+-- Ezra Hinshaw
                                                 |    1797-1874 
                           +-- William Hinshaw --+
                           |    1826-1885        |
                           |                     +-- Jane Woodward
                           |                          1798-1882 
Alpheus Milikan Hinshaw ---+
B: 1855                    |                     +-- George Stalker
D: 1930                    |                     |
                           +-- Louisa Stather ---+
                                1828-1863        |
                                                 +-- Hannah Millikan
M: Frances Ann Whistler
   +-- Wayne Hinshaw,  1881-1956 
   +-- Lake H. Hinshaw,  1883-1950 
   +-- Bertha Hinshaw, c1885-<1911
   +-- Leonard Hinshaw,  1886-?    
   +-- Elsie Hinshaw,  1888-?    
   +-- Daisy Hinshaw,  1890-     
   +-- Fay W. Hinshaw,  1893-1973 

M: Elizabeth Kersey

Alpheus Milikan Hinshaw     [ID 01380]

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Born May 7 1855, Richland MM, Keokuk County, Iowa.^{59,63,205,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}

He married Frances Ann Whistler, Mar 26 1879, Richland, Keokuk County, Iowa.^59,205,b    (Francis Wisler)ⁱ    Frances, daughter of William Wisler & Anna Reppert, was born Aug 2 1857, Jefferson County, Iowa.^i,a,b,f,g

Alpheus and Frances were shown in the 1880 census (Jun 14 1880), Richland Township, Keokuk County, Iowa:^e

At Richland MM on 3-1-1884, Alpheus M. was granted a certificate to Hubbard MM, Iowa.⁶³

Alpheus and family were shown in the 1895 Iowa state census, Bangar, Marshall County, Iowa:^f

He then married Elizabeth Kersey, Feb 9 1923.²⁰⁵    Elizabeth was born c1868, Iowa.^h    It is believed that Elizabeth was probably Elizabeth (Hastings) Kersey, widow of Thomas Clarkson Kersey who had died in 1906.^k

Alpheus and Elizabeth were shown in the 1930 census (Apr 16 1930), East Main St., New Providence, Hardin County, Iowa:^h

Alpheus' obituary was published in "The American Friend" on November 27, 1930 (page 948).^l

A biographical sketch of Alpheus M. Hinshaw was published in "Past and Present of Marshall County, Iowa" by Judge William Battin (2 vols. Indianapolis, Ind.: B. F. Bowen, 1912):^b

Alpheus M. Hinshaw It would be hard to find within the borders of Marshall county a more scientific farmer than Alpheus M. Hinshaw, although he can show no degree from an agricultural college, yet he has been a keen observer all his life and has devoted his attention solely to his vocation and has been a diligent reader of all subjects pertaining to the same, so that a glance over his well tilled, well kept and productive fields is all that is necessary to show that he is a twentieth-century farmer in all that term implies. Mr. Hinshaw was born in Keokuk county, Iowa, May 7, 1855, and he is the son of William and Louisa (Stalker) Hinshaw, the father a native of Tennessee and the mother of North Carolina.    The elder Hinshaw came to Keokuk county, Iowa, in 1844, later returning to Indiana, where he was married.    In 1846 he located in Keokuk county, purchasing one hundred acres of good land, where he spent the rest of his life engaged in farming, his death occurring on October 11, 1885, his wife having passed away in 1863, when the subject was a young boy.    They were the parents of seven children, five of whom are living.    William Hinshaw was twice married, his last wife being Sarah Crakaal, by whom four children were born, all deceased.    In politics he was a Republican and he served his township as clerk and trustee.    He belonged to the Friends church.    Alpheus M. Hinshaw was reared on the home farm and educated in the public schools and he has made farming his life work.    He came to Marshall county in 1892 and bought ninety acres of good land, on which he has placed about all the improvements and made one of the choice farms of its size in the township.    On this he raises a diversity of crops and all kinds of live stock.    He has a very pleasant home.    He lived in Hardin county eleven years, and he served as clerk of Concord township two terms, performing his duties very faithfully.    In politics he is a Prohibitionist and he and his family are members of the Friends church. Mr. Hinshaw was married on March 26, 1879, to Frances Whistler, who was born in Jefferson county, Iowa, August 2, 1857, the daughter of William and Anna (Reppert) Whistler, the father a native of Pennsylvania and the mother of Ohio.    They came to Jefferson county, Iowa, in an early day and there his death occurred, his widow living in Keokuk county. To Mr. and Mrs. Hinshaw seven children have been born, namely: Bertha, deceased; Wayne, Lake, Leonard, Elsie, Daisy and Fay.

SOURCES

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

63. "The William Wade Hinshaw Index to [Iowa] Quaker Meeting Records", a microfiche in the LDS Family History Library.

205. "Hinshaw Family": a collection of family group sheets by Edna Harvey Joseph; LDS FHL microfilm #1572018 items 8-10 and #1572019 items 1-4

(a) New Providence Cemetery, Providence Township, Hardin County, Iowa; USGenWeb Archives:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~iahardin/cem-recs/newprov_cem.htm.

(b) Biography of Alpheus M. Hinshaw; USGenWeb Biographies Project:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~iabiog/marshall/m1912/m1912_h.htm.

(c) 1860 census, Richland Township, Keokuk County, Iowa; page 854, line #13, dwelling #841, family #841.

(d) 1870 census, South English P.O., Richland Township, Keokuk County, Iowa; roll M593-402, page 426, line #39, dwelling #279, family #282.

(e) 1880 census, Richland Township, Keokuk County, Iowa; roll T9-0349, ED 160, page 200C, line #29, dwelling #135, family #155.

(f) Iowa State Census, 1895; http://www.ancestry.com.

(g) 1920 census, New Providence, Providence Township, Hardin County, Iowa; roll T625-492, ED 194, page 10A, line #14, dwelling #30, family #30.

(h) 1930 census, New Providence, Providence Township, Hardin County, Iowa; roll T626-658, ED 21, page 1A, line #7, dwelling #3, family #3.

(i) Contribution from Chris Bowen () or ().

(j) 1880 census, Richland Township, Keokuk County, Iowa; roll T9-0349, ED 160, page 200C, line #20, dwelling #134, family #154.

(k) Speculative.

(l) Earlham College Library; "American Friend Obituary Index":
http://www.earlham.edu/~libr/content/friends/obituaries/index.html.

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