+-- Enan Hinshaw
                                                  |    1824-1901 
                     +-- Charles Newton Hinshaw --+
                     |    1849-1918               |
                     |                            +-- Rebecca Ingram
                     |                                 1829-1908 
Ira Elmer Hinshaw ---+
B: 1884              |                            +-- William C. Smith
D: 1935              |                            |
                     +-- Anna Ella Smith ---------+
                          1852-1947               |
                                                  +-- Mary Jane Everal
M: Effie P. Prather
   +-- Laura Jane Hinshaw,  1915-1971 
   +-- Ira Elmer Hinshaw,  1918-1989 
   +-- Thelma Mae Hinshaw,  1922-     
   +-- James Ray Hinshaw,  1927-2000 

Ira Elmer Hinshaw     [ID 00023]

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Born Feb 13 1884, Illinois.^{1,33,82,106,127,a,b}

He married Effie P. Prather, Jul 4 1913, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois.^{c,33,82,106,127,33,82}    Effie, daughter of John Prather & Jane Finch, was born Mar 11 1897, Kentucky.^{33,82,106,127,b}

Effie was sister of Des Prather who married Ira's brother Bert.^c

On Sep 12 1918 Ira Elmer Hinshaw, age 34, registered for the World War I draft in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois.    He declared he was born February 13th 1884, and was then residing in Danvers, McLean County, Illinois where he was a self-employed farmer.    He declared his nearest relative was Effie Hinshaw of Danvers.    He was recorded as medium height, medium build, brown eyes, black hair.^a

Ira and family were shown in the 1920 census (Jan 28 1920), Radnor Township, Peoria County, Illinois:^b

After Ira's death, Effie remarried to Alet Johnston in 1942.^c

Effie died Dec 30 1962, buried Stout's Grove Cemetery, McLean County, Illinois.^{33,82,106,127}   

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.

33. Gravestone inscriptions in the Hinshaw Cemetery, Stout's Grove Cemetery, Parklawn (Danvers) Cemetery, & Scogin Hill Cemetery, McLean County, Illinois.

82. "McLean County Cemeteries", Vol. 11-2, Danvers Township, by the Bloomington-Normal Genealogical Society (McLean County Historical Soc.).

106. A family group sheet from Thelma Hinshaw, courtesy of Wayne Hinshaw.

127. Family group sheets from Randy Hunter ()

(a) World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; http://www.ancestry.com.

(b) 1920 census, Radnor Township, Peoria County, Illinois; roll T625-400, ED 136, page 10A, line #5, dwelling #203, family #208.

(c) Interview with Wayne Hinshaw.

(d) State of Illinois; Database of Illinois Death Certificates, 1916-1950:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/idphdeathindex.html.

(e) Contribution from David W. Jones citing: Eva Hinshaw.

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