Martin Hinshaw

┌── Benjamin Hinshaw │ 1738-1840 ┌── William Hinshaw ──┤ │ 1789-1854 │ │ └── Elisabeth Hinshaw │ 1750-1823 Martin Hinshaw ───┤ B: 1827 │ ┌── Jesse Hinshaw D: 1906 │ │ └── Ruth Hinshaw ─────┤ 1791-1836 │ └── Mary Marshill M: Rachel Barker ├── Jemima Ladoska Hinshaw (1857-1893) ^1,2,3,4 ├── John L. Hinshaw (c1860-1895) ^2,5,6 ├── William M. Hinshaw (1863-1878) ^2,7,8 └── Jesse R. Hinshaw (1868-1946) ^2,3,5,9

Born Jan 4 1827, Chatham County, North Carolina.^{2,3,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18}

He married Rachel Barker.^5,7 Rachel, daughter of Joshua Barker & Elizabeth Vestal, was born Aug 27 1828, North Carolina.^{1,7,13,14,18,19,20}

Martin and family lived at times in Chase County, Kansas²¹ (moving there from North Carolina sometime between 1857 and 1860),¹ then Indiana, then later settling in Cumberland County, Illinois.²¹

Martin and family were shown in the 1860 census (Jul 23 1860), Cottonwood Falls, Chase County, Kansas:^1,16

During the Civil War, Martin served as a private in Company M, 6th Kansas Cavalry.²²

Martin and family were shown in the 1870 census (Jun 27 1870), Cumberland County, Illinois:²

On May 27 1875, Martin Hinshaw purchased 40 acres of land in Cumberland County, Illinois, purchased from the Illinois Central Railroad for $10.00 per acre.²³

Martin and family were again shown in the 1880 census (Jun 7 1880), Cumberland County, Illinois:³

Martin and Rachel were shown in the 1895 state census, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Iowa:¹⁷

Martin and Rachel were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 9 1900), Washington Township, Montgomery County, Iowa:¹⁸

Rachel died Aug 7 1904, buried Villisca Cemetery, Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa.^13,14

Martin Hinshaw died Dec 25 1906, buried Villisca Cemetery, Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa.^13,14

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