Claude Wheeler Hinshaw

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..... Thomas Hinshaw (c1680-?) m Mary Marshall (c1685-?) 6...... Jacob Hinshaw (1710-1796) m Rebecca Mackey (c1716-1796) 7....... Benjamin Hinshaw (1738-1840) m Elisabeth Hinshaw (1750-1823) 8........ William Hinshaw (1789-1854) m Ruth Hinshaw (1791-1836) 9......... Michael Hinshaw (1816-1884) m Rachel Kemp (1821-1895) 10.......... Milton Wheeler Hinshaw (1855-1926) m Elnora "Nora" Burton (1867-1919) 11........... Claude Wheeler Hinshaw (1897-1963) +Dorothy Leoina Seekins (1898-1972) 12............ Frances Rowena Hinshaw (1918-1997) ^1,2,3 12............ Kathleen Marie Hinshaw (1920-) ^1,2 12............ Fred Emerson Hinshaw (1922-1980) ^1,2,4 12............ Lester Leon Hinshaw (1927-2016) ^1,2,5

Claude first farmed his grandmother Sarah Burton's farm near Boxley, Indiana. He later worked as a hired hand on another farm.¹

He married Dorothy Leoina Seekins^1,10,11 [Dorotha L. Seekins^2,3,10], Dec 25 1917^1,10,11, near Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana^1,10,11. Dorothy, daughter of Rev. William John Seekins & Anna M. Beaumont, was born Mar 7 1898, Boxley, Hamilton County, Indiana.^1,2,3,7 (Her father was born Oct 2 1861, died Dec 19 1943; her mother was born Feb 8 1865, died May 20 1915).¹²

Claude and family were shown in the 1920 census (Jan 8 1920), Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana:³

In 1921 Claude moved from Indiana to southern California, driving there in 30 days in a 1917 Model-T Ford with his wife, two baby daughters, and his teenage brother, Clair. He helped build the Encino Reservoir near Los Angeles, then became a landscape supervisor for the Los Angeles Park Department.¹

Claude and family were shown in the 1930 census (Apr 16 1930), 4646 Louise Ave., Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California:²

In 1937 Claude returned his family to Indiana where he bought a 67-acre farm north of Pittsboro.¹

In 1941, Claude moved near Dayton, Ohio and was a woodworker at Wright-Patterson AFB. He ended his career there, retiring as a Documents Branch supervisor.¹³

Claude Wheeler Hinshaw died Oct 19 1963, Pittsboro, Hendricks County, Indiana; buried Boxley Cemetery, Boxley, Hamilton County, Indiana.^1,6,7 Medical: Claude died from a heart attack.¹²

Dorothy died Dec 31 1972, Pittsboro, Hendricks County, Indiana; buried Boxley Cemetery, Boxley, Hamilton County, Indiana.^1,7 Medical: Dorothy died from a heart attack.¹

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