+-- Charles Newton Hinshaw
                                                    |    1849-1918 
                        +-- Edward Newton Hinshaw --+
                        |    1877-1951              |
                        |                           +-- Anna Ella Smith
                        |                                1852-1947 
Elmer Virgil Hinshaw ---+
B: 1915                 |                           +-- Christopher Plunkett
D: 1988                 |                           |
                        +-- Lona Maude Plunkett ----+
                             1882-1951              |
                                                    +-- Minnie Lena Skeels
M: Helen Hauskins
   +-- Tom Hinshaw,  1958-     
   +-- Sam Hinshaw,  1978-     

Elmer Virgil Hinshaw     [ID 00013]

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    (Elmer Virgil Hinshaw)^a,b    (Virgil Hinshaw)^c

(always known as Virgil).^d,c,a    Born Dec 5 1915, Westby, Sheridan County, Montana.^209,e,b,f

He married Helen Hauskins, Feb 5 1949, Matoon, Illinois.^b    Helen was born Oct 9 1921, Ramsey, Fayette County, Illinois.^b

Virgil was night editor with the Bloomington (Illinois) Daily Pantagraph,^d,c,a where his future cousin-in-law Martha Cooper also worked; Virgil was responsible for introducing Martha to his cousin Maurice, and they were subsequently married.^a

Virgil had "club feet" - Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) - as did his brother Don.^g,h    The club feet came from his mother's side, where all of her brothers had it.^g

In 1988 Virgil was living in Ramsey, Fayette County, Illinois.²⁰⁹

Elmer Virgil Hinshaw died Jul 28 1988, Pana, Christian County, Illinois; buried Ramsey, Illinois.^209,b   

Social Security information for Elmer Virgil Hinshaw: 341-18-5892

SOURCES

209. "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

(a) Contribution from Derek & Janet Cooper () citing:
Interview with Maurice Hinshaw, August 2000.

(b) Contribution from David W. Jones.

(c) Interview with Jack Hinshaw.

(d) Personal knowledge of Jan Hinshaw.

(e) Memiors of Mildred Hinshaw.

(f) 1920 census, Paxton, Patton Township, Ford County, Illinois; roll T625-368, ED 11, page 6B, line #53, dwelling #154, family #171.

(g) Interview with Lola Hinshaw Worley.

(h) Contribution from David W. Jones;
http://www.nejm.org/content/1993/0329/0002/0096.asp
http://www.charcot-marie-tooth.org
http://www.ultranet.com/~smith/CMTneto.html.

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