Percy Vere Hinshaw

                                                        ┌── John Sidney Hinshaw
                                                        │    1830-1916 
                      ┌── John Chester "Chet" Hinshaw ──┤
                      │    1865-1938                    │
                      │                                 └── Mary Jane Cruse
                      │                                      1836-1905 
Percy Vere Hinshaw ───┤
B: 1893               │                                 ┌── Marion Davis
D: 1966               │                                 │
                      └── Alpharetta "Rheta" Davis ─────┤
                           1873-1947                    │
                                                        └── Sarah Ellen Stultz
M: Clara Cox
   ├── Denzle Marie Hinshaw (1921-) 1,2
   └── Charles Percy Hinshaw (1926-1926) 1

Percy Vere Hinshaw     [ID 01533] Click here to switch to Ahnentafel view: Ahnentafel View

Born Jun 28 1893, near Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana.1,2,3,4,5,6,7  

He married Clara Cox, Oct 15 1919, Poplar Ridge Friends Parsonage, near Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana.1,7,8  Clara, daughter of Stephen M. Cox & Mollie Craven, was born Jun 23 1898, Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana.1,2,4,6,7,9  

Percy and Clara were shown in the 1920 census (Mar 24-25 1920), Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana:6

Hinshaw, Percy, head-of-household, age 26, born in Indiana; parents born in Indiana; rented home; occupation: farmer, general farm.
Hinshaw, Clara, wife, age 21, born in Indiana; parents born in North Carolina.
Living nearby in 1920 was the family of deceased aunt Nancy Jane Hinshaw Mendenhall.10  

Percy and family were shown in the 1940 census (Apr 19 1940), Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana:2

Hinshaw, Percy, head-of-household, age 46, born in Indiana; completed 1 year of high school; on Apr 1 1935 was living in the same house; owned farm ($2000 value); occupation: farmer, farm.
Hinshaw, Clara, wife, age 41, born in Indiana; completed 8th grade; on Apr 1 1935 was living in the same house.
Hinshaw, Denzel, daughter, age 18, born in Indiana; completed 3 years of high school; on Apr 1 1935 was living in the same house; attended school.
Living two houses away in 1940 was the family of cousin Simpson Grant Hinshaw.11  

In 1966 Percy was living in Westfield, Indiana.4  

Percy Vere Hinshaw died Jun 28 1966, Riverview Hospital, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana; buried Section 3, Summit Lawn Cemetery, Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana.4,7  

Percy's obituary was published as follows:7

WESTFIELD -- Percy V. Hinshaw, R1, Westfield, died last night in Riverview Hospital.  

A retired farmer and carpenter, Mr. Hinshaw had lived most of his life in the Westfield area.  He was born in Hamilton County near Carmel, the son of Chester and Alphretta Davis Hinshaw.  On October 15, 1919 he married Clara Cox, and she survives.  He was a member of the Hortonville Friends Church.  

Surviving with his wife are one daughter, Mrs. Francil McKinzie [sic], Lexington, Kentucky, a granddaughter, Marcia Kay McKinzie, Lexington, Kentucky, one brother, John Hinshaw, Monticello, and two sisters, Mrs. Edith Seeright, Monticello, and Mrs. Edna Wiseman, Noblesville.

After Percy died, Clara sold their home and moved to Lexington, Kentucky, to live with her daughter.1  

Clara died Jan 13 1983, Lexington, Kentucky; buried Section 3, Summit Lawn Cemetery, Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana.4,7,9

(photo)Photo: Percy Vere Hinshaw & Clara Cox gravestone Summit Lawn Cemetery 7

Social Security information for Percy Vere Hinshaw: 304-28-9275


Sources

  1. "Genealogy of Hinshaw/Henshaw" by DoraLee Harvey Hatley (see Mary Jane Hinshaw), in the LDS Family History Library, microfilm #0982181, item 4.
  2. 1940 census, Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana; roll T627-1050, ED 29-22, page 7A, line #25, household #161.
  3. "The Hinshaw Record" by Lyle Harris Hadley, Florida (1965), in the LDS Family History Library, microfilm #0962525, item 10.
  4. "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
  5. 1900 census, Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana; roll T623-375, ED 80, page 8B, line #89, dwelling #188, family #189.
  6. 1920 census, Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana; roll T625-435, ED 93, page 5B, line #85, dwelling #125, family #125.
  7. http://www.findagrave.com.
  8. Indiana Marriages, 1845-1920; http://www.ancestry.com (Book 15, page 261).
  9. http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/hammer/2211.
  10. 1920 census, Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana; roll T625-435, ED 93, page 5B, line #77, dwelling #122, family #122.
  11. 1940 census, Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana; roll T627-1050, ED 29-22, page 7A, line #17, household #159.


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