+-- Michael Hinshaw
                                                       |    1816-1884 
                          +-- Milton Wheeler Hinshaw --+
                          |    1855-1926               |
                          |                            +-- Rachel Kemp
                          |                                 1821-1895 
Claude Wheeler Hinshaw ---+
B: 1897                   |                            +-- John Burton
D: 1963                   |                            |
                          +-- Elnora "Nora" Burton ----+
                               1867-1919               |
                                                       +-- Susanna Rushton
M: Dorothy Leoina Seekins
   +-- Frances Rowena Hinshaw,  1918-1997 
   +-- Kathleen Marie Hinshaw,  1920-     
   +-- Fred Emerson Hinshaw,  1922-1980 
   +-- Lester Leon Hinshaw,  1927-     

Claude Wheeler Hinshaw     [ID 06294]

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Born Apr 10 1897, near Boxley, Hamilton County, Indiana.^{176,209,a,b,c,d,e}

Claude first farmed his grandmother Sarah Burton's farm near Boxley, Indiana.    He later worked as a hired hand on another farm.¹⁷⁶

He married Dorothy Leoina Seekins, Dec 25 1917, near Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana.^176,f,g    (Dorotha L. Seekins)^f,d,e    Dorothy, daughter of Rev. William John Seekins & Anna M. Beaumont, was born Mar 7 1898, Boxley, Hamilton County, Indiana.^176,a,d,e    (Her father was born Oct 2 1861, died Dec 19 1943; her mother was born Feb 8 1865, died May 20 1915).^h

Claude and family were shown in the 1920 census (Jan 8 1920), Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana:^d

Claude and family were shown in the 1930 census (Apr 16 1930), 4646 Louise Ave., Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California:^e

In 1941, Claude moved near Dayton, Ohio and was a woodworker at Wright-Patterson AFB.    He ended his career there, retiring as a Documents Branch supervisor.ⁱ

Claude Wheeler Hinshaw died Oct 19 1963, Pittsboro, Hendricks County, Indiana; buried Boxley Cemetery, Boxley, Hamilton County, Indiana.^176,209,a    Medical: Claude died from a heart attack.^h

Dorothy died Dec 31 1972, Pittsboro, Hendricks County, Indiana; buried Boxley Cemetery, Boxley, Hamilton County, Indiana.^176,a    Medical: Dorothy died from a heart attack.¹⁷⁶

Photo: Claude Wheeler Hinshaw, 1918, age 21

Photo: Claude Wheeler Hinshaw, 1936, age 39

Photo: Dorothy (Seekins) Hinshaw, 1945, age 47

Social Security information for Claude Wheeler Hinshaw: 309-18-1505

SOURCES

176. Family history and family group sheets contributed by Lester L. Hinshaw

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) Boxley Cemetery gravestone inscriptions; USGenWeb Archives.

(b) 1900 census, Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana; ED 78, page 27A-B, line #46, dwelling #277, family #278.

(c) 1910 census, Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana; ED 91, page 8B, line #77, dwelling #115, family #118.

(d) 1920 census, Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana; roll T625-435, ED 88, page 3A, line #4, dwelling #55, family #55.

(e) 1930 census, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; roll T626-158, ED 620, page 26A, line #21, dwelling #377, family #388.

(f) Indiana Marriage Records Index 1845-1920; Ancestry.com; book 21, pg 445.

(g) Indiana Marriages, 1845-1920; http://www.ancestry.com.

(h) Contribution Lester Leon Hinshaw.

(i) Contribution from Lester L. Hinshaw.

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