┌── Enan Hinshaw
                                                     │    1824-1901 
                        ┌── Charles Newton Hinshaw ──┤
                        │    1849-1918               │
                        │                            └── Rebecca Ingram
                        │                                 1829-1908 
Charles Enan Hinshaw ───┤
B: 1875                 │                            ┌── William C. Smith
D: 1961                 │                            │
No Issue                └── Anna Ella Smith ─────────┤
                             1852-1947               │
                                                     └── Mary Jane Everal
M: Nellie B. Spear

Charles Enan Hinshaw     [ID 00022]

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Charles Enan Hinshaw^1,2,3 [Charlie E. Hinshaw⁴].

Born Jul 2 1875, McLean County, Illinois.^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}  Charlie was born in the original log cabin on the Hinshaw farm.⁹  

He married Nellie B. Spear, Sep 4 1899.^4,5,6,7  Nellie was born 1878, Illinois.^4,5,6,8  

No children.  

Charles and family were shown in the 1905 city directory of Bloomington, Illinois:¹⁰

Charles and family were shown in the 1911 city directory of Bloomington, Illinois:¹⁰

On Sep 12 1918 Charles Enan Hinshaw, age 43, registered for the World War I draft in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois.  He declared he was born July 2 1875, and was then residing at 604 So. Clayton, Bloomington, Illinois where he was employed in the manufacturing department of Campbell, Holton & Co.  He declared his nearest relative was Mrs. Nellie Hinshaw of the same address.  He was recorded as medium height, medium build, brown eyes, black hair.¹  

Charles and family were shown in the 1919 city directory of Bloomington, Illinois:¹⁰

Charles and Nellie were shown in the 1920 census (Jan 13 1920), Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois:⁸

Charles and family were shown in the 1920 city directory of Bloomington, Illinois:¹⁰

Nellie died Jan 10 1947, Mackinaw Township, Tazewell County, Illinois; buried Stout's Grove Cemetery, McLean County, Illinois.^4,5,6,11  Medical: Nellie died from a heart attack (at home in Charlie's presence).⁷  

In 1954 Charlie was living in/near Lilly, Illinois.¹²  

Charles Enan Hinshaw died Sep 13 1961, on the Hinshaw farm, near Danvers, McLean County, Illinois; buried Stout's Grove Cemetery, McLean County, Illinois.^4,5,6,7  Medical: Charlie died from a heart condition.⁷  

Charlie's obituary appeared in the Bloomington Pantagraph on, as follows:⁷

Charles E. Hinshaw Danvers -- (PNS) -- Charles E. Hinshaw, 86, a retired farmer, died about 6 p.m. Wednesday at the home of his brother, Ben, west of Danvers.  The brother found him dead in the barn.  McLean County Coroner Curtis Gilberts determined in an inquiry that death was due to a heart condition.  Mr. Hinshaw had made his home in recent years with his brother and wife.   His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Otto and Argo Funeral Home, with burial in Stout's Grove Cemetery.   Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.   Mr. Hinshaw was born on the farm where he died July 2, 1875, a son of C.N. and Anna E. Smith Hinshaw.  He married Nelle Spear of Bloomington Sept. 4, 1899.  They lived at one time at 604 S. Clayton in Bloomington and he was a teamster.  They later farmed at Coulterville and returned to Central Illinois in 1943 to live at Lilly.  His wife died in 1947.   His only other survivor is a brother, Don, of Peoria.  Six brothers and four sisters preceded him in death.

Sources

1. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; http://www.ancestry.com.
2. "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.
3. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Illinois.
4. Gravestone inscriptions in the Hinshaw Cemetery, Stout's Grove Cemetery, Parklawn (Danvers) Cemetery, & Scogin Hill Cemetery, McLean County, Illinois.
5. "McLean County Cemeteries", Vol. 11-2, Danvers Township, by the Bloomington-Normal Genealogical Society (McLean County Historical Soc.).
6. Family group sheets from Randy Hunter ()
7. Contribution from David W. Jones citing: obituary of Charles E. Hinshaw.
8. 1920 census, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois; roll T625-387, ED 110, page 8B, line #99, dwelling #181, family #184.
9. Interview with Jack Hinshaw.
10. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989; http://www.ancestry.com.
11. State of Illinois; Database of Illinois Death Certificates, 1916-1950:
    http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/idphdeathindex.html.
12. Contribution from David W. Jones citing: obituary of Laura (Hinshaw) Rockel.

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