1. Newton Hinshaw (c1833-1867) m Hannah Jane Fears (c1832-?)
 2.. Thomas William Henshaw (1858-1926)
     +Hanah Olivar (1853-1927)
 3...  Mary Ellen Henshaw (1876-(c1932)
 3...  Robert Clay Henshaw (1878-1921)
 3...  William Marvin Hanshaw (1881-1962)
 3...  Martha Jane Henshaw (1882-?)
 3...  Ella Margeret Henshaw (1884-1920)
 3...  Samuel Jones Henshaw (1886-1926)
 3...  Grover Cleveland Henshaw (1890-1960)
 3...  Jackson Virgil Henshaw (1892-1921)
 3...  James Warren Hanshaw (1895-1956)
 3...  Susie Francis Henshaw (1899-1965)

Thomas William Henshaw     [ID 05558]

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    (Thomas William Henshaw)^a,177,b    (Thomas William Hinshaw)^c

Born Oct - 1858, Paint Rock, Jackson County, Alabama.¹⁷⁷    (c1857).^c,d,e,f    (Oct 14 1854)^g,h,a (c1856).ⁱ

William Floyd Hanshaw, Thomas' grandson, once stated that his grandfather Thomas William Henshaw was 'full-blooded Irish'.^j

He married Hanah Olivar, Mar 2 1875, Jackson County, Alabama.^b,k    (Hannah Oliver)¹⁷⁷    (Margaret Hanah Oliver)^a    (Margaret Hannah Oliver)^l    Hanah was born Nov - 1853, Alabama.^177,h    (c1856).^m    (c1859).^e,f    (c1852).ⁱ

Hanah was one-fourth Cherokee Indian.^177,j

Hanah had polio as a child and was therefore somewhat crippled.¹⁷⁷

Thomas and family were shown in the 1880 census (Jun 3 1880), Jackson County, Alabama:^e

Thomas and family migrated to Lawrence County, Arkansas about 1895.^a    According to family oral history, Thomas (whose nickname was "Tom Cat") got into a fight with another man in the 1890s in the Paint Rock, Alabama area.    The fight might have been over a woman.    According to family folklore, either a knife or a gun might have been involved, and Thomas might have killed the other man.    In any case, Thomas and a brother (probably Jacob Robert) left Alabama and moved to Lawrence County, Arkansas.^j

Thomas and family were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 23 1900), Strawberry Township, Lawrence County, Arksansas:^h

Thomas and family were again shown in the 1920 census (Jan 9-10 1920), Black River Township, Lawrence County, Arksansas:ⁱ

Hanah died Dec 25 1927, age 74.¹⁷⁷    According to family oral history, Hanah died tragically from extensive burns.    She was staying with her son James Warren and his wife Ethel.    Warren and Ethel were going out a Christmas eve party, but Hanah didn't feel well and therefore didn't attend and stayed at Warren's house and went to bed.    After Warren and Ethel left, Hanah got up to stir the fireplace, lost her balance, and fell into the fire, burning her hands and body.    She died the next day, Christmas day 1927.    Her death certificate states "Burned - Seized with an attack of vertigo and fell in fireplace."^j,u

Photo: Thomas William Henshaw, Hanah Oliver and children ^v

Photo: Thomas William Henshaw gravestone ^l

Photo: Hannah Oliver gravestone ^l

SOURCES

177. Family group sheets and descendent chart contributed by Dorothy Henshaw White ()

(a) Contribution from Darrell Hanshaw.

(b) "Marriages of Jackson County Alabama 1871-1876 and 1876-1881" (USGenWeb archives).

(c) 1860 census, Jackson County, Alabama; page 308, dwelling #280.

(d) 1870 census, Subdivision Two, Big Coon, Jackson County, Alabama; page 95, line #22, dwelling #390, family #395.

(e) 1880 census, Beat 18, Jackson County, Alabama; roll T9-16, ED 102, page 66D, line #44, dwelling #35, family #36.

(f) 1910 census, Flat Creek Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas; roll T624-55, ED 81, page 130B, line #96, dwelling #261, family #262.

(g) Ancestry Family Tree data posted by Sara Henshaw ().

(h) 1900 census, Strawberry Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas; roll T623-64, ED 74, page 14A, line #64, dwelling #257, family #257.

(i) 1920 census, Black River Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas; roll T625-68, ED 73, page 5A, line #5, dwelling #86, family #92.

(j) Contribution from Darrell Hanshaw citing: William Floyd Hanshaw, 1979.

(k) Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969; http://www.ancestry.com.

(l) Ancestry Family Tree data "Henshaw Family Tree" posted by "possumvalleybrndr".

(m) 1870 census, Collins Precinct, Jackson County, Alabama; roll M593-20, page 101, line #29, dwelling #478, family #483.

(n) 1880 census, Beat 18, Jackson County, Alabama; roll T9-16, ED 102, page 66D, line #49, dwelling #36, family #37.

(o) 1880 census, Beat 18, Jackson County, Alabama; roll T9-16, ED 102, page 67A, line #15, dwelling #38, family #39.

(p) 1880 census, Beat 18, Jackson County, Alabama; roll T9-16, ED 102, page 66D, line #40, dwelling #34, family #35.

(q) 1880 census, Beat 18, Jackson County, Alabama; roll T9-16, ED 102, page 66D, line #38, dwelling #33, family #34.

(r) 1880 census, Beat 18, Jackson County, Alabama; roll T9-16, ED 102, page 66D, line #28, dwelling #32, family #33.

(s) 1910 census, Flat Creek Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas; roll T624-55, ED 81, page 130B, line #91, dwelling #260, family #261.

(t) 1910 census, Flat Creek Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas; roll T624-55, ED 81, page 131A, line #3, dwelling #262, family #263.

(u) Contribution from Darrell Hanshaw citing: Dorothy Henshaw White and Ethel Flood Hanshaw.

(v) Ancesrty Family Tree data posted by "emtigrl".

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