Hinshaw, Benjamin

HINSHAW

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Date: 7/5/2021 at 15:04:25

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.685

HINSHAW, BENJAMIN, farmer, East Washington Township, Sec. 29; P. O. Indianola; born in Stokes county, North Carolina, November 25, 1809, and when about eight years of age his parents moved to Randolph county, where he was raised up to the year 1830, when he emigrated, with his parents, to Indiana, where he made his home till he came to this county in 1853; he was married in Morgan county, Indiana, in 1831, to Miss Nancy Carter, of that State; they have a family of six children living; John, Elizabeth (wife of Isaac Maxwell,) Joshua, William (now in the practice of medicine, in Des Moines), Ruth (teaching in Penn College, at Oskaloosa, this State,) and Anna. They have four deceased: James, Rebecca, Lydia and Sallie; Mr. Hinshaw was raised a farmer, and that has been his occupation through life; he has been township trustee for a number of years; owne an improved farm of 221 acres.