┌── Thomas Hinshaw
                                                 │    1757-1825 
                            ┌── Simon Hinshaw ───┤
                            │    1785-1852       │
                            │                    └── Rebecca Marshill
                            │                         1762-1836 
John Hinshaw ───────────────┤
B: 1828                     │                    ┌── Charles Hobson
D: 1902                     │                    │
                            └── Rebecca Hobson ──┤
                                 1784-1855       │
                                                 └── Sarah Beck
M: Sarah Ann Drake
   ├── Merilla Evaline Hinshaw (1858-1932) 1,2,3,4,5,6
   ├── John Franklin Hinshaw (1860-1866) 1,2,5,6,7,8
   ├── Phoebe Addelaide Hinshaw (1861-1928) 1,2,3,4,5,6,9
   ├── Philura Jane Hinshaw (1863-1864) 1,2,5,6,7,8
   ├── Thomas Elsworth Hinshaw (1865-1940) 1,2,3,4,5,6,10,11
   ├── Margaret Emily Hinshaw (1866-1939) 1,2,3,4,5,6
   ├── Charles Wilson Hinshaw (1868-1895) 1,2,3,4,5,6
   ├── Lucy Ann Hinshaw (1870-1954) 1,2,3,4,5,6
   ├── Fannie Amelia Hinshaw (1871-1955) 1,2,4,5,6

M: Nancy M. (Johnson) Jones
   └── Ira Oscar Hinshaw (1876-1930) 1,2,4,5,6,12

John Hinshaw     [ID 00031]

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Born Jun 23 1828, Randolph County, North Carolina.^{1,3,4,10,13,14,15,16,17}  

John moved as a toddler with his family to McLean County, Illinois in 1830.  There he went to school in a log school house with puncheon seats.⁶  

In the 1850 Illinois census, John's real estate holding were valued at $50.  He was listed as still living at home with his parents at age 22.^13,18  

He married Sarah Ann Drake, Feb 2 1858, McLean County, Illinois.^{1,5,6,14,15,19,20}  Sarah, daughter of William Drake & Mary Gilstrap^1,6,14,15, was born Sep 26 1837^1,6,14,15 [about 1839³], Coles County, Illinois^1,6,14,15.  

John and family were shown in the 1860 census (Jun 13 1860), Stout's Grove, Danvers Township, McLean County, Illinois:²¹

In 1867 John and family moved to Cropsey Township, McLean County, Illinois.  There he purchased 160 acres at $5 per acre.  John lived to see cash rent of that same amount per acre.⁶  

John and family were shown in the 1870 census (Jul 8 1870), McLean County, Illinois:³

Sarah died Apr 13 1872, Illinois; buried Conklin Cemetery, near Anchor, McLean County, Illinois.^1,2,6,14,16  

He then married Nancy M. (Johnson) Jones^{1,5,6,12,14,15,22} [Nancy M. Jones^2,12, Nancy M. Johnson^6,16], Aug 14 1874^{1,5,6,12,14,15,22}, Livingston County, Illinois^{1,5,6,12,14,15,22}.  Nancy, daughter of William Johnson & Lucinda Meeks^1,2,4,15,23, was born Sep 19 1836^1,2,4,15,23 [Sep 19 1835^6,10,16,24, Sep 19 1834²⁵], Washington County, Ohio^1,2,4,15,23 [Adams County, Ohio^6,25, Adams Township, Champaign County, Ohio^24,25].  

Nancy was the widow of Edward Jones, who she had married Jan 20 1853, Adams County, Ohio.  Edward Jones had died in 1866 and Nancy then came with her 6 children to McLean County, Illinois.⁶  

John and family were shown in the 1880 census (Jun 3 1880), McLean County, Illinois:⁴

John was a Republican and filled various township offices of trust.  He was a Justice of the Peace.¹  He has been described as a "silent thinker", opposed to fictitious literature.  The only book he read was the bible.  He was neither a borrower nor a lender.⁶  

John and Nancy moved to Anchor, Illinois, in 1899.  

John and family were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 1900), Anchor Township, McLean County, Illinois:¹⁰

Medical: John had failing eyesight in last twenty years of life.  He was practically blind in last three or four years of life.^1,6  

John was recorded in the McLean County tax assessment list of 1901, town of Anchor.²⁶  

John Hinshaw died Feb 7 1902, Anchor, McLean County, Illinois; buried Antioch Cemetery, route 165, east of Colfax, McLean County, Illinois.^1,6,14,16,17  

Nancy was shown in the 1910 census (Apr 25 1910), Anchor Township, McLean County, Illinois:²³

Nancy died Sep 10 1917, Anchor Township, McLean County, Illinois; age 82.^16,24,25,27

Photo: John Hinshaw ²⁸

Photo: John Hinshaw gravestone Antioch Cemetery ¹⁷

Photo: Nancy M. (Johnson) Jones obituary ²⁴

Photo: Nancy M. (Johnson) Jones gravestone Antioch Cemetery ²⁴

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. http://www.ancestry.com GEDCOM file F1701.GED.
3. 1870 census, Polosi P.O., Cropsey Township, McLean County, Illinois; roll M593-259, page 316, line #6, dwelling #131, family #131.
4. 1880 census, Cropsey Township, McLean County, Illinois; roll T9-0231, ED 187, page 657C, line #7, dwelling #21, family #21.
5. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Illinois.
6. Family group sheets and newspaper clippings contributed by Bill Hewitt ().
7. Gravestone inscriptions in the Hinshaw Cemetery, Stout's Grove Cemetery, Parklawn (Danvers) Cemetery, & Scogin Hill Cemetery, McLean County, Illinois.
8. "McLean County Cemeteries", Vol. 11-2, Danvers Township, by the Bloomington-Normal Genealogical Society (McLean County Historical Soc.).
9. http://www.ancestry.com, GEDCOM file F1701.GED, citing:
   Charles Otha Dameron, DAMERON FAMILY HISTORY (Appendix on Hinshaw Ancestry)
   unpublished, 1963 - updated by appendix, 1974;
   in possession of Steven Boyd Dameron, 320 West Ashcroft, Clovis CA 93612.
10. 1900 census, Anchor Township, McLean County, Illinois; ED 75, page 26A, line #86, dwelling #192, family #193.
11. http://www.findagrave.com.
12. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Ohio.
13. United States National Archives, federal Census, 1850.
14. "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.
15. "Hinshaw Family": a collection of family group sheets by Edna Harvey Joseph; LDS FHL microfilm #1572018 items 8-10 and #1572019 items 1-4
16. Contribution from Bill Hewitt () citing: gravestone.
17. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21675189.
18. "1850 Federal Census, McLean County, Illinois" (a summary), GR929.377359 G38 in a local library.
19. Letters from Warren Gfeller, Wichita, KS (re George/Polly Toliver).
20. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 (book C, page 388):
    http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html.
21. 1860 census, Stout's Grove, Danvers Township, McLean County, Illinois; page 46, line #21, dwelling #294, family #286.
22. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 (book F, page 3):
    http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html.
23. 1910 census, Anchor Township, McLean County, Illinois; roll T624-305, ED 75, page 7A, line #21, dwelling #8, family #8.
24. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21675251.
25. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947; http://www.ancestry.com.
26. McLean County 1901 tax assessment lists: http://members.tripod.com/~GenFamily/taxlist.html.
27. State of Illinois; Database of Illinois Death Certificates, 1916-1950:
    http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/idphdeathindex.html.
28. Photo from the book "The Hinshaw and Henshaw Families", 1911.

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