Abel J. Hinshaw

┌── Abel Hinshaw │ 1799-1876 ┌── John A. Hinshaw ──┤ │ 1822-1888 │ │ └── Nancy Bookout │ 1799-1882 Abel J. Hinshaw ───┤ B: 1854 │ D: 1921 │ └── Elizabeth Titus 1829-1902 M: Nancy A. Brown ├── Sarah E. Hinshaw (c1877-?) ^1,2 ├── Cora H. Hinshaw (1882-1964) ^3,4,5 ├── Nora R. Henshaw (1883-?) ^3,5 ├── Fred Hinshaw (1888-?) ^3,5 └── Charley Lee Hinshaw (1893-1893) ⁶

He married Nancy A. Brown, Apr 27 1876, Randolph County, Indiana.^1,3,10 Nancy was born about 1858, Indiana.¹ (1856).⁸ (1855).⁹

Able and family were shown in the 1880 census (Jun 10 1880), Washington Township, Randolph County, Indiana:¹

Nancy died 1899, buried Mount Zion Cemetery, Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana.^5,8,9

Widower Able and family were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 11 1900), Penn Township, Jay County, Indiana:⁵

Widower Able was shown in the 1920 census (Jan 26 1920), living in the household of son Fred on Godfrey Road, Harrison Township, Blackford County, Indiana:¹⁸

Abel J. Hinshaw died Aug 9 1921, at his son's farm, near Hartford City, Blackford County, Indiana; buried Mount Zion Cemetery, Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana.^8,9,19 Abel hanged himself on a tree on the farm of son Fred. His body was found the next day, after an all-night search.¹⁹

Abel's death was reported in "The Indianapolis Star" (Indianapolis, Indiana) on Wednesday, August 10, 1921¹⁹ (see scan below).

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