William Everett Hanshaw

1. Francis Hanshaw (c1802-1870) m Mary Ann Obrion Simmons (c1801-?) 2.. James M. Hanshaw (1844-?) m Mary Ann Jones (c1844-1894) 3... Harvey Curtis Hanshaw (1873-1950) m Virgie Lee Facemires (1878-1964) 4.... William Everett Hanshaw (1895-1967) +Bessie Pearl Reece (1897-) 5..... Fred Lee "Freddie" Hanshaw (1915-1989) ^1,2 +Elsie Ann Brenner (1894-1975) 5..... Ernest Junior Hanshaw (1922-1990) ^2,3 5..... Harvey Clifford Hanshaw (1924-) ^2,3,4 +Betty Jane Wittington (1926-2010) 5..... Rodger Hanshaw (?-1988) ²

Born Dec 20 1895, Blue Creek, Clay County, West Virginia.^{5,6,7,8,9,10,11} (Nicholas County, West Virginia).^12,13,14

He married Bessie Pearl Reece, Sep 3 1914, Clathier, Boone County, West Virginia.^1,12,13 Bessie, daughter of Charles L. Reece & Lovinia Prances Spencer, was born 1897, Boone County, West Virginia.^2,3,12,13,15 (Fayette County, West Virginia).¹⁶

William and Bessie divorced.¹⁴ Bessie remarried to Walter Zearl/Jarrel Field/Fields,^15,17 Jul 30 1918, Fayetteville, Raleigh County, West Virginia.¹⁶

William was shown in the 1920 census (Jan 8 1920), U.S. Army 12th Infantry, Camp Meade, Anne Arundel County, Maryland:⁶

He then married Elsie Ann Brenner, Feb 4 1921, Laurel City, Kanawha County, West Virginia.^2,3,4,14 Elsie was born Feb 12 1894, New York.¹⁸

In their marriage record William was shown as age 25, born in Nicholas County, West Virginia, divorced; Elsie as age 24, born in New York, widow.¹⁴

William was shown in the 1930 census (Apr 10 1930), Federal Industrial Institution, Federal Road Camp, Talcott District, Summers County, West Virginia:⁷

On Apr 27 1942 William Everett Hanshaw, age 46, registered for the World War II draft in Logan County, West Virginia. He declared he was born Dec 20 1895 in Clay County, West Virginia, and was then residing in Lavalette, Wayne County, West Virginia where he was a farmer. He declared his relative/contact was H.C. Hanshaw of Eleanor, West Virginia. He was recorded as 5'9" tall, 160 lbs., blue eyes, gray hair, ruddy complexion.⁸

He then married Betty Jane Wittington¹¹ [Betty Jane Eplin²], Sep 7 1962¹¹. Betty, daughter of James + Florence Eplin, was born May 7 1926, Kanawha County, West Virginia.^11,18,20 Betty had been previously married¹¹ to James Robert Whittington (1952, Kanawha County, West Virginia),²¹ and divorced.¹¹

William Everett Hanshaw died Jun 20 1967, Wayne County, West Virginia; age 71.²²

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