┌── Cyrus Clarkson Hinshaw
                                                 │    1823-1900 
                         ┌── Alonzo B. Hinshaw ──┤
                         │    1853-1900          │
                         │                       └── Eliza Jane Pitts
                         │                            1824-1904 
Russell Cyrus Hinshaw ───┤
B: 1885                  │                       ┌── Cyrus Barnard
D: 1967                  │                       │
                         └── Anna Mary Barnard ──┤
                              1857-1927          │
                                                 └── Mary C. Paddock
M: Blanche Hardin
   ├── Vivian Hinshaw (1912-) 1,2,3,4,5
   ├── Hilda Hinshaw (1916-) 1,2,3,5,6
   └── Ralph C. Hinshaw (1918-1999) 1,2,3,5,6,7

Russell Cyrus Hinshaw     [ID 01025]

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Russell Cyrus Hinshaw^1,8,9,10 [Russell C. Henshaw⁶].

Born Feb 23 1885, Henry County, Indiana.^{1,2,3,6,8,9,10,11}  

He married Blanche Hardin^1,8,12,13 [Blanche Rardin¹²], Feb 20 1907^1,8,12,13, Henry County, Indiana^1,8,12,13.  Blanche, daughter of Joseph C. Hardin & Mary E. Byers, was born Dec 27 1883, Greensboro, Henry County, Indiana.^1,2,3,9,11  

Russell and Blanche were shown in the 1910 census (Apr 27 1910), Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana:¹¹

At Cherry Grove MM on 3-13-1915, Russell was granted a certificate to Dover MM.¹⁴  

At Dover MM on 3-24-1915, Russell was received on a certificate from Cherry Grove MM.¹⁴  

On Sep 12 1918 Russell Cyrus Hinshaw, age 33, registered for the World War I draft in New Castle, Henry County, Indiana.  He declared he was born Feb 23 1885 and he was then residing in New Castle, Indiana where he was a self-employed farmer.  He was recorded as medium height, medium build, blue eyes, brown hair.¹⁰  

Russell and family were shown in the 1920 census (Jan 1920), Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana:²

Russell and family were again shown in the 1930 census (May 7 1930), Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana:³

In 1967 Russell was living in New Castle, Henry County, Indiana.⁹  

Russell Cyrus Hinshaw died Dec 10 1967, Henry County Hospital, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana; age 82.^1,8,9,15  

Russell's obituary was published in the "Anderson Daily Bulletin" (Anderson, Indiana) on Monday, December 11, 1967.¹⁵

Russell Hinshaw Of Kennard Dies KENNARD -- Russell C. Hinshaw, 82, RR, New Castle, a lifelong resident of the Kennard community, died early Sunday morning in the Henry County Hospital at New Castle, after a short illness.  Born near Greensboro, Feb. 23, 1885, he was the son of the late Lonzo and Mary Anna Barnard Hinshaw.   Mr. Hinshaw was a very active member of the Greensboro Masonic Lodge, No. 175 and Eastern Star Chapter of Lodge No. 543, past master of the lodge, past worthy patron of the chapter, charter member of the Eastern Star No. 543 and of the Henry Co., Greensboro Twp. Farm Bureau.   Surviving with the widow, Blanche, are two daughters, Mrs. Fred (Vivian) Rogers of Pendleton and Mrs. Hilda Fisher of Noblesville; a son Ralph Hinshaw of Frankfort; two brothers, Herbert Hinshaw of Kennard and Floyd Hinshaw of Spiceland; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.   Funeral services have been arranged for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Condo and Son Funeral Home in Wilkinson with the Rev. Maurine Fisher, in charge.  Burial will take place in the Glen Cove Cemetery at Knightstown.   Friends are being received anytime at the funeral home where masonic memorial rites will be held by the Greensboro Lodge at 7 p.m. this evening and Eastern Star services will be held at 7:30 p.m. tonight.

In 1980 Blanche was living in/near Wilkinson, Hancock County, Indiana.⁹  

Blanche died Mar 24 1980, Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana; buried Glencove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana.^1,9

Photo: Russell Cyrus Hinshaw World War I draft registration card ¹⁰

Social Security information for Russell Cyrus Hinshaw: 316-05-3696

Social Security information for Blanche Hardin: 306-70-7646

Sources

1. "Hinshaw-Bernard and Related Families" by Cordelia E. Bogue Wright, in the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS), microfiche #6019151.
2. 1920 census, Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana; roll T625_437, ED 62, page 16B, line #70, dwelling #221, family #224.
3. 1930 census, Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana; roll T626-592, ED 12, page 5A, line #2, family #119.
4. Heiss, Willard. "Indiana Source Book", Vol. III; Indiana Historical Society, 1977, citing:
   1919 School Enumeration, Harrison Township, Henry County, Indiana.
5. "Hinshaw Family": a collection of family group sheets by Edna Harvey Joseph; LDS FHL microfilm #1572018 items 8-10 and #1572019 items 1-4
6. Henry County, Indiana Index to Birth Records, Book 1, Vol. 2,
   1882-1920, Indiana Works Progress Administration.
7. Indiana Births, 1880-1920; http://www.ancestry.com.
8. An untitled single-page typewritten document on yellow paper detailing Hinshaw lines of descent, author unknown - submitted by Fontella Hinshaw.
9. "Social Security Death Index" (as it is commonly called), derived from the Social Security Administration "Death Master File". See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson10.htm
10. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; http://www.ancestry.com.
11. 1910 census, Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana; roll T624-355, ED 80, page 104B, line #59, dwelling #150, family #150.
12. Henry County, Indiana Index to Marriage Records, Book 1, Vol. 2,
    1850-1920, Indiana Works Progress Administration; Book CC-12, page 262.
13. Indiana Marriages, 1845-1920; http://www.ancestry.com.
14. "Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana", Part 2, subtitled "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume VII", (a compendium of many of the records left by William Wade Hinshaw on his death), edited by Willard Heiss; GS929.3 H47 in a local library.
15. Obituary of Russell Hinshaw; "Anderson Daily Bulletin", Dec 11 1967;
    http://www.ancestry.com.

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