┌── James Henshaw
                                                     │   <1770-?    
                         ┌── James Geary Henshaw ────┤
                         │    1815-1889              │
                         │                           └── Sally Andrews
                         │                                1777-1842 
Edward Lester Henshaw ───┤
B: 1837                  │                           ┌── Frederick Kridler
D: 1923                  │                           │
                         └── Elizabeth Ann Kridler ──┤
                              1818-1902              │
                                                     └── Susan (Kridler)
M: Hannah S. Nida
   ├── Emma Zelda Henshaw (1869-?) 1,2,3,4
   ├── Edward H. Henshaw (c1873-?) 3
   ├── Frank Henshaw (c1877-?) 3
   └── Eddie L. Henshaw (1889-?) 3

Edward Lester Henshaw     [ID 04925]

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Edward Lester Henshaw^1,5,6,7 [Lester Henshaw²].

Born May - 1837, Danesville, Steuben County, New York.^2,6,7,8  

Edward moved to Ohio at the age of 16.⁶  

He married Hannah S. Nida^6,9 [Hannah S. Niday¹], Nov 24 1862^6,9, Gallia County, Ohio^6,9.  Hannah, daughter of Lewis Nida & Jane Blankenship, was born Mar 9 1843, Ohio.^2,4,6  

Three children.⁶  

On May 2 1864, Edward L. Henshaw, age 27, enlisted as a private in Company F, 141st Ohio Infantry Regiment.¹⁰  On the same day, Edward's brothers Eli and James also joined the very same Company.¹⁰  

Edward and family were shown in the 1870 census (Jun 17 1870), Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio:²

In the 1890s [date unclear], in Ohio, Edward L. Henshaw applied for a pension as an invalid, veteran of Company F, 141st Ohio Infantry.¹¹  Edward did not show a wife in his pension application.¹¹  

Hannah died 1909, buried Pine Street Cemetery, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio.⁶  

Edward was shown in the 1920 census (Jan 13-14 1920), 919 Second Avenue, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio:⁸

Edward Lester Henshaw died Jan 28 1923, at his home on Second Ave., Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio; buried Pine Street Cemetery, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio.^3,6,7

Photo: Edward Lester Henshaw & Hannah S. Nida gravestone Pine Street Cemetery ⁷

Sources

1. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Ohio.
2. 1870 census, Gallipolis, Green Township, Gallia County, Ohio; page 348A, line #23, dwelling #6, family #6.
3. Posting Jul 27 2002 by Alice Daniels () to the Henshaw message board:
   http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Fei.2ACIB/110.
4. RootsWeb WorldConnect GEDCOM from Darienne Hall ().
5. Contribution from Tom Henshaw.
6. Contribution from Alice Daniels ().
7. http://www.findagrave.com.
8. 1920 census, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio; roll T625-1385, ED 51, page 3B, line #62, dwelling #73, family #78.
9. "Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900", http://www.ancestry.com.
10. "The American Civil War Research Database", Ancestry, Inc.
11. National Archives and Records Administration. "General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934":
    "Civil War Pension Index". [database] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.

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