┌── Hiram Henshaw
                                                                 │    1771-1845 
                              ┌── Samuel Preston Henshaw ────────┤
                              │    1813-1884                     │
                              │                                  └── Mary McConnell
                              │                                       1777-1842 
Charles Willoughby Henshaw ───┤
B: 1852                       │                                  ┌── Peter Hunsicker
D: 1920                       │                                  │
                              └── Julia Ann Margaret Hunsicker ──┤
                                   1813-1903                     │
                                                                 └── Eve Schmidt
M: Flora Bell Glaize
   ├── Samuel Smith Henshaw (1884-1958) 1,2,3,4,5
   ├── Charles Glaize Henshaw (1886-1886) 4,5,6
   ├── Edith May Henshaw (1887-1973) 1,2,3,4,5,7
   ├── George Hunter Henshaw (1889-1889) 4,5
   ├── Charles Calvin Henshaw (1890-1956) 1,2,3,4,5,8
   ├── Annie Susan Henshaw (1891-1985) 1,2,3,4,5
   ├── Flora Rebecca Henshaw (1895-1978) 1,2,3,4,5,8,9
   └── Mary Julia Henshaw (1897-1967) 1,2,3,4,5,8

Charles Willoughby Henshaw     [ID 01694]

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Born Mar 25 1852^{1,2,3,4,5,8,10,11}, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virginia^{1,2,3,4,5,8,10,11} [Inwood, West Virginia⁷].  

Charles started in school at the little stone schoolhouse in Gerrardstown, West Virginia.  In 1873 he received a diploma in bookkeeping from a business school in Brucetown, Virginia.  In 1874 he received an academic diploma from Loanok Institute in Brucetown.^4,5  

When he was twenty, Charles went to live with his aunt Rebecca Hunsicker in Jefferson County.  He had studied medicine and was ready to enter the University of Pennsylvania when aunt Rebecca pleaded with him to stay with her as long as she lived and she would compensate him accordingly.  After her death and settlement of the estate, all that was left for him were some pieces of silver and weaving equipment that had been brought from Germany by his great grandfather.^4,5  

He married Flora Bell Glaize^{1,2,3,4,5,10,12} [Flora Isabelle Glaize^5,12], Jun 9 1884^{1,2,3,4,5,10,12}, Walton, Indiana^{1,2,3,4,5,10,12}.  Flora, daughter of George F. Glaize & Harriett Susan Rinker^{2,4,10,11,12,13,14,15}, was born Aug 17 1855^{2,4,10,11,12,13,14,15} [about 1865^3,8], Frederick County, Virginia^{2,4,10,11,12,13,14,15}.  

Charles and family were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 1 1900), Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virginia:²

Charles and family were shown in the 1910 census (May 9 1910), Middleway District, Jefferson County, West Virginia:³

Charles and family were shown in the 1920 census (Jan 3 1920), Middleway District, Jefferson County, West Virginia:⁸

Charles Willoughby Henshaw died Jul 15 1920, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virginia.^4,5,10,11  

Flora died Sep 17 1928, Middleway District, Jefferson County, West Virginia; age 73.^16,17  

Sources

1. "The Hinshaw and Henshaw Families", by William Hinshaw; edited by Milo Custer; private printing, Bloomington, Illinois, 1911; Frank I. Miller Co., printers. LDS microfilm number 1402822.
2. 1900 census, Middleway, Middleway Precinct, Jefferson County, West Virginia; roll T623-1761, ED 45, page 6A, line #1, dwelling #81, family #81.
3. 1910 census, Middleway District, Jefferson County, West Virginia; roll T624-1682, ED 55, page 230A, line #39, dwelling #205, family #307.
4. Henshaw history and genealogy manuscript, original by Holmes Hart Henshaw, 1930; updated in 1995 by Donald Craig Henshaw and others.
5. "History of Henshaws in Scotland, in England and in America to the Present Time", Edith Henshaw Kuntz, 1956; contributed by Don Henshaw.
6. Charles W. Henshaw birth record; West Virginia Division of Culture and History:
   http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1458933&Type=Birth.
7. Edith May Henshaw birth certificate>.
8. 1920 census, Middleway District, Jefferson County, West Virginia; roll T625-1952, ED 71, page 4B, line #57, dwelling #11, family #12.
9. Contribution from Candace King ().
10. Contribution from Candace McCarthy King ().
11. RootsWeb WorldConnect GEDCOM from Carolyn Montgomery ().
12. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Virginia.
13. 1860 census, District 5, Frederick County, Virginia; roll M653-1347, page 614, line #27, dwelling #2621, family #2568.
14. 1870 census, Gainsborough Subdivision 180, Frederick County, Virginia; roll M593-1648, page 33, line #2, dwelling #109, family #109.
15. 1880 census, Gainsborough District, Frederick County, Virginia; roll T9-1366, ED 43, page 363C, line #35, dwelling #26, family #26.
16. Flora Bell Henshaw death record; West Virginia Division of Culture and History:
    http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=3781488&Type=Death.
17. Flora Bell Henshaw death certificate; West Virginia Division of Culture and History:
    http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=22068&Type=Death.

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