1. William Henshall  m Margerie Gyll 
 2.. Thomas Henshall (?-c1631) m - Kendrick 
 3... John Henshall (1611-c1687) m Elizabeth - 
 4.... William Hinshaw (?-1699) m Elizabeth - 
 5..... John Hinshaw (c1660->1768) m Elizabeth Belshaw 
 6...... William Hinshaw (1724-1814) m Sarah Courtney (1730-c1768)
 7....... Thomas Hinshaw (1757-1825) m Rebecca Marshill (1762-1836)
 8........ Thomas Hinshaw (1802-1877) m Hannah Piggott (1801-1866)
 9......... Nathan Hinshaw (1842-1907)
            +Rachel Emma Jones (1846-1920)
10..........  Charles Alonzo Henshaw (1865-1948) 1,2,3,4,5
10..........  Zarina Estella Hinshaw (1867-1932) 2,3,4,5
10..........  George Bruce Hinshaw (1873-1963) 2,3,4,5
10..........  Ernest Lacy Hinshaw (1878-1965) 3,4,6,7
10..........  Albert Roy Hinshaw (1881-1934) 4,6,8
            +Diannah Peacock (1852-1919)
10..........  Frances Willard Hinshaw (1891-1921) 9,10,11

Nathan Hinshaw     [ID 01093]

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Nathan Hinshaw^5,9,12,13 [Nathan Henshaw⁴, Nathaniel Henshaw¹].

Born 6-16-1842, Indiana.^{5,10,12,14,15,16}  

He married Rachel Emma Jones^1,9,12 [Emma Jones^6,17], 1862^1,9,12, Traverse City, Michigan^1,9,12.  Rachel, daughter of Jesse Jones & Mary Haworth^18,19, was born Apr 4 1846^18,19, New London, Howard County, Indiana^18,19 [Ohio⁶].  

At Pleasant Hill MM on 9-6-1862, Nathan Hinshaw of White River MM, Indiana, was declared "at liberty to marry" Rachel E. Jones.  On the same date, Rachel was declared at liberty to marry Nathan.⁹  

At Pleasant Hill MM on 11-1-1862, Rachel E. Hinshaw was granted a certificate to White River MM, Indiana.⁹  

At White River MM on 12-6-1862, Rachel E. Hinshaw was received on a certificate from Pleasant Hill MM.²  

At White River MM on 6-4-1864, Nathan & wife Rachel were granted a certificate to Pleasant Hill MM, Indiana.²  

At Pleasant Hill MM on 7-2-1864, Nathan and wife Rachel E. were received on a certificate from White River MM, Indiana.⁹  

At Pleasant Hill MM on 5-5-1866, Nathan & wife Rachel E. and family were granted a certificate to White River MM, Indiana.⁹  

At White River MM on 7-7-1866, Nathan & wife Rachel & minor child Alonzo were received on a certificate from Pleasant Hill MM.²  

Nathan and family were shown in the 1870 census (Jul 11 1870), White River Township, Randolph County, Indiana:²⁰

At White River MM on 5-6-1876, Nathan & wife Rachel & minor children Charles Alonzo, Zarina Estella & George B. were granted a certificate to Peace MM, Kansas.²  

Nathan and family were shown in the 1880 census, Sterling Township, Rice County, Kansas:²²

Nathan and Rachel were apparently divorced or separated (this was frowned upon, but not actually prohibited, by the Quakers).  Rachel remarried c1886 to a -- Muchbaugh,⁶ then widowed before 1910.²³  However in Rachel's funeral records she was shown as wife of Nathan Henshaw, with no mention of a divorce;⁴ she was also shown in the 1910 census as Emma Henshaw.²³  Rachel died Nov 2 1920, Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri; buried Mt. Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Missouri.²⁴  

He then married Diannah Peacock⁹ [Diana Peacock⁹, Dianna S. Peacock⁹], 9-1-1888⁹, Kansas⁹.  Diannah, daughter of William+Phoebe Peacock, was born Mar - 1852, Indiana.^9,10  

Oak Ridge MM (Indiana) recorded on 9-1-1888: Nathan Hinshaw, LaCrosse, Kansas, son of Thomas & Hannah (Pickett), married Diannah Peacock in Kansas, "2nd marriage for both".⁹  

At Oak Ridge MM (Indiana) on 11-15-1892, Nathan & wife Dianna S. and child Frances Willard were received on a certificate from LaCrosse MM, Kansas.⁹  

At Oak Ridge MM on 10-17-1893, Nathan & Diana & daughter Frances Willard were granted a certificate to Fairmount MM, Indiana.⁹  

At Fairmount MM on 10-18-1893, Nathan & Diannah and son [sic] Francis Willard were received on a certificate from Oak Ridge MM.⁹  

At Oak Ridge MM on 7-17-1894, Nathan & Diana & daughter Frances Willard were received on a certificate from Fairmount MM.⁹  

Nathan and family were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 21 1900), North Main St., Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana:¹⁰

At the same time ex-wife Rachel Emma had remarried and was shown in the 1900 census (Jun 13 1900) living with sons Ernest and Albert Roy on Dougherty Street, Carterville, Jasper County, Missouri:⁶

At Oak Ridge MM on 5-10-1905, Nathan & family were granted a certificate to Fairmount MM, Indiana.⁹  

