William Harrison Henshaw

┌── James Steuben Henshaw │ 1778-1872 ┌── Orrin Henshaw ──────┤ │ 1807-1889 │ │ └── Amy Gale │ 1784-1868 William Harrison Henshaw ───┤ B: 1840 │ D: 1911 │ └── Aurel Train Brown 1812-1884 M: Eliza J. Bailey ├── Myron Irving Henshaw (1872-1938) ^1,2,3 └── Winifred Aurel Henshaw (1887-1974) ^1,2,4

William Harrison Henshaw^1,3,5,6 [William Harison Henshaw⁷, Harrison Henshaw⁸].

Born Nov 18 1840^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7} [about 1842⁸, 1846⁹], Aurora, Erie County, New York^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}.

On Feb 14 1865 William Harrison Henshaw enlisted at Aurora, New York as a Private in Company K, 1st Frontier Cavalry. "Served on the Frontier at and near Buffalo". Discharged Jun 29 1865.⁷

He married Eliza J. Bailey^1,10 [Lizzie Bailey⁸], Sep 17 1868^1,10, Buffalo, Erie County, New York^1,10. Eliza, daughter of Isaac + Mary Bailey, was born 1848, New York.^3,8,9

William and Eliza were shown in the 1870 census (Jul 2 1870), living with Eliza's parents in East Hamburgh, Erie County, New York:⁸

William and Eliza was a pioneer settler in Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York. On July 25, 1878 a notice of intention to incorporate the town of Salamanca was published, containing the name of W.H. Henshaw (among others).¹¹ In December 1878 W.H. Henshaw was one of the chief officers of A.O.U.W. Salamanca Lodge No. 37.¹¹

William and family were shown in the 1880 census (Jun 3 1880), Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York:³

Eliza died 1899, buried Wildwood Cemetery, Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York.^2,9,12

Widower William and daughter were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 11 1900), Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York:⁴

Widower William and family were shown in the 1910 census (Apr 27 1910), Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York:²

William Harrison Henshaw died Oct 9 1911¹ [1919⁹]; buried Wildwood Cemetery, Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York¹.

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