John Jennings Hinshaw

┌── James Madison Hinshaw │ 1833-1912 ┌── Joseph Vance Hinshaw ────┤ │ 1862-1934 │ │ └── Elizabeth Ellen Welborn │ 1835-1906 John Jennings Hinshaw ───┤ B: 1896 │ ┌── William G. Branson D: 1994 │ │ └── Louiza Gazille Branson ──┤ 1862-1924 │ └── Lydia Louisa Lamb M: Bessie Mae White ├── John Jennings Hinshaw, Jr. (1925-) ^1,2,3,4 M: Martha Irene Safrit ├── Phillip Joseph Hinshaw (1936-) ^1,3 ├── Michael Francis Hinshaw (1939-) ^1,3 ├── Mary Martha Hinshaw (1942-1943) ^3,5 ├── Regina Elizabeth Hinshaw (1943-) ^1,3,6 ├── Matthew Glenn Hinshaw (1945-) ^1,3 └── Andrew Monroe Hinshaw (1949-) ^1,3,7

Born Feb 12 1896^1,8,9,10 [Feb - 1895¹²], Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina^1,8,9,10 [Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina¹¹].

On Jun 5 1917 John Jennings Hinshaw, age 21, registered for the World War I draft in Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina. He declared he was born February 12 1896 in Randleman, North Carolina, and he was then still living in Randleman where he was single and a self-employed farmer. He was recorded as tall, medium build, blue eyes, brown hair.¹¹

He married Bessie Mae White^1,5,7 [Bessie May White⁷], Dec 23 1923^1,5,7, Guilford County, North Carolina^1,5,7. Bessie, daughter of William Lee Andrew White & Maggie Susan Martin, was born 1905, Jackson County, Georgia.^{1,2,4,13,14,15}

John and family were shown in the 1930 census (Apr 8 1930), Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina:²

Bessie died Mar 8 1932, High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina.^1,5,13 (Anyone with more information on Bessie Mae White or her family please contact Andrew R. White: ).

He then married Martha Irene Safrit^1,5,7 [Martha Sefiet⁷], Oct 12 1935^1,5,7, High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina^1,5,7. Martha, daughter of Henry Monroe Safrit & Margaret Cress, was born Dec 15 1912, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.^5,8,18

John Jennings Hinshaw died Jun 6 1994, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina; age 98.^1,8,10,13

Martha's obituary was published in the "The Greensboro News & Record" (Greensboro, North Carolina) on March 13, 1999:¹⁸

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