William Henry Henshaw

1. William Henshaw (1742-1796) m Elizabeth Gilbert (1746-1826) 2.. James Steuben Henshaw (1778-1872) m Amy Gale (1784-1868) 3... Isaac Henshaw (1809-1878) m Eunice Scott (1809-1875) 4.... William Henry Henshaw (1842-1921) +Ellen E. Smith (1857-1928) 5..... Charles Everett Henshaw (1883-1973) ^1,2,3,4

Born Jan 10 1842^{2,5,6,7,8,9,10,11} [about 1844¹²], Aurora, Erie County, New York^{2,5,6,7,8,9,10,11}.

William was a Civil War Veteran. He enlisted as a Corporal at Aurora, New York;¹³ served in the artillary, Company R, 67th New York N.G.;^5,13 mustered out Jun 25 1863.¹³ The 67th New York N.G. was sent to the defense of Pennsylvania and was stationed at Harrisburgh at the time of Robert E. Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania.¹³

William was shown in the 1880 census (Jun 23 1880), living alone in Aurora, Erie County, New York:¹⁴

He married Ellen E. Smith.^1,2,7,16 Ellen, daughter of Charles I. Smith & Laura A. Heath, was born 1857, Aurora, Erie County, New York.^2,6,7,11

William and Ellen were shown in the 1920 census (Jan 29 1920), Davis Road, Aurora, Erie County, New York:¹¹

William Henry Henshaw died 1921, buried Section 5, Lot 92, Griffins Mills Cemetery, Aurora, Erie County, New York.^1,5,6 (Section 1, Lot 118).¹⁸

Ellen died Feb 2 1928, Aurora, Erie County, New York; buried Section 1, Lot 118, Griffins Mills Cemetery, Erie County, New York.^2,6,18

A biographical sketch of William Henry Henshaw was published in the 1898 book "Our County and it's people, a descriptive work on Erie County, New York":⁸

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