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- All children accounted for in the census except for last two, Emma & Rebecca. Since their birthdates were before 1870, it can be assumed they died as children.
CENSUS
1850 KY, Union, page ?, 148/148: J.E. & D.A. Henshaw
1860 KY, Union, page 338: John E. & Sarah Henshaw
1870 KY, Union, Raleigh, page 360: John Henshaw
1880 KY, Union, Raleigh, page 582a: John E. Henshaw
FROM HINSHAW FAMILY ASSOCATION, www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw
Born Dec 11 1824, on the Henshawarm, one mile from Geiger Lake, Union County, Kentucky.166
He married Dorothy Ann Delaney, Feb 8 1847, Union County, Kentucky.1
66 (Ann Delaney)aDorothy, daughter of George W. + Sarah Delany, w
as born c1830, Kentucky.b,c Note that John's cousin James married Dorothy's sister Martha Delaney.
John and family are shown in the 1850 census living in District 1, Union C
ounty, Kentucky, as follows:b
Jno. E. Henshaw, age 25, born in Kentucky; farmer.
D.A. Henshaw, age 19, born in Kentucky.
A.B. Henshaw, age 1/12, born in Kentucky.
Dorothy died Apr - 1854, Kentucky; age 24.c (Jul 15 1854).166 Dorothy died of consumption.166,c
He then married Sarah E. Rowley St. Aubin, Feb 16 1856.166 (Sarah E. Rowley)166,a,222 Sarah, daughter of Major Rowley & Lya -, was born J
un 12 1828, Virginia.166,d Sarah was the widow of John R. St. Aubin, whom she had married on Mar 24 1853.166 Sarah was also the sister of Gustavis Rowley, who owned the land which is the site of Rowley Cemetery, where at least seventeen family members are buried.166
John E. Henshaw is shown in the 1860 census living in Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky.
Sarah died Jun 16 1869, buried Rowley Cemetery, Kentucky 109, near Hensha
w, Kentucky.166
In April of 1872, John was appointed Justice of the Peace by the Governor.
166
On Apr 21 1873, John deeded to Shiloh Community and Trustees of F & AM #3
53 at Shiloh, for the price of $1.00, one acre around the Shiloh Meeting House.166
On Feb 24 1877, John was granted a license to solemnize the rites of marriage in Union County.166
On Mar 24 1879, John was appointed Deputy Assessor of Union County.166
John owned five hundred and seventy acres of land, with three hundred a
nd fifty cleared and cultivated. His house, built in 1870, was a neat, frame house with six rooms and a hall.166
John Ezekiel Henshaw died Mar 12 1890, buried Rowley Cemetery, Kentucky 10
9,near Henshaw, Kentucky.166
The following biography of John Henshaw appeared in the 1886 book "The History Of Union County":a
John E. Henshaw.
The subject of this sketch was born on the old Henshaw farm one mile from Geiger's Lake December 11, 1824. His is the son of George and Sallie (Pool) Henshaw. George, one of the first settlers of the county, w
as born in Burkley [sic], Virginia, in 1794. In 1819 he came to Kentucky and settled near Geiger's Lake, and in 1822 was married. He was very poor when he went to house-keeping, but before many years he amass
ed a fortune. He was one of the largest land owners in the count
y. He raised a large family, and left every member a nice fortune. M
any, many times has the old gentleman related his bear and wolf hunts to t
he writer. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, wi
th membership at Shiloh. He died at the home of one of his children in this county in 1883, having lived and served his country eighty-ni
ne years. Subjects mother was born in North Carolina in 1804. Her father was a Virginian, who moved to this country in an early day. She died in 1855. Subject has been twice married: First, 1847, to Miss Ann Delaney, unto whom two children were born; secondly, in 1856, to Miss Sarah Rowley, daughter of Major Rowley, who came from Virginia in 1832. The married children are as follows: William P., a merchant at Blackburn, K
y., married Bell Morris, and has one child; James, a farmer in Shiloh
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1824 - 1890 (65 years)
