John A. Hinshaw

John A. Hinshaw

                                         ┌── Jacob Hinshaw
                                         │   c1768-1811 
                      ┌── Eli Hinshaw ───┤
                      │   c1789-?        │
                      │                  └── Nancy Ann Clanton
                      │                       1771-?    
John A. Hinshaw ──────┤
B: 1824               │                  ┌── Jesse Vestal
D: 1919               │                  │
                      └── Phebe Vestal ──┤
                           1801-?        │
                                         └── Martha Cassady
M: Polly L. Neal
   ├── Landa Watters Henshaw (1849-?) ^1,2,3

M: Amanda R. Thompson
   ├── Eulalia L. Henshaw (1867-?) ^4,5,6
   ├── John J. Henshaw (1869-?) ^4,5,6
   ├── Terri H. Henshaw (c1872-?) ⁵
   ├── Carroll F. Henshaw (1877-?) ^5,6
   └── Florence Henshaw (1885-?) ⁶

John A. Hinshaw [ID 10174]

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John A. Hinshaw^2,3 [John Henshaw^1,5,6,7,8].

Born Feb 29 1824, Tennessee.^{4,5,6,9,10,11} (Feb 29 1822).¹² (1825).^1,2,3

He married Polly L. Neal, about 1848.¹ Polly, daughter of John N. Neal & Ann Elizabeth Smith, was born 1829, Tennessee.^1,2,3,13

John and family were shown in the 1850 census (Oct 1 1850), Pulaski County, Missouri:²

John A. Hinshaw, age 24, born in Tennessee; farmer.

Polly L. Hinshaw, age 20, born in Tennessee.

Landon W. Hinshaw, age 1, born in Missouri.

Susan Hinshaw, age 63, born in North Carolina.

Also living in Pulaski County, Missouri in 1850 was the family of brother Levi Hinshaw #6861¹⁴ and sister Elizabeth Hinshaw #5669.¹⁵ Note that the Susan Hinshaw above is currently unidentified, but is probably the same as an unidentified Susanna Hinshaw of about the same age who was living in 1860 with the family of sister Elizabeth Hinshaw #5669.

John and family were shown in the 1860 census (Jul 27 1860), Atascosa County, Texas:³

John Hinshaw, age 35, born in Tennessee; farmer; $300 real estate; $205 personal property.

Polly Hinshaw, age 31, born in Tennessee.

Landa Hinshaw, age 11, born in Missouri.

Living next door in 1860 were Polly's parents.¹⁶

During the Civil War John served as a private in Company C, 32nd Texas Cavalry (36th Cavalry, "Woods' Regiment"), from about May 15 1862 to May 20 1864.^17,18,19,20

Polly died 1864, Fairview, Collin County, Texas.¹³

He then married Amanda R. Thompson^7,8 [Rosa Amanda Thompson^4,5,9,13,21, Rosanah A. Thompson⁹], Mar 31 1864^7,8, Atascosa County, Texas^7,8. Amanda, daughter of Hiram Lowe Thompson & Louisiana Jackson Dever, was born Jan 28 1844, Texas.^4,5,9,11,13

John and family were shown in the 1870 census (Sep 19 1870), Bexar County, Texas:⁴

Henshaw, John, age 46, born in Tennessee; farmer; $600 real estate; $600 personal property.

Henshaw, Rosa A., age 26, born in Texas; keeping house.

Henshaw, Eulalia L. [unclear], age 3, born in Texas.

Henshaw, John J., age 8 months, born Dec [1869] in Texas.

John and family were shown in the 1880 census (Jun 2-3 1880), Bell County, Texas:⁵

Henshaw, John, age 56, born in Tennessee; parents born in North Carolina; farmer.

Henshaw, Rosa, wife, age 36, born in Texas; father born in Missouri; mother born in Iowa; housekeeping.

Henshaw, Eulalia L., daughter, age 13, born in Texas; father born in Tennessee; mother born in Texas.

Henshaw, John J., son, age 10, born in Texas; father born in Tennessee; mother born in Texas; attended school.

Henshaw, Terri H., son, age 8, born in Texas; father born in Tennessee; mother born in Texas; "maimed, crippled, bedridden, or otherwise disabled".

Henshaw, Carroll F., son, age 2, born in Texas; father born in Tennessee; mother born in Texas.

Amanda died Sep 11 1895, buried Plot 1P-011, Saints Oakwood Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.^11,13

John was shown in the 1895 city directory of San Antonio, Texas:²²

Henshaw John, r 104 Simon.

Widower John and family were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 13 1900), 3308 South Flora Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas:⁶

Henshaw, John, head-of-household, age 76, born Feb 1824 in Tennessee; parents born in Virginia; widower; occupation: none; owned home.

Henshaw, John J., son, age 30, born Dec 1869 in Texas; father born in Tennessee; mother born in Texas; married 6 years; occupation: farm laborer.

Henshaw, Carrol F., son, age 22, born Aug 1877 in Texas; father born in Tennessee; mother born in Texas; single; occupation: farm laborer.

Henshaw, Florence, daughter, age 15, born Feb 1885 in Texas; father born in Tennessee; mother born in Texas; single; attended school 2 months.

Miles, Eula, daughter, age 32, born Nov 1867 in Texas; father born in Tennessee; mother born in Texas; married 3 years; 1 child, 1 living.

Miles, Thomas J., son-in-law, age 27, born Mar 1873 in New York; parents born in Ireland; married 3 years; occupation: brakeman (R.R.).

Miles, Katie R., granddaughter, age 1, born Oct 1898 in Pennsylvania; father born in New York; mother born in Texas.

Henshaw, Elsa, granddaughter, age 17, born Jan 1883 in Texas; father born in Missouri; mother born in Texas.

John and sons were shown in the 1901 city directory of San Antonio, Texas:²²

Henshaw Carroll L, lab, 3308 S Flores.