+-- Henry R. Henshaw
                         |   c1834-1909 
                         |
                         |
Jared Richard Henshaw ---+
B: c1860                 |
D: 1939                  |
                         +-- Anna B. Percival
                             c1836-<1900
M: Susan Francis Shanks
   +-- Harry Thomas Henshaw,  1888-1971 
   +-- (stillborn son) Henshaw, <1888-?    
   +-- Stephan Lewis Henshaw,  1891-1972 
   +-- Ethyl Mae Henshaw,  1895-1983 

Jared Richard Henshaw     [ID 10955]

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    (Jared Richard Henshaw)^a,b,c,d    (Richard J. Henshaw)^e,f

Born about 1860, Buchanan County, Missouri.^a,b,c,g,d,f    Jared was born on October 18, the exact year unknown,^a although census data shows it would have been 1859 or 1860.^b,c,d

He married Susan Francis Shanks, Jan 29 1885, Buchanan County, Missouri.^a,74    Susan, daughter of George W. + Jane Shanks, was born about 1869, Missouri.^h,g,d,f

Susan was the daughter of George W. Shanks, a Union soldier who had walked guard duty in the prison where Jared's father had been held prisoner during the Civil War.^a

Richard Henshaw was shown in the 1887 list of taxpayers in Platte River, Jackson Township, Buchanan County, Missouri.^e    He was again shown in the 1889 taxpayer list, same location.^e    The same taxpayer lists also show brother John as well as an unidentified A.B. Henshaw^e (perhaps their mother or possibly brother Allen),ⁱ and also an unidentified Fred Washington Henshaw of St. Joseph, Buchanan County (1890).^e

Richard Henshaw was shown in an 1888 city directory of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, where he was listed as a driver with "Gilpin & Bro.", with his residence at 433 N. 18th.^j    Again in 1889 J. Richard Henshaw was shown in a St. Joseph city directory, where he was listed as a clerk with "Gilpin & Bro.", with his residence at 109 N. 16th.^j    In 1890 Richard Henshaw was shown in the St. Joseph city directory, this time as a "dairyman" living at 117 N. 8th.^j    Also listed in the St. Joseph city directories of 1887-1890 were brother Thomas Henshaw (also a dairyman of 117 N. 8th), brother John Henshaw, brother Allen Henshaw, a Mrs. Bridget Henshaw, and a Joseph A. Henshaw.^j

About 1902/1903 the family moved to Houston, Texas, but moved back to the St. Louis, Missouri area by 1904.^k

Jared and family were shown in the 1910 census (Apr 23 1910), 2729 Sheridan Ave., St. Louis, Missouri:^g

Susan died 1944, St. Louis County Hospital, St. Louis County, Missouri.^k   

SOURCES

74. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Missouri.

(a) Contribution from Ann Leone.

(b) 1870 census, Crawford Township, Buchanan County, Missouri; page 317A, line #1, dwelling #59, family #65.

(c) 1880 census, Green Township, Platte County, Missouri; roll T9-0710, ED 88, page 59A, line #36, dwelling #41, family #41.

(d) 1920 census, Davis Township, Henry County, Missouri; roll T625-921, ED 91, page 1B, line #90, dwelling #24, family #26.

(e) Graden, Debra, ed. "Buchanan County Taxpayers, 1887-1890"; Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999.

(f) 1930 census, Central Township, St. Louis County, Missouri; roll T626-1225, ED 84, page 14A, line #22, dwelling #304, family #305.

(g) 1910 census, 19th Ward, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri; roll T624-820, ED 303, page 136A, line #10, dwelling #147, family #210.

(h) 1880 census, Jackson Township, Buchanan County, Missouri; roll T9-675, ED 78, page 490A, line #41, dwelling #42, family #44.

(i) Speculation.

(j) "St. Joseph, Missouri Directories, 1887-90". Provo, UT: Ancestry, 2000.

(k) Contribution from Harry Thomas Henshaw, Jr..

(l) 1920 census, 27th Ward, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri; roll T625-958, ED 559, page 9B, line #80, dwelling #186, family #192.

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