┌── Thomas Hinshaw
                                       │    1757-1825 
                  ┌── Simon Hinshaw ───┤
                  │    1785-1852       │
                  │                    └── Rebecca Marshill
                  │                         1762-1836 
Enan Hinshaw ─────┤
B: 1824           │                    ┌── Charles Hobson
D: 1901           │                    │
                  └── Rebecca Hobson ──┤
                       1784-1855       │
                                       └── Sarah Beck
M: Rebecca Ingram
   ├── Charles Newton Hinshaw (1849-1918) 1,2,3,4
   ├── Phoebe Hannah Hinshaw (1847-1917) 1,2,3,4
   ├── Nancy J. Hinshaw (1851-1872) 1,2,4,5
   └── Mary Elizabeth Hinshaw (1853-1926) 1,2,4,5

Enan Hinshaw     [ID 00027]

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Born Sep 22 1824, Randolph County, North Carolina.^{1,3,4,6,7,8,9,10}  

Enan was a farmer in McLean County, Illinois.^1,3  

He married Rebecca Ingram, Jun 11 1846, McLean County, Illinois.^{1,2,4,9,11,12,13,14}  Rebecca Ingram was born Nov 14 1829^3,6,8,9,15 [Nov 30 1829^1,4,9,16,17], Ohio^3,6,8,9,15.  

Enan and family were shown in the 1850 census, McLean County, Illinois:^15,18

On Sep 1 1852, Enan acquired 161.4 acres of land in McLean County, Illinois, purchased from the federal government for $1.25 per acre: McLean County, Meridian 3, Township 23N (north) / Range 01W (West), Section 6, NEPRE Section Part.  Residency was recorded as McLean County, Ill.^19,20  

Enan and family were shown in the 1860 census (Jun 14 1860), Stout's Grove, Danvers Township, McLean County, Illinois:²¹

Enan and Rebecca were shown in the 1870 census (Jun 7 1870), Danvers Township, McLean County, Illinois:²²

Enan and Rebecca were shown in the 1880 census (Jun 10 1880), Danvers Township, McLean County, Illinois:²³

Enan and Rebecca were shown in the 1900 census, Danvers Township, McLean County, Illinois:²⁵

Enan and Rebecca were known as "Pappy" (or "Pap") and "Mam", not only to their own family but to all the local residents as well.²⁶  

Enan Hinshaw died Mar 2 1901, McLean County, Illinois; buried in the Hinshaw Cemetery, near Danvers, McLean County, Illinois.^1,4,6,8,9  

Rebecca Ingram died Jul 24 1908, McLean County, Illinois; buried in the Hinshaw Cemetery, near Danvers, McLean County, Illinois.^1,4,8,9,16

Photo: Memorial card from Enan Hinshaw's funeral ²⁷

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.
2. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Illinois.
3. United States National Archives, federal Census, 1850.
4. Family group sheets from Randy Hunter ()
5. 1860 census, Stout's Grove, Danvers Township, McLean County, Illinois; page 46, dwelling #317, family #309.
6. Gravestone inscriptions in the Hinshaw Cemetery, Stout's Grove Cemetery, Parklawn (Danvers) Cemetery, & Scogin Hill Cemetery, McLean County, Illinois.
7. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - North Carolina.
8. "McLean County Cemeteries", Vol. 11-2, Danvers Township, by the Bloomington-Normal Genealogical Society (McLean County Historical Soc.).
9. "Family of William & Rebecca Dixon Marshill, Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Orange County, N.C.", by Thomas W. Marshall (Washington D.C., 1945, a typewritten manuscript), from the National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution (Washington D.C.) "Marshill Family Genealogical Records 1700-1900", microfilm #0876559, item 5, in the LDS FHL.
10. 1900 census, Danvers Township, McLean County, Illinois; roll T623_322.
11. Letters from Warren Gfeller, Wichita, KS (re George/Polly Toliver).
12. "Illinois Marriages to 1850" (www.ancestry.com).
13. Contribution from Mara Bruce () citing:
    "McLean Co. Marriage Records 1831 - 1872", Book B, page 128.
14. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 (book B, page 128):
    http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html.
15. "1850 Federal Census, McLean County, Illinois" (a summary), GR929.377359 G38 in a local library.
16. "Hinshaw Family Genealogical Notes", apparently prepared for William Wade Hinshaw by Edna Harvey Joseph; LDS FHL microfilm #1571899, Items 7-8
17. "Hinshaw Family": a collection of family group sheets by Edna Harvey Joseph; LDS FHL microfilm #1572018 items 8-10 and #1572019 items 1-4
18. 1850 census, McLean County, Illinois; roll 117, page 43, family #853.
19. State of Illinois, Public Domain Land Tract Sales Archive (gopher://uicvm.cc.uic.edu:70/11/library/libdb/landsale).
20. U.S. Bureau of Land Management - Land Patent database: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
    http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Image.asp?Accession=IL3490%5F%5F%2E257&Format=SmallGIF&Page=1&Index=5&QryID=27339.41.
21. 1860 census, Stout's Grove, Danvers Township, McLean County, Illinois; roll M653-204, page 46, line #3, dwelling #317, family #309.
22. 1870 census, Danvers Township, McLean County, Illinois; page 344, line #10, dwelling #214, family #215.
23. 1880 census, Danvers Township, McLean County, Illinois; roll T9-229, ED 154, page 42B, line #34, dwelling #158, family #162.
24. 1880 census, Danvers Township, McLean County, Illinois; roll T9-229, ED 154, page 42B, line #37, dwelling #159, family #163.
25. 1900 census, Danvers Township, McLean County, Illinois; ED 100, page 11A, line #3, dwelling #237, family #238.
26. Interview with Lola Hinshaw Worley.
27. Photo courtesy of David W. Jones.

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