1. Newton Hinshaw (c1833-1867) m Hannah Jane Fears (c1832-?)
 2.. Thomas William Henshaw (1858-1926) m Hanah Olivar (1853-1927)
 3... Grover Cleveland Henshaw (1890-1960) m Maude Mae (Walling) Murphy (1888-1968)
 4.... Chester T. Henshaw (1916-1967)
       +Ruby Mae Ross (1916-)
 5.....  Raymond Floyd Henshaw (1935-)
 5.....  Georgie Mae Henshaw (1937-2006)
 5.....  Wilma Faye Henshaw (1939-)
 5.....  Carol Jean Henshaw (1942-)
       +Edna Louise Ward (1933-1962)
 5.....  Danny Joe Henshaw (1955-)
 5.....  Dorothy Jean Henshaw (1958-)
 5.....  Barbara Sue Henshaw (1959-)
 5.....  Chester T. Henshaw, Jr. (1960-)

Chester T. Henshaw     [ID 06706]

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Born Jul 7 1916, Kings Mill, Sharp County, Arkansas.^177,a,b

During the 1920s Chester worked for the CCC (California Conservation Corps).¹⁷⁷

He married Ruby Mae Ross, Jun 8 1936, Sharp County, Arkansas.¹⁷⁷    Marriage license dated Jun 6 1936.^c    Ruby was born Aug 25 1916, Arkansas.¹⁷⁷

Chester and Ruby were divorced.    Ruby remarried to - Turner.¹⁷⁷    Ruby died in 1964 in an auto accident in Colorado.^177,d

He then married Edna Louise Ward, Jul 12 1954, Logan County, Arkansas.¹⁷⁷    Edna, daughter of Hoarce Ward & Effie Jewell Swiney, was born Apr 1 1933, Farmersville, Texas.¹⁷⁷

Edna was named after her aunt Edna Ward Kinney.¹⁷⁷

Chester met Edna in a tuberculosis sanitarium where he spent 5 years.¹⁷⁷

After being released from the sanitarium, they moved to Armuna, California.    They then moved to Louisiana due to California health laws.¹⁷⁷

Edna died May 28 1962, E.A. Conway Hospital, Monroe, Louisiana; buried Dunn, Louisiana.¹⁷⁷    Edna died from pneumonia.¹⁷⁷

After Edna died, Chester was in bad health and couldn't care for small children, so his children were placed in foster care with Mr. & Mrs. Henry Lovie Laird of Pioneer, Louisiana, who raised the children to adulthood.^e,f

Chester T. Henshaw died Feb 9 1967, Delhi, Louisiana; buried Dunn, Louisiana.¹⁷⁷    Medical: Chester died from a heart attack.¹⁷⁷   

SOURCES

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

(a) 1920 census, Davidson Township, Sharp County, Arkansas; roll T625-83, ED 134, page 12A, line #1, dwelling #174, family #179.

(b) 1930 census, Maumelle Township, Craighead County, Arkansas; roll T626-70, ED 30, page 19A, line #11, dwelling #368, family #368.

(c) Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939; http://www.ancestry.com.

(d) Contribution from Linda Louise Townson ().

(e) Contribution from Dorothy Henshaw White.

(f) Obituary of Lela Mae Laird; USGenWeb Archives, Louisiana.

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