+-- Betsy Jane Hinshaw
                             |    1855-?    
                             |
                             |
George Washington Hinshaw ---+
B: 1897 
D: 1973 
M: Lucy Cordelia Hill
   +-- Elma Hinshaw,  1918-1981 
   +-- Roselia Hinshaw,  1919-1979 
   +-- Annie Hinshaw,  1920-1973 
   +-- George Robert Hinshaw,  1922-1965 
   +-- James Douglas Hinshaw,  1924-1989 
   +-- Vera Cordelia Hinshaw,  1926-1987 
   +-- Nina Hinshaw,  1928-1993 
   +-- Raymond Earl Hinshaw,  1930-     

George Washington Hinshaw     [ID 05626]

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Born Mar 6 1897, Jackson County, Alabama.^{a,110,209,b,c,d}    (1893).^e    (c1895, Tennessee).^f

He married Lucy Cordelia Hill, Jan 17 1917, Franklin County, Tennessee.^110,b,g    Lucy, daughter of Robert White Hill & Cordelia "Dealie" Willis McGee, was born Oct 1 1896, Franklin County, Tennessee.^110,b,c,d

On Jun 5 1918 Geo Hinshaw, age 21, registered for the World War I draft in Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee.    He declared he was born March 6, 1897 in Jackson County, Alabama, and that he was then residing in Maxwell, Tennessee where he was employed by an Ed Mason of Huntland, Tennessee.    He declared his nearest relative was Jane Hinshaw of Maxwell, Tennessee.    He was recorded as slender, medium height, blue eyes, light hair.^a

George was a farmer.^b,c,d    He also was employed with Dickey's Clay Pipe Manufacturing company in Chattanooga, Tennessee.^b

George and family were shown in the 1920 census (Jan 9-10 1920), living with Lucy's grandparents on Hog Saw Road, Cedar Grove Township, Walker County, Georgia:^c

In 1973 George was living in Huntland, Franklin County, Tennessee.²⁰⁹

George Washington Hinshaw died Mar 2 1973, Franklin County, Tennessee; age 75; buried Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Franklin County, Tennessee.^b,209,h

George's mother, Jane Hinshaw, never married.^b    It is uncertain exactly who his father was, but it is believed George's father was Lem Motlow, who came from the Jack Daniels distillery family^b (but another family folklore has it that George's father was a -- Hereford).^b

Photo: George Washington Hinshaw & Lucy Cordelia Hill (date unknown, probably c1920s-c1930s) ⁱ

Photo: gravestone: George Washington Hinshaw & Lucy Cordelia Hill Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Franklin County, Tennessee ^j

Social Security information for George Washington Hinshaw: 408-24-4219

SOURCES

110. Franklin County, Tennessee, cemeteries, F443 F7C46 1986 in the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Contributed by Robert Worley.

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

(b) Contribution from Charlene Hinshaw.

(c) 1920 census, Cedar Grove Township, Walker County, Georgia; roll T625-281, ED 184, page 5A, line #34, dwelling #89, family #94.

(d) 1930 census, District 4, Franklin County, Tennessee; roll T626-2246, ED 6, page 7A, line #40, dwelling #124, family #132.

(e) 1900 census, 16th District, Franklin County, Tennessee; page 237B (sheet 8B), line #63, dwelling #144, family #146.

(f) 1910 census, Civil District 5, Franklin County, Tennessee; roll T624-1499, ED 24, page 82A, line #13, dwelling #92, family #95.

(g) Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002; http://www.ancestry.com.

(h) Shelby County, Tennessee, Register of Deeds; Archives:
http://register.shelby.tn.us.

(i) Photo courtesy of Bobbi (Davis) Wheat.

(j) Photo courtesy of Kathy Irene Hinshaw.

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