┌── William Hancher
                                         │              
                     ┌── Smith Hancher ──┤
                     │   c1798-1865      │
                     │                   └── Ann Dunn
                     │                       c1756-?    
Stewart Hanshaw ─────┤
B: 1837              │
D: 1890              │
                     └── Mary Steward
                             ?-1842 
M: Roseanna Ratcliff
   ├── Jesse Logan Hanshaw (1866-1889) 1,2,3,4,5
   ├── Rosanna C. Hanshaw (1868-1888) 1,2,3,4
   ├── Ernest Adell Hanshaw (1871-c1957) 2,3,4,6
   ├── Gracie Evelena Hanshaw (1873-1888) 2,3,4
   ├── Laura L. Hanshaw (1876-?) 2,3,4
   ├── Mary Fanny Hanshaw (1878-1913) 2,3,4
   └── Bertha Alice Hanshaw (1881-1958) 3,4,6,7

Stewart Hanshaw     [ID 02127]

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Stewart Hanshaw^7,8,9,10 [Stewart Handshaw^11,12, Stewart Henshaw¹³].

Born Feb 22 1837^{1,3,10,13,14,15} [about 1836²], Ohio^{1,3,10,13,14,15}.  

During the Civil War, Stewart served in Company H, 5th Iowa Infantry.^{10,11,12,14,16,17}  He enlisted Jun 24 1861, age 27, as a Private,^11,12 and was discharged as a Corporal.¹¹  

He married Roseanna Ratcliff^4,18,19 [Rose Ratcliff⁷, Rosanna Ratcliff^1,4,10], Oct 5 1865^4,18,19, Krosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa^4,18,19.  Married by H. Strickling, county judge.¹⁹  

Roseanna, daughter of Jesse Ratcliff & Rosanna Cazad, was born Mar 7 1846, Indiana.^{1,2,3,6,10,18,20}  

Stewart and family were shown in the 1870 census, Lick Creek Township, Van Buren County, Iowa:¹

Stewart and family were again shown in the 1880 census (Jun 10-11 1880), Lick Creek Township, Van Buren County, Iowa:²

Stewart and family were again shown in the 1885 Iowa State census, Lick Creek Township, Van Buren County, Iowa:³

On Mar 27 1889 [date unclear], in Iowa, Stewart Hanshaw applied for a pension as an invalid, veteran of Company H, 5th Iowa Infantry.¹⁶  

Stewart Hanshaw died Feb 1 1890, Douds, Van Buren County, Iowa; buried Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Douds, Van Buren County, Iowa.^10,14,15  

On Jul 1 1890, in Iowa, Rosanna A. Hanshaw applied for a pension as widow of veteran Stewart Hanshaw.¹⁶  

Widow Roseanna and family were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 5 1900), Lick Creek Township, Van Buren County, Iowa:⁶

Roseanna died Mar 20 1916, Ottumwa, Center Township, Wapello County, Iowa; buried Mar 23 1916, Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Douds, Van Buren County, Iowa.^10,18,20  Medical: Roseanna died from stomach cancer after an 18-month illness.¹⁸

Photo: Stewart Hanshaw & Rosanna Ratcliff gravestone Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Van Buren County, Iowa ²³

Sources

1. 1870 census, Lick Creek Township, Van Buren County, Iowa; page 293, line #22, dwelling #40, family #39.
2. 1880 census, Lick Creek Township, Van Buren County, Iowa; roll T9-0367, ED 25, page 359D, line #23, dwelling #78, family #80.
3. 1885 Iowa State census, Lick Creek Township, Van Buren County, Iowa; page 358, line #29, dwelling #170, family #180; http://www.ancestry.com.
4. RootsWeb WorldConnect data by Jackie L. Wolfe.
5. Contribution from Ken Hanshaw.
6. 1900 census, Lick Creek Township, Van Buren County, Iowa; roll T623-462, ED 99, page 2B, line #86, dwelling #40, family #40.
7. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Iowa.
8. Contribution from Barb Roberts () citing:
   U.S. Census, 1870, Lick Creek Township, Van Buren County, Iowa.
9. Contribution from Lori Lei Knapp ().
10. Iowa Cemetery Records. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.
11. "Civil War Muster Rolls". Provo, UT: Ancestry.com.
12. "American Civil War Research Database", http://www.ancestry.com.
13. 1850 census, Smith Township, Belmont County, Ohio; page 268, dwelling #2291, family #2318.
14. WPA Iowa Graves Registration Survey; USGenWeb Archives:
    http://iowawpagraves.org/index.php.
15. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13677979.
16. National Archives and Records Administration. "General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934":
    "Civil War Pension Index". [database] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.
17. U.S. National Park Service - "Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System":
    http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/.
18. Contribution from Bertha Davis () citing: death certificate for Roseanna Ratcliff Hanshaw.
19. Contribution from Bertha Davis () citing: Roseanna Hanshaw Civil War pension application.
20. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13678043.
21. 1870 census, Village Township, Van Buren County, Iowa; page 397, line #22, dwelling #269, family #259.
22. 1870 census, Chequest Township, Van Buren County, Iowa; page 217, line #9, dwelling #46, family #46.
23. USGenWeb Archives, Iowa Gravestone Photo Project.

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