Jane C. Henshaw

┌── Meridith Henshaw │ c1806-1883 │ │ Jane C. Henshaw ───┤ B: 1828 │ D: 1912 │ └── Margaret Etheridge c1802-? M: Banister Perrin

Born Oct 23 1828^1,3,4,5,6,7 [about 1830⁸, Oct 23 1832⁹], Tennessee (probably Lincoln County)^1,3,4,5,6,7.

She married Banister Perrin, 1857, Mississippi.^3,10 Banister was born 1799^3,11 [about 1801⁵], Halifax County, Virginia^3,11.

Bannister was a widower,¹⁰ having previously been married to Nancy Carter, Dec 2 1824.^3,12 Bannister Perrin was the uncle of John M. Barr who married Jane's sister, Sarah Jane Henshaw.¹⁰ The 1850 census shows that Bannister Perrin was living next door to Sarah Jane Henshaw Barr¹⁰ and probably came to know Jane through her visits with Sarah Jane.¹³

Jane and family were shown in the 1860 census, Senatobia, DeSoto (now Tate) County, Mississippi:⁵

Banister died Nov 18 1866, DeSoto County, Mississippi.^3,10 One of the witnesses to Bannister's will was his father-in-law, Meredith Henshaw.¹⁰

Widow Jane and daughter were shown in the 1870 census (Jul 27 1870), DeSoto (now Tate) County, Mississippi:⁸

Widow Jane was shown in the 1880 census (Jun 21 1880), living alone in Senatobia Precinct, Tate County, Mississippi:⁶

Jane was shown in the 1900 census (Jun 12 1900), living in the household of granddaughter Nancy J. "Jennie" (Billingsly) Bridges in Lamar County, Texas:⁷

Jane was shown in the 1910 census (Apr 29 1910), living in the household of daughter Sarah (Perrin) Harris on Pine Bluff Road, Lamar County, Texas:²²

Jane C. Henshaw died Dec 3 1912, Lamar County, Texas; buried Dec 4 1912, Providence Cemetery, Lamar County, Texas.^3,9 A grandson, Hubert Leeroy Bridges is buried along side Jane.³

From Rodgers and Wade Furniture Co. Funeral Records, in possession of Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home: Book #8; p.235; Service #359; Mrs. Perrin; paid cash; interment date 4 Dec 1912; casket #9, size 5/9 & box $40.00.³

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