+-- Stephen Hinshaw
                                                  |    1797-1877 
                             +-- Thomas Hinshaw --+
                             |    1831-1925       |
                             |                    +-- Hannah Davis
                             |                         1804-1881 
Amos Stephen Hinshaw --------+
B: 1865                      |                    +-- Nicholas Barker
D: 1952                      |                    |
                             +-- Mary Barker -----+
                                  1832-1923       |
                                                  +-- Catherine Cox
M: Cordelia Edna "Delia" Cox
   +-- Clara Mabel Hinshaw,  1897-1968 
   +-- Clyde Thomas Hinshaw,  1900-1987 
   +-- Ethel Jewell Hinshaw,  1904-1994 
   +-- Seth Bennett Hinshaw,  1908-1998 
   +-- Evelyn Jessie Hinshaw,  1919-1995 

Amos Stephen Hinshaw     [ID 00338]

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    (Amos Stephen Hinshaw)^2,179,a    (Amos G. Hinshaw)²

Born Oct 11 1865, Holly Spring, North Carolina.^{2,95,179,b,c,d,e}

Amos was named after his grandfather, Stephen Hinshaw, and his uncle, Amos S. Hinshaw.^e

Amos bought parcels of land containing old-growth longleaf pine which he harvested for his saw mill and planer outfit.¹⁷⁹    In 1890 he built his farmhouse with this wood.¹⁷⁹    In 1888 Amos provided the lumber for the third meeting house built by the Friends at Holly Spring (his father Thomas headed the building committee).¹⁶⁷

He married Cordelia Edna "Delia" Cox, Oct 11 1895, Holly Spring MM, Randolph County, North Carolina.^2,179    Cordelia, daughter of Yancy (Yancey) H. Cox & Nancy Ann Lowdermilk, was born Apr 10 1876, North Carolina.^2,179,b,c,d

Amos and family were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 9 1900), Pleasant Grove Township, Randolph County, North Carolina:^b

Amos S. Hinshaw was shown age 36, descendant of Thomas Hinshaw, in the voter registration records of Pleasant Grove Township, Randolph County, North Carolina, Oct 8 1902.^a

Amos and family were shown in the 1920 census (Feb 17 1920), Coleridge Township, Randolph County, North Carolina:^c

Amos suffered a stroke in 1944 and was partially paralized for the remainder of his life.¹⁷⁹

Amos Stephen Hinshaw died Jan 11 1952, Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina.¹⁷⁹

Cordelia died Aug 27 1964.^k

Photo: Amos Stephen Hinshaw ^l

Photo: Thomas & Mary Barker Hinshaw family ^l

SOURCES

2. "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy", by William Wade Hinshaw, in many well-stocked libraries.

95. "Charles and Hannah (Matson) Davis and their descendants" by Earl H. Davis, microfilm #1011836, Item 2, in the LDS Family History Library.

167. "Friends at Holly Spring" by Seth B. Hinshaw, 1982, The North Carolina Friends Historical Society, Briarpatch Press, Davidson, North Carolina.

179. Family history information contributed by Waldo Hinshaw.

(a) "The Genealogical Journal", Vol. XXIII, No. 3, Summer 1999, pg 24;
Randolph County Genealogical Society.

(b) 1900 census, Pleasant Grove Township, Randolph County, North Carolina; roll T623-1213, ED 92, page 5A, line #29, dwelling #91, family #91.

(c) 1920 census, Coleridge Township, Randolph County, North Carolina; roll T625-1318, ED 100, page 10B, line #58, dwelling #180, family #180.

(d) 1930 census, Coleridge Township, Randolph County, North Carolina; roll T626-1714, ED 9, page 17A, line #30, dwelling #241, family #253.

(e) "Mary Barker Hinshaw, Quaker", by Seth Bennett Hinshaw; Whittier College library.

(f) 1900 census, Pleasant Grove Township, Randolph County, North Carolina; roll T623-1213, ED 92, page 5A, line #23, dwelling #90, family #90.

(g) 1900 census, Pleasant Grove Township, Randolph County, North Carolina; roll T623-1213, ED 92, page 5A, line #20, dwelling #89, family #89.

(h) 1900 census, Pleasant Grove Township, Randolph County, North Carolina; roll T623-1213, ED 92, page 5A, line #14, dwelling #88, family #88.

(i) 1930 census, Coleridge Township, Randolph County, North Carolina; roll T626-1714, ED 9, page 17A, line #37, dwelling #243, family #255.

(j) 1930 census, Coleridge Township, Randolph County, North Carolina; roll T626-1714, ED 9, page 17A, line #21, dwelling #239, family #251.

(k) Contribution from Juanita Blankenship ().

(l) Photo courtesy of Waldo Hinshaw.

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