening Shade, Sharp County, Arkansas; ED 191; page 136A, line #14, dwelling #237, family #240.
3. "Descendants of Thomas Stone": http://users.bscn.com/harryv/stone.htm.
4. 1900 census, Elk Township, Washita County, Oklahoma Territory; ED 208, page 69B (sheet 22), line #89, dwelling #444, family #444.
5. "Descendants of John Ballard Hinshaw" by Dale Hinshaw McMasters:
   http://www.couchgenweb.com/poinsett/hinshaw.htm.
6. Contribution from Dale Hinshaw McMasters citing: census data.
7. Family group sheets contributed by Andrew Jackson Hinshaw.
8. "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas";
   Chicago: Goodspeed Publishers, 1889.
9. "McDonald County Marriages, Book C 1881-1888";
   posted May 23 2000 by Patricia Scott () to MOMCDONA-L.
10. 1870 census, Wittsbury P.O., Mitchel Township, Cross County, Arkansas; page 356, line #14, dwelling #28, family #47.
11. Mary Dolores Bloemker database: http://members.aol.com/maryb/maryb.htm.
12. 1870 census, Wittsbury P.O., Mitchel Township, Cross County, Arkansas; page 356, line #10, dwelling #27, family #45.
13. Contribution from Dale Hinshaw McMasters citing:
    marriage license.
14. 1880 census, Bennetts Bayou, Fulton County, Arkansas; roll T9-45, ED 70, page 74A, line #8, dwelling #299, family #305.
15. Ancestry Family Tree data "Blue Family Tree" posted by "3pick2".
16. Ancestry Family Tree data "Presley Family Tree" posted by "Shalom1940".
17. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957; http://www.ancestry.com.
18. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; http://www.ancestry.com.
19. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83760360.
20. 1900 census, Barren Fork, Izard County, Arkansas; roll T623-62, ED 157, page 1A, line #29, dwelling #5, family #5.
21. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Missouri.
22. McDonald County Missouri Marriages, Book C (1881-1888); USGenWeb Archives.
23. Contribution from Dale Hinshaw McMasters citing:
    John Ballard Hinshaw's will, written Oct 4 1904, probated Jan 12 1905.
24. 1910 census, Grubbs Township, Jackson County, Arkansas; roll T624-53, ED 67, page 152B, line #68, dwelling #54, family #54.
25. 1910 census, Grubbs Township, Jackson County, Arkansas; roll T624-53, ED 67, page 152B, line #67, dwelling #53, family #53.
26. Contribution from Dale Hinshaw McMasters citing:
    Arkansas death certificate.

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