Edward Carrington Henshaw

                                                        ┌── Joshua Henshaw
                                                        │    1765-1840 
                             ┌── John Leavitt Henshaw ──┤
                             │    1792-1832             │
                             │                          └── Esther Burnham
                             │                               1768-1853 
Edward Carrington Henshaw ───┤
B: c1821                     │                          ┌── Ebenezer H. Corey
D: 1872                      │                          │
                             └── Ann Maria Corey ───────┤
                                  1795-?                │
                                                        └── Phebe (Corey)
M: Sarah Edwards Tyler
   ├── Edward Tyler Henshaw (1849-1904) 1,2,3,4,5
   ├── Charles Edwards Henshaw  1,5
   ├── Charlotte Henshaw (1851-?) 5
   ├── Stanley Henshaw (c1856-<1870) 1,3,5
   ├── Frederick William Henshaw (1858-1929) 1,3,4,5,6,7
   ├── William Griffith Henshaw (1860-1924) 1,3,4,5,6
   └── Tyler T. Henshaw (1862-1932) 1,4,5,6

Edward Carrington Henshaw     [ID 06016] Click here to switch to Ahnentafel view: Ahnentafel View

Born about 18212 [about 18253, about 18286], New York2 [Vermont3,6].  

Edward became a Midshipman in the U.S. Navy, but resigned and studied law.1  

He married Sarah Edwards Tyler, Mar 8 1849, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.1,5  The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Howland Coit of St. Stephens Church.1  

Sarah, daughter of Edwin Tyler & Alla Mary Edwards1,5, was born Sep 18 18221,5 [about 18252,3, about 18286, about 18214], Connecticut1,5.  

Edward and family were shown in the 1850 census (Aug 16 1850), Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois:2

Charlotte M. Tyler, age 40, born in Pennsylvania; $12,000 real estate.
Edward C. Henshaw, age 29, born in New York; lawyer; $6,000 real estate.
Sarah E. Henshaw, age 25, born in Connecticut.
Edward Tyler Henshaw, age 9 months, born in Illinois.
Margaret Shirley [unclear], age 18, born in Ireland.
Julia Burke, age 18, born in Ireland.
Alwin Ballshey [unclear], age 14, born in Pennsylvania.

Edward and family were shown in the 1860 census (Jul 19 1860), Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois:3

Edward C. Henshaw, age 35, born in Vermont; miller; $22,000 real estate; $6,000 personal property.
Sarah Henshaw, age 35, born in Connecticut.
Edward Henshaw, age 10, born in Illinois; attended school.
Stanley Henshaw, age 4, born in Illinois.
Frederick Henshaw, age 2, born in Illinois.
William Henshaw, age 1, born in Illinois.
Bridget German, age 20, born in Ireland; servant.
Mary Whalen, age 16, born in Ireland; servant; cannot read or write.

On Oct 15 1862, Edward joined the regular army during the Civil War (what his wife Sarah Edwards Henshaw called "the war of the Rebellion").  He commanded an artillery company, named for him "Henshaw's Battery".8,9  After the siege of Knoxville, a forward move was being contemplated and five different generals applied to have Henshaw's Battery attached to their command.1  General Burnside recommended him for promotion on account of his "gallantry on many a well-fought field".  A comrade once said "I well remember the music of Henshaw's Battery at the Siege of Knoxville".  

Back at home in Ottawa, Illinois, Sarah helped to organize an aid society and served as its secretary.  She was made associate manager of the Chicago Sanitary Commission and was elected to write the history of its work, which she did, calling her book "Our Branch and its Tributaries".1,5  

After the war, Edward was commissioned in the regular army1 (24th U.S. Infantry).10  

Edward and family were shown in the 1870 census (Jun 22 1870), Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois:6

Henshaw, E.C., age 42, born in Vermont; Capt. U.S. Army; $7000 real estate; $2000 personal property.
Henshaw, Sarah E., age 42, born in Connecticut; keeping house.
Henshaw, Frederick, age 12, born in Illinois; attended school.
Henshaw, Wm G., age 10, born in Illinois; attended school.
Henshaw, Edwin T., age 8, born in Illinois; attended school.

Edward Carrington Henshaw died Sep 14 18721,10,11 [Oct 16 18725], Fort McKavitt, Texas1,10,11; buried San Antonio National Cemetery, 517 Paso Hondo Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas1,10,11.  (Originally buried at Fort McKavill, Texas).11,12  

After Edward died, Sarah moved to California to be nearer to her brother's estate, and to be with son Edward who was there already.1  

Widow Sarah and family were shown in the 1880 census (Jun 4 1880), Oakland, Alameda County, California:4

Henshaw, Sarah E., age 59, born in Connecticut; parents born in Connecticut; keeping house; widow.
Henshaw, Edward T., son, age 30, born in Illinois; father born in New York; mother born in Connecticut; book keeper.
Henshaw, Mary, daughter-in-law, age 25, born in Maine; father born in Maine; mother born in New Hampshire.
Henshaw, Mary E., granddaughter, age 10 months, born Jul 1879 in California; father born in Illinois; mother born in Maine.
Henshaw, Fred W., son, age 22, born in Illinois; father born in New York; mother born in Connecticut; student.
Henshaw, Wm G., son, age 20, born in Illinois; father born in New York; mother born in Connecticut; book keeper.
Henshaw, Edwin T., son, age 18, born in Illinois; father born in New York; mother born in Connecticut; book keeper.
Se Ong, servant, male age 20, born in China; parents born in China; servant.

Sarah died Aug 30 1894, Oakland, Alameda County, California.5,13  

In 1894 Sarah's family history manuscript was published: "Our Family. A Little Account of it For My Descendents" (Sarah Edwards Henshaw, 1894, Oakland, California).1  (read it below).

(photo)Photo: "Our Family. A Little Account of it For My Descendents" by Sarah Edwards (Tyler) Henshaw, 1894 [PDF] 14


Sources

  1. "Our Family: A Little Account of it for my Descendents", by Sarah Edwards Henshaw, Oakland, California, 1894, contributed by Donald Craig Henshaw. USIGS scan: http://www.usigs.org/library/books/families/Henshaw1894
  2. 1850 census, Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois; roll M432-115, page 203, line #21, dwelling #392, family #392.
  3. 1860 census, Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois; roll M653-196, page 464, line #10, dwelling #4183, family #4159.
  4. 1880 census, Ward 4, Oakland, Alameda County, California; roll T9-0061, ED 11, page 209A-B, line #50, dwelling #84, family #90.
  5. "Timothy and Rhoda Ogden Edwards of Stockbridge, Mass., and Their Descendents: A Genealogy", by William H. Edwards (1903, Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company);
    http://books.google.com/books?id=dcsUAAAAYAAJ.
  6. 1870 census, Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois; roll M593-244, page 559, line #1, dwelling #815, family #768.
  7. "California Information File", California State Library.
  8. Illinois Civil War Veterans Database:
    http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/genealogy/civilwar.html.
  9. "The American Civil War Research Database", Ancestry, Inc.
  10. San Antonio National Cemetery, USGenWeb Archives.
  11. Burials, San Antonio National Cemetery, 517 Paso Hondo Street, San Antonio, Texas:
    http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bexar/cemeteries/sanan1.txt.
  12. Burials, San Antonio National Cemetery, 517 Paso Hondo Street, San Antonio, Texas:
    http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Wtx/Menard/FortMcKavett.html.
  13. "San Francisco Call 1875-1884 Births, Marriages and Deaths"
    The San Francisco Call archives: http://feefhs.org/fdb2/sfcalli.html.
  14. http://books.google.com/books?id=0rNRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false.


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