At Oak Ridge MM on 5-16-1905, Dianna S. & daughter Frances W. were granted a certificate to Fairmount MM.⁹  

At Fairmount MM on 5-17-1905, Nathan and Diannah & daughter Frances Willard were received on certificates from Oak Ridge MM.⁹  

Note that there appears to have been a divorce between Nathan & Rachel somewhere between 1881 and 1888.  Nathan & Rachel were shown together in the 1880 census, and child Albert Roy was born in 1881, but then Nathan remarried in 1888 to Diannah.  Rachel moved with her children from Kansas to Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri c1880s/90s²⁷ (note also that none of Nathan & Rachel's children were shown in later Quaker records since they had moved away with Rachel).  In the 1920 census, Rachel was shown as "Emma Hinshaw" living with her son Ernest.¹⁷  

Nathan Hinshaw died Jul 27 1907, West Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana; buried Park Cemetery.²⁸  Nathan's obituary appeared in the Marion Daily Chronicle on Monday, July 29, 1907:²⁸

DEATH OF N. HINSHAW Nathan Hinshaw died at his home in West Fairmount at 11 o'clock Saturday night after a lingering illness with dropsy and complications.  He was 65 years of age.  A widow and one daughter survive him.  Funeral services were conducted at the Friends church at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon.  Interment was made at Park cemetery.

Diannah died Sep 23 1919, Fairmount MM, Indiana; age 66.^9,29  

Diana's obituary was published in "The American Friend" on January 15, 1920 (page 71).²⁹  

Sources

1. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Indiana.
2. "Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana", Part 2, subtitled "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume VII", (a compendium of many of the records left by William Wade Hinshaw on his death), edited by Willard Heiss; GS929.3 H47 in a local library.
3. Contribution from Barb Roberts citing:
   1880 census, Sterling Township, Rice County, Kansas.
4. Contribution from Barb Roberts citing: funeral jacket for
   Rachel Emma Jones Hinshaw, Knell Funeral Home, 308 W. Chestnut, Carthage, Missouri.
5. "Hinshaw Family": a collection of family group sheets by Edna Harvey Joseph; LDS FHL microfilm #1572018 items 8-10 and #1572019 items 1-4
6. 1900 census, Carterville, Joplin Township, Jasper County, Missouri; ED 38, page 174B, line #83, dwelling #328, family #342.
7. Contribution from Barb Roberts citing:
   Social Security application form SS5 filed in 1939 by Ernest Lacy Hinshaw.
8. Contribution from Barb Roberts citing:
   "Some Early Funeral Records of Schuyler Co. MO 1916-1960",
   Shuyler County Historical Society.
9. "Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana", Part 3, subtitled "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume VII", (a compendium of many of the records left by William Wade Hinshaw on his death), edited by Willard Heiss; GS929.3 H47 in a local library.
10. 1900 census, Fairmount, Fairmount Township, Grant County, Indiana; ED 33, page 201A (sheet 32A), line #33, dwelling #659, family #707.
11. Frances Willard Hinshaw death certificate.
12. "Family Tree Maker, Family Archives, World Family Tree", Vol. 3, by Broderbund Software, a collection of individual family group submissions.
13. Contribution from Barb Roberts citing: 1870 census, Indiana.
14. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - North Carolina.
15. "Family of William & Rebecca Dixon Marshill, Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Orange County, N.C.", by Thomas W. Marshall (Washington D.C., 1945, a typewritten manuscript), from the National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution (Washington D.C.) "Marshill Family Genealogical Records 1700-1900", microfilm #0876559, item 5, in the LDS FHL.
16. "Charles and Hannah (Matson) Davis and their descendants" by Earl H. Davis, microfilm #1011836, Item 2, in the LDS Family History Library.
17. Contribution from Barb Roberts citing: 1920 census, Jasper County, Missouri;
    ED 74, Sheet 4; Webb City; West Daugherty Street; Enumerated January 6 & 7, 1920.
18. Contribution from Barb Roberts citing:
    Knell Funeral Home records, 308 W. Chestnut, Carthage, Missouri.
19. Contribution from Barb Roberts citing:
    1880 census, Sterling Township, Rice County, Kansas;
    Vol II, Knell Mortuary Records.
20. 1870 census, Winchester P.O., White River Township, Randolph County, Indiana; page 555B, line #16, dwelling #431, family #435.
21. 1870 census, Winchester P.O., White River Township, Randolph County, Indiana; page 555B, line #11, dwelling #430, family #434.
22. 1880 LDS census index, Sterling Township, Rice County, Kansas; roll T9-0394, page 182C.
23. 1910 census, Carterville, Joplin Township, Jasper County, Missouri; ED 59, page 76B, line #53, dwelling #54, family #56.
24. Contribution from Barb Roberts citing:
    Vol II, Knell Mortuary Records;
    Knell Funeral Home records, 308 W. Chestnut, Carthage, Missouri.
25. 1900 census, Carterville, Joplin Township, Jasper County, Missouri; ED 38, page 174B, line #86, dwelling #328, family #343.
26. Speculation.
27. Contribution from Barb Roberts.
28. Contribution from Barb Roberts citing:
    The Marion Daily Chronicle, Monday, July 29, 1907.
29. Earlham College Library; "American Friend Obituary Index":
    http://www.earlham.edu/~libr/content/friends/obituaries/index.html.

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