Joseph P. Henshaw

                                            ┌── John Henshaw
                                            │    1762-1804 
                      ┌── Thomas Henshaw ───┤
                      │   c1770-1840        │
                      │                     └── Patty Newman
                      │                          1757-1805 
Joseph P. Henshaw ────┤
B: 1823               │                     ┌── John Field
D: 1893               │                     │
                      └── Elizabeth Field ──┤
                          <1800-1860        │
                                            └── Elizabeth Early
M: Matilda B. Nealles
   ├── Elizabeth "Eliza" Henshaw (1848-1859) 1,2
   ├── John Thomas Henshaw (1851-1856) 1,2
   ├── William H. Henshaw (1853-1913) 3,4
   └── Susan May Hinshaw (1855-1929) 3,4,5

Joseph P. Henshaw     [ID 00216] Click here to switch to Ahnentafel view: Ahnentafel View

Born Nov 26 1823, Virginia.1,2,3,6  

He married Matilda B. Nealles7,8 [Melissa Neely1,2,3,9,10], Nov 16 18477,8, Clay County, Missouri7,8.  Matilda was born about 1826, Missouri.1,3  

Joseph and family were shown in the 1850 census (Sep 24 1850), Washington Township, Johnson County, Missouri:1

Joseph P. Henshaw, age 26, born in Virginia; teacher.
Melissa Henshaw, age 24, born in Missouri.
Elizabeth Henshaw, age 1, born in Missouri.
Slave:11
Jo P. Henshaw:
1 black male age 10.

Joseph and family were shown in the 1860 census (Aug 17 1860), Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri:3,12

Joseph P Henshaw, age 37, born in Virginia; merchant; $5200 real estate; $1140 personal property.
Melissia B Henshaw, age 33, born in Missouri.
Wm H Henshaw, age 7, born in Missouri; attended school.
Susan M Henshaw, age 5, born in Missouri.
J T S McCormack, age 23, born in Missouri; store clerk; $1400 real estate.
Wm W McCormack, age 21, born in Missouri; store clerk.

Joseph and family were shown in the 1870 census (Jun 8 1870), Warrensburg Township, Johnson County, Missouri:10

Henshaw, Joseph, age 47, born in Virginia; "ret store"; $1,500 real estate; $3,500 personal property.
Henshaw, Melissa, age 43, born in Missouri; keeping house.
Henshaw, William H., age 17, born in Missouri; clerk in store; attended school.
Henshaw, Susan, age 14, born in Missouri; attended school.
Henshaw, Sterling [unclear] L. [initial unclear], male, age 10 [or 20 - unclear], born in Missouri; occupation: none.
It is unclear who was the last person enumerated in the 1870 census above (it appears that this was a census error in showing him as a Henshaw).  

Joseph and family were shown in the 1880 census (Jun 30 1880), Centre View Township, Johnson County, Missouri:13

Henshaw, J.P., age 56, born in Virginia; parents born in Virginia; clerk in store.
Henshaw, Melissa B., wife, age 53, born in Missouri; keeping house.
Henshaw, William H., son, age 27, born in Missouri; father born in Virginia; mother born in Missouri; single; grocery merchant.
Sterling, Mary Lee, adopted daughter, age 18, born in Missouri; occupation: asst housekeeping.

Note that the 1880 census shows a Mary Lee Sterling adopted into this Henshaw family.  She was shown age 18, yet 10 years earlier in the 1870 census there was a male Sterling, age 10, also living with these Henshaws.  He was presumably her brother, apparently both orphaned.  

Joseph P. Henshaw died 1893, buried Old Warrensburg Cemetery, Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri.2  

Matilda died 1897, buried Old Warrensburg Cemetery, Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri.2  


Sources

  1. 1850 census, Washington Township, Johnson County, Missouri; roll M432-403, page 27, line #30, dwelling #333, family #335.
  2. Old Warrensburg Cemetery, Warrensburg, Missouri; USGenWeb Archives:
    http://www.rootsweb.com/~mojohnso/cemetery/Oldcity.txt.
  3. 1860 census transcription, Johnson County, Missouri; USGenWeb Archives;
    Warrensburg district, reel M653-626, page 911B (Aug 17 1860):
    http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/mo/johnson/1860/pg0895b.txt.
  4. 1860 census transcription, Johnson County, Missouri; USGenWeb Archives;
    Warrensburg district, reel M653-626, page 911B (Aug 17 1860).
  5. "Armstrong Biographies, Henry County, Missouri"; USGenWeb Archives:
    http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/mo/henry/bios/abio/armstrong.txt.
  6. "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.
  7. "Missouri Marriages to 1850" (www.ancestry.com).
  8. Halbert's "The New World Book of Henshaws" (for what it's worth).
  9. "Armstrong Biographies, Henry County, Missouri"; USGenWeb Archives.
  10. 1870 census, Warrensburg Township, Johnson County, Missouri; page 655, line #12, dwelling #359, family #337.
  11. 1850 Slave Schedule, Washington Township, Johnson County, Missouri.
  12. 1860 census, Town of Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri; roll M653-626, page 912, line #12, dwelling #1225, family #1322.
  13. 1880 census, Centre View Township, Johnson County, Missouri; roll T9-0696, ED 100, page 308A, line #26, dwelling #6, family #6.


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