+-- Jacob Benjamin Hinshaw
                                                  |    1841-1910 
                      +-- William Edgar Hinshaw --+
                      |    1865-1916              |
                      |                           +-- Malinda Davis
                      |                                1844-1912 
Owen Jacob Hinshaw ---+
B: 1890               |                           +-- Edward Simkin
D: 1960               |                           |
                      +-- Julia Louisa Simkin ----+
                           1866-1941              |
                                                  +-- Mary Savage
M: Ethyl May Cox
   +-- William Allen Hinshaw,  1910-1962 
   +-- Chester Edward Hinshaw,  1912-1997 
   +-- Mildred M. Hinshaw,  1914-     

Owen Jacob Hinshaw     [ID 03991]

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    (Owen Jacob Hinshaw)^{a,149,190,b,c,d}    (O.J. Hinshaw)¹⁹⁰

Born Mar 5 1890, Salem, Lee County, Iowa.^{a,e,f,b,g,h,c,d,i,j}

He married Ethyl May Cox, 1909.^a,190    ("Mimi" Cox)^k    Ethyl, daughter of Nathan Cox & Anna M. Reeves, was born Jan 9 1890, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa.^{a,k,209,190,l,d,i,j}

Owen and Ethyl were shown in the 1910 census (Apr 29 1910), living with his parents in Harrison Township, Mahaska County, Iowa:^d

On Jun 5 1917 Owen Jacob Hinshaw, age 27, registered for the World War I draft in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa.    He declared he was born March 5th 1890 in Salem, Lee County, Iowa, and he was then residing in Oskaloosa, Iowa where he was a self-employed farmer with a wife and three children under 12.    He claimed an exemption because "am a Quaker".    He was recorded as tall, medium build, brown eyes, brown hair.^e

Owen and family were shown in the 1920 census (Jan 21 1920), Harrison Township, Mahaska County, Iowa:ⁱ

Owen and family were shown in the 1930 census (Apr 11 1930), Richards Tract, Gridley Township, Butte County, California:^j

Owen and Ethyl were divorced in 1939.¹⁹⁰    Ethyl remarried to Harry Crozier, Oskaloosa, Iowa.^a,190

O.J. lived in Gridley, California.¹⁹⁰    He was a hard worker, raised livestock and tended many acres of fruit trees.    There was always a hunting dog around and a horse he loved to ride while hunting deer with his sons, grandsons, and granddaughters.¹⁹⁰    In the 1950s he moved to Willows, California where he bought a few acres and built his own barn and house and lived there until he died.¹⁹⁰

Owen Jacob Hinshaw died Aug 21 1960, Chico, Butte County, California; buried Section 3, Block 2, Lot 523, Space 1, Gridley-Biggs Cemetery, Gridley, Butte County, California.^{a,k,190,b,g,s}

Ethyl died Dec 1 1982, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa; buried Dec 6 1982, Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Iowa.^k,209

Photo: Owen Jacob Hinshaw World War I draft registration card ^e

Social Security information for Owen Jacob Hinshaw: 563-42-8517

Social Security information for Ethyl May Cox: 485-48-8043

SOURCES

149. Family group sheets contributed by Kent Myrick ()

190. "The Hinshaw Family", an extensive family history manuscript by Heather Hinshaw-Tomas

209. "Social Security Death Index" (as it is commonly called), derived from the Social Security Administration "Death Master File". See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson10.htm

(a) Contribution from Marion Hinshaw.

(b) RootsWeb California Death Index:
http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi.

(c) 1900 census, Cedar Township, Lee County, Iowa; roll T623-442, ED 55, page 6A, line #21, dwelling #107, family #107.

(d) 1910 census, Harrison Township, Mahaska County, Iowa; roll T624-412, ED 68, page 247B, line #68, dwelling #64, family #64.

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

(f) Letter from Heather Hinshaw-Tomas citing:
Owen Jacob Hinshaw's driver's license.

(g) California Death Index, 1940-1997; http://www.ancestry.com.

(h) Iowa State Census, 1895; http://www.ancestry.com.

(i) 1920 census, Harrison Township, Mahaska County, Iowa; roll T625-501, ED 71, page 4B, line #88, dwelling #90, family #90.

(j) 1930 census, Gridley Township, Butte County, California; roll T626-113, ED 24, page 3A, line #23, dwelling #64, family #65.

(k) Letter from Heather Hinshaw-Tomas.

(l) 1900 census, Harrison Township, Mahaska County, Iowa; roll T623-446, ED 62, page 30A, line #14, dwelling #628, family #639.

(m) 1910 census, Harrison Township, Mahaska County, Iowa; roll T624-412, ED 68, page 247B, line #63, dwelling #63, family #63.

(n) 1920 census, Harrison Township, Mahaska County, Iowa; roll T625-501, ED 71, page 4B, line #93, dwelling #91, family #91.

(o) 1920 census, Harrison Township, Mahaska County, Iowa; roll T625-501, ED 71, page 4B, line #97, dwelling #92, family #92.

(p) 1930 census, Gridley Township, Butte County, California; roll T626-113, ED 24, page 3A, line #31, dwelling #66, family #67.

(q) 1930 census, Gridley Township, Butte County, California; roll T626-113, ED 24, page 3A, line #15, dwelling #61, family #62.

(r) 1930 census, Gridley Township, Butte County, California; roll T626-113, ED 24, page 3A, line #13, dwelling #60, family #61.

(s) Gridley-Biggs Cemetery burials:
http://70.230.83.139/grd/BOW/view?personID=GRD6363L.

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