William Henshaw

┌── William Henshaw │ 1742-1796 ┌── William Henshaw ──┤ │ 1767-1822 │ │ └── Elizabeth Gilbert │ 1746-1826 William Henshaw ────┤ B: 1796 │ D: 1884 │ └── Jerusha Brace ?-1822 M: Julia Ann Strope ├── Isaac Henshaw (c1820-1893) ¹ ├── Cordelia Henshaw (1825-?) └── Adeline Henshaw (1827-?) ^2,3,4 M: Martha Boley

He married Julia Ann Strope.^2,3 Julia, daughter of Isaac Strope & Lucy Wheeler, was born about 1804, Pennsylvania.^7,11

William and family were shown in the 1850 census (Nov 5 1850), Tippecanoe Township, Henry County, Iowa, as follows:¹

William and Julia were shown in the 1860 census (Jun 11 1860), Mount Pleasant Township, Henry County, Iowa:⁷

During the Civil War, William served in the Thirty-Seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was appointed captain of Company 'H' on Sep 2 1862, mustered Nov 15 1862; mustered out May 24 1865, Davenport, Iowa.⁶ Although William was in his 60s at the start of the Civil War, he still raised a company of old men, for whom he was their captain, and they fought throughout the war. The company was known as "The Gray Beards".¹²

He then married Martha Boley.^8,9,13 Martha was born about 1816^9,14 [about 1813¹⁵], Indiana^9,14 [Virginia⁸, Iowa¹⁵]. Martha was the widow of James Boley who had died of Cholera in Lee County, Iowa in 1855.^13,15

William and Martha were shown in the 1870 census (Jun 20 1870), Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, where he was operating a hotel⁸ (which appears to have been owned by his second wife, Martha):¹⁶

In January, 1873, William was granted a monthly pension of $8.00 as a survivor of the War of 1812.¹⁷

William was shown in the 1880 census (Jun 9 1880), living in (or visiting with) the household of son Isaac, Union Center Township, Elk County, Kansas:¹⁰

William Henshaw was shown in the 1883 List of Pensioners of Western Park, Elk County, Kansas.¹⁷

William Henshaw died 1884, Kansas; buried Howard Cemetery, Howard, Elk County, Kansas.^5,11

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