Oscar Freeman Henshaw

┌── William Henshaw │ 1767-1822 ┌── John Brace Henshaw ──┤ │ 1803-1875 │ │ └── Jerusha Brace │ ?-1822 Oscar Freeman Henshaw ───┤ B: 1826 │ ┌── Samuel Henshaw D: 1907 │ │ └── Cynthia Henshaw ─────┤ 1807-? │ └── Abigail Taylor M: Clara Brown ├── Anna M. Henshaw (1853-1936) ^1,2 ├── Annetta Henshaw ^3,4 ├── Beattie J. Henshaw ^3,4 ├── Hattie E. Henshaw ^3,4 ├── Henry C. Henshaw ^3,4 ├── Hoyt B. Henshaw ^3,4 ├── Horace S. Henshaw (1859-1917) ⁵ ├── Effa Laura Henshaw (1870-?) ^3,4,5 └── Eva May Henshaw (1870-?) ^3,4,5

He married Clara Brown.¹ Clara was born Jan 28 1832, New York.^{4,5,6,7,8,10,11}

Oscar and family were shown in the 1860 census (Jul 5 1860), Taylor County, Iowa:²

Oscar and family were shown in the 1870 census (Jun 22 1870), Page County, Iowa:⁵

Oscar and Clara were shown in the 1880 census (Jun 16 1880), Clarinda, Page County, Iowa:¹⁰

Oscar and Clara were shown in the 1885 Iowa State Census, 5th Street and North Prominade Street, Clarinda, Nodaway Township, Page County, Iowa:¹¹

On Aug 27 1889 (application filed Apr 24 1889) Oscar F. Henshaw, John W. Puterbaugh, Asher A. Brower and Salmon Warren Hurlbut, all residents of Clarinda, Page County, Iowa, were issued Letters Patent number 409,966 for a "new and useful Carpet-Stretcher".¹⁶

Clara died Aug 6 1899, buried Clarinda Cemetery, Clarinda, Nodaway Township, Page County, Iowa.^4,6,7,8

Widow Oscar was shown in the 1900 census (Jun 12 1900), Clarinda, Page County, Iowa:¹⁷

Oscar Freeman Henshaw died Nov 25 1907, buried Clarinda Cemetery, Clarinda, Nodaway Township, Page County, Iowa.^4,6,7,8

There is an unidentified child Edwin Henshaw (May 1 1872 - Jun 21 1874) buried in the same Clarinda Cemetery.^4,7,8 This might be an additional child of Oscar & Clara,¹⁸ or possibly a child of Oscar's brother Edwin.¹⁸

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