William Riley Hinshaw

                                                        ┌── James Hinshawc1798-1858 
                         ┌── Carrel Hinshaw ────────────┤
                         │    1832-1882                 │
                         │                              └── Nellie Robertson
                         │                                  c1800-1860 
William Riley Hinshaw ───┤
B: 1851                  │                              ┌── John Marshall
D: 1934                  │                              │
                         └── Elizabeth Ellen Marshall ──┤
                             c1834-1894                 │
                                                        └── Nancy Bray
M: Sarah A. Young
   ├── Mary A. Hinshaw (1874-1924) 1,2,3
   ├── Elroy Henshaw (c1875-?) 3

M: Fanny Davis
   ├── Clara Hinshaw (c1885->1973) 1,2,4
   ├── Amy Hinshaw (1886-1915) 1,2,5,6
   ├── Joseph Howard Hinshaw (1890-1973) 1,2,7
   └── Sylvia Hinshaw (1893-) 1,2

William Riley Hinshaw     [ID 00727] Click here to switch to Ahnentafel view: Ahnentafel View

Born Nov 3 18511,3,8 [about 185310], Williamson County, Illinois1,3,8 [Indiana9, Tennessee11].  

He married Sarah A. Young12 [Susan Young1], Mar 18 187212, Williamson County, Illinois12.  Sarah was born 1851, Jackson County, Illinois.1  

William was a farmer in Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois.1  

Sarah died Feb 11 1880.3,13  Medical: Sarah died from pneumonia.13  

Just three days before Sarah died from pneumonia, on Feb 8 1880, one of their infant children also died13 (name unknown).  A newspaper article from the period mentioned that William Riley Hinshaw had three deaths in the house in the same month.13  

Widower William and family were shown in the 1880 census (Jun 14 1880), Saline Township, Williamson County, Illinois:3

Henshaw, W.R., age 29, born in Illinois; parents born in Tennessee; farmer; widower.
Henshaw, Mary A., daughter, age 6, born in Illinois; parents born in Illinois; attended school.
Henshaw, Elroy, son, age 5, born in Illinois; parents born in Illinois; attended school.
Living next door in 1880 was the family of first cousin Mary Ann Henshaw Keel.14  Also living nearby was the family of Mary Ann's brother Anderson Corder Henshaw.15  

He then married Fanny Davis16 [Fannie Neely1, Fannie Neeley9, Fanny Neely5,7], Mar 6 188116, Williamson County, Illinois16.  Fanny, daughter of John Neeley & Francis Lemball, was born Dec 16 1856, Illinois.9,17  A previous son, Arthur Davis, became a half-brother to the Henshaw children.2  

William and family were shown in the 1920 census (Jan 10-12 1920), Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois:17

Hinshaw, William, head-of-household, age 68, born in Illinois; father born in North Carolina; mother born in Alabama; owned home; occupation: laborer, ... [unclear].
Hinshaw, Fanny, wife, age 64, born in Illinois; father born in West Virginia; mother born in Wisconsin.
Hinshaw, Sylvia, daughter, age 25, born in Illinois; parents born in Illinois; single.

William Riley Hinshaw died Dec 21 1934, Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois; age 83.9  

Fanny died Dec 9 1935, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois; age 79.9  


Sources

  1. "The Hinshaw and Henshaw Families", by William Hinshaw; edited by Milo Custer; private printing, Bloomington, Illinois, 1911; Frank I. Miller Co., printers. LDS microfilm number 1402822.
  2. Obituary of Amy Hinshaw:
    Contribution from Linda L. White () citing:
    "Harrisburg, IL Newspapers 1862-1916", Saline County Genealogical Society, pg 47.
  3. 1880 census, Saline Township, Williamson County, Illinois; roll T9-0259, ED 166, page 516A, line #4, dwelling #75, family #77.
  4. Contribution from Linda L. White () citing:
    Saline County Marriage Register, page 270/271-4.
  5. Death certificate for Amy Hinshaw.
  6. Contribution from Linda L. White () citing:
    "Harrisburg, IL Newspapers 1862-1916", Saline County Genealogical Society, pg 47.
  7. Contribution from Linda L. White () citing:
    "WHO's WHO in Chicago, IL 1906-1946 Fourteenth Anniversity Edition"; The A.N. Marquis Co.; Chicago, 1945.
  8. Obituary of George Allen Henshaw; "The Chronicles of Oklahoma".
  9. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947; http://www.ancestry.com.
  10. 1860 census, Mount Vernon P.O., Black Township, Posey County, Indiana; roll M653-290, page 769, line #4, dwelling #835, family #835.
  11. 1870 census, Township 10 Range 4, Williamson County, Illinois; roll M593-293, page 203, line #29, dwelling #29, family #29.
  12. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 (book C, page 156):
    http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html.
  13. Contribution from Linda L. White () citing:
    "Marion Monitor" (Marion, Williamson County, Illinois); "Event in Egypt" Vol 2, 1879-1881.
  14. 1880 census, Saline Township, Williamson County, Illinois; roll T9-0259, ED 166, page 515D-516A, line #48, dwelling #74, family #76.
  15. 1880 census, Saline Township, Williamson County, Illinois; roll T9-0259, ED 166, page 516A, line #43, dwelling #82, family #84.
  16. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 (book E, page 176):
    http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html.
  17. 1920 census, Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois; roll T625-395, ED 130, page 9A, line #48, dwelling #179, family #208.


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