+-- Benjamin Hanshaw
                                               |    1789-1878 
                        +-- Hezekiah Hanshaw --+
                        |   c1817-<1900        |
                        |                      +-- Susannah Symson
                        |                           1790-1852 
George Bates Hanshaw ---+
B: 1863                 |
D: 1939                 |
                        +-- Johanna Thompson
                             1826-?    
M: Caroline Evans
   +-- Lena M. Hanshaw,  1894-1973 
   +-- Cora Hanshaw,  1897-1926 

M: Myzelthia Nance

George Bates Hanshaw     [ID 14705]

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Born Apr 15 1863, Palmyra, Macoupin County, Illinois.^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}    (Apr - 1861).ⁱ

He married Caroline Evans, about 1886.^i,c    (Callie Evans)^d,g    Caroline, daughter of John O. + Elizabeth Evans, was born May 6 1859, Illinois.^{j,k,l,i,c,d,g}

George and family were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 7 1900), LaPorte, Harris County, Texas:ⁱ

He then married Myzelthia Nance.^f,e    (Mazelpha Nance)^m    (Mizelpha Nance)ⁿ    (Mezephia Nance)^o    (Mezelphia Nance)^p    (Mizelpia Bond)^q    (Myzelphia Nance)^r,s    Myzelthia, daughter of Berrick Nance & Emeline/Amelia Johnson, was born Jan - 1866, Illinois.^m,n,q,r,e,p

Myzelthia had been previously married May 18 1882, Bond County, Illinois^o to James Livingfield Coyle^o,p (and apparently divorced/separated as James Coyle remarried in 1892),^p then remarried to a William M. Bond.^q,r

George and Myzelthia were shown in the 1930 census (Apr 5 1930), Delaware, Nowata County, Oklahoma:^e

George apparently intended, at one time, to be buried with Caroline in Mt. Washington Cemetery, Nowata County, Oklahoma, as there is a gravemarker there with his name and birthdate (but no death date).^g    However he was actually buried in Monett Cemetery in Barry County, Missouri,^t perhaps only because he died in Monett.^u

Myzelthia died Aug 8 1943, at her home, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas; age 76.^s

Myzelphia's death was noted in "The Independence Daily Reporter" (Independence, Montgomery County, Missouri) on Tuesday, August 10, 1943:^s

Myselphia [sic] Hanshaw. Mrs. Myzelphia HANSHAW, 76, died Sunday night at her home in Coffeyville, where she has lived for the past nine years.    She is survived by a son, Elmer BOND of Coffeyville, and a daughter, Maud HENDRIX, of Richmond, Mo.    The time of the funeral services has not been set.

Photo: George Bates Hanshaw gravestone Monett Cemetery ^t,v

SOURCES

(a) 1870 census, Palmyra P.O., Township 12 Range 8, Macoupin County, Illinois; roll M593-250, page 315, line #14, dwelling #90, family #90.

(b) 1880 census, Central Township, Barton County, Missouri; roll T9-0673, ED 258, page 391B, line #33, dwelling #45, family #51.

(c) 1910 census, Gentry, Benton County, Arkansas; roll T624-44, ED 24, page 2B, line #70, dwelling #45, family #46.

(d) 1920 census, Delaware, Lenapah Township, Nowata County, Oklahoma; roll T625-1478, ED 67, page 13A, line #35, dwelling #154, family #168.

(e) 1930 census, Delaware, Nowata County, Oklahoma; roll T626-1916, ED 4, page 5A, line #6, dwelling #96, family #96.

(f) Posting Sep 30 2005 by Carol Hanshaw to the Macoupin County, Illinois query board:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/queries/query019.htm#1517.

(g) Burials in Mt. Washington Cemetery, Nowata County, Oklahoma; USGenWeb:
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/nowata/cemeteries/mtwash1.txt.

(h) Barry County, Missouri death certificate abstracts; USGenWeb Archives:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/data/deathcert/h/hanshaw.geo.bates.htm.

(i) 1900 census, Justice Precinct 3, LaPorte, Harris County, Texas; roll T623-1642, ED 98, page 5A, line #29, dwelling #108, family #110.

(j) 1860 census, Bardolph P.O., Mound Township, McDonough County, Illinois; roll M653-201, page 419, line #35, dwelling #398, family #400.

(k) 1870 census, Bardolph P.O., Mound Township, McDonough County, Illinois; roll M593-256, page 66, line #39, dwelling #185, family #178.

(l) 1880 census, Colfax Township, Page County, Iowa; roll T9-359, ED 158, page 523D, line #25, dwelling #383, family #393.

(m) 1870 census, Ripley P.O., Ripley Township, Bond County, Illinois; roll M593-188, page 286, line #14, dwelling #107, family #107.

(n) 1880 census, Ripley Township, Bond County, Illinois; roll T9-176, ED 68, page 204C, line #49, dwelling #104, family #105.

(o) Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 (book 1, page 56):
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html.

(p) RootsWeb WorldConnect data by David Stolte ().

(q) 1900 census, Lockwood Township, Dade County, Missouri; roll T623-851, ED 62, page 7A, line #26, dwelling #142, family #142.

(r) 1910 census, Lockwood, Lockwood Township, Dade County, Missouri; roll T624-777, ED 68, page 256B, line #95, dwelling #233, family #235.

(s) Death of Myzelphia Hanshaw; "The Independence Daily Reporter", Aug 10 1943
posted Dec 19 2009 by Jim Laird () to KSMONTGO-L.

(t) Burials in Monett IOOF Cemetery, Barry County, Missouri; USGenWeb Archives:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/monett/h-1.htm.

(u) Speculation.

(v) Photo by Jay Trace (), with his permission.

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