┌── John Randolph Hinshaw
                                                        │    1857-1935 
                          ┌── Verlin Chauncy Hinshaw ───┤
                          │    1881-1950                │
                          │                             └── Hannah Ludora "Dora" Chance
                          │                                  1865-1951 
Leslie Delbert Hinshaw ───┤
B: 1909                   │                             ┌── Daniel Webster McLaughlin
D: 1978                   │                             │
                          └── Florence Mae McLaughlin ──┤
                               1884-1950                │
                                                        └── Mary J. Gosnell
M: Birdean Leggett
   ├── Arlene Mae Hinshaw (1935-) 1,2,3,4,5
   └── Glen Alan Hinshaw (1941-) 3,4,6

Leslie Delbert Hinshaw     [ID 06399]

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Born Feb 23 1909, near Rose Hill, Butler County, Kansas.^{1,2,4,7,8,9,10,11}  

He married Birdean Leggett, Jun 5 1929, Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas.^4,12  Birdean, daughter of Fred Leggett & Rachel Anna Money^{2,8,10,12,13,14}, was born Jan 29 1908^{2,8,10,12,13,14}, near Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas^{2,8,10,12,13,14} [Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas⁴].  

Leslie taught school in Haysville, Kansas in the 1920s; Birdean taught grade school.  In 1935 the family moved to Denver, Colorado.  Leslie worked a number of jobs, one for a bakery company, and finally was a letter carrier for the U.S. Post Office for nearly 30 years.^3,11,12  After Leslie & Birdean retired, 1972 they moved to Meeker, Colorado.^11,12  

Leslie was an expert fly fisherman;^3,11 he tied his own flies and sold them to others; he also made bamboo rods.¹¹  He was a lifelong member of the Friends church,³ and was a quiet, godly man.¹¹  

Birdean was known for her fiesty spirit, her green thumbs, and her needlework.  She always kept a garden and could make any sick plant healthy.  Every window and flat surface in her house had a plant growing on it.  In The Garden was one of her favorite hymns and that should not surprise anyone.¹²  

Leslie and Birdean were shown in the 1930 census (Apr 23 1930), living as lodgers in the household of a James Baughman in Salem Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas:¹⁰

Leslie and family were shown in the 1937 city directory of Denver, Colorado:¹⁵

Leslie and family were shown in the 1940 census (Apr 6 1940), 3423 W. Hayward Pl., Denver, Denver County, Colorado:²

Leslie and family were shown in the 1945 city directory of Denver, Colorado:¹⁵

Leslie Delbert Hinshaw died Oct 14 1978^8,11,17, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado^8,11,17 [Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado⁴]; buried Row L Lot 2, Highland Cemetery, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado^8,11,17.  

Leslie died from the effects of, and treatment for, leukemia.¹¹  

Birdean later moved into a nursing home in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado.^8,12  

Birdean died Jan 10 2000, Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado; buried Row L, Lot 2, Highland Cemetery, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado.^8,12,17  

Birdean's death was noted in the "Montrose Daily Press" (Colorado) on Jan 11 2000 and Jan 12 2000.¹⁸

Photo: Leslie Delbert Hinshaw & Birdean Leggett ^11,12

Photo: Leslie Delbert Hinshaw & Birdean Leggett gravestone Highland Cemetery ^11,12

Social Security information for Leslie Delbert Hinshaw: 524-05-4905

Social Security information for Birdean Leggett: 522-42-5970

Sources

1. Telephone interview with Arlene Hinshaw Johnson.
2. 1940 census, Denver, Denver County, Colorado; roll T627-484, ED 16-29, page 7B, line #68, household #183.
3. Contribution from Glen Hinshaw.
4. "The Hinshaw Family", an extensive family history manuscript by Heather Hinshaw-Tomas
5. Telephone interview with Arlene Hinshaw Johnson.
6. Contribution from Glen Hinshaw.
7. "Notable Southern Families", Volume III; Zella Armstrong; Clearfield Company, 1926; http://www.ancestry.com.
8. "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
9. 1910 census, Anson Village, Sumner Township, Sumner County, Kansas; roll T624-458, ED 170, page 244A, line #18, dwelling #68, family #70.
10. 1930 census, Salem Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas; roll T626-719, ED 31, page 7A, line #15, dwelling #162, family #163.
11. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25846006.
12. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25846018.
13. 1910 census, Ohio Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas; roll T624-455, ED 91, page 2B, line #61, dwelling #37, family #37.
14. 1920 census, Jarvis Township, Grant County, Oklahoma; roll T625-1460, ED 94, page 5A, line #38, dwelling #103, family #103.
15. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995; http://www.ancestry.com.
16. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989; http://www.ancestry.com.
17. Highland Cemetery burials, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado; USGenWeb Archives:
    http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/co/rioblanco/cemeteries/highlanda.txt.
18. Obituary Daily Times: http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary.

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