The Hinshaw Brothers: Edwin Michael and John Luther

The HINSHAW brothers, Edwin Michael and John Luther, were the nephews of my 3rd-great grandfather, Nathan Thomas BEALS.  They were the sons of Solomon and Elizabeth J. (BEALS) HINSHAW.  In attempting to obtain the backstory regarding Nathan's death, I found that I needed to find out more about these nephews, as the obituary stated that my 3GGF had gone to Arkansas to be involved with the lumber and sawmill business with Ed and Luther Hinshaw.

Since Nathan died in 1915, I decided to see what I could discover about Ed and Luther in the 1910 and the 1920 census records.



Edwin was living in Indianapolis in the 1910 census, living on College Avenue, listed with wife Frances and son Clark. Ed's occupation is listed as banker.  This fits with the Beals Chronology's account of him being the Indiana State Bank Examiner.

 

John Luther was living in Cicero, Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana in the 1910 census.  Luther's occupation was also listed as a banker.  Note that he was living just down the street from Charles and Pearl LAMBERTSON, my 2nd-great grandparents.

 

 

By the time of the 1920 census, the brothers had left the Indiana area.  The exact nature has not yet been discovered, but what I have discovered involves a major banking scandal in the Hamilton county area during the 1915-1916 time frame.

In the 1920, Ed was a lodger in Wichita County, Texas, working as a manager at an oil company.  His son Clark was a driver for the oil company.

 

By 1920, Luther was living in Stoddard County, Missouri, his occupation was listed as a farmer.

 

Though this is just one slice of the lives of these men, I found it most interesting to find out where they were residing in the period prior to and after the death of their uncle, Nathan Thomas BEALS.  Hopefully, I will be able to find out more about their business relationship and what brought Nathan to Arkansas. 

Family Milestones: February 12th

My maternal 4th-great granduncle, Arana WARDLOW, was married on this date in 1852 in Brown County, Ohio to Mary DENNIS.  Mary was his third wife.  Arana, or "Rainey" as he was known, was born December 19, 1806 in Ohio, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (NESBIT) WARDLAW.  Mary was born circa 1815 in Kentucky.  They lived in Washington Township, Brown County, Ohio.  Arana died July 11, 1884 in Brown County, Ohio.

My paternal 2nd-great grandaunt, Susannah WEHRLY, was married on this date in 1844 to Charles PETRY.  Susannah was born December 12, 1824 in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, the daughter of Johannes and Barbara (PETRY) WEHRLY, and the older sister of my William P. WEHRLY.  Charles was born January 27, 1822 in York County, Pennsylvania, the son of Jacob and Magdalena (MILLER) PETRY. They raised 8 children in Wayne and Noble Townships, Jay County, Indiana.  Charles died March 28, 1893 in Jay County, Indiana.  Susannah died June 23, 1910 in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana.  Both are buried in the Salamonia Cemetery, Jay County, Indiana.


My maternal 4th-great grandaunt, Lucinda WARDLAW, was married on this date in 1843 in Brown County, Ohio to Isaac WRIGHT.  Lucinda was born circa 1814 in Ohio, the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (NESBIT) WARDLAW, and the older sister of my Anna WARDLOW.  I do not have dates of birth or death for Isaac.  Nothing further is known at this time.



 

Family Milestones: February 11th

My maternal 6th-great grandaunt, Charity MILLS, was married on this date in 1779 to Samuel HOGGATT.  Charity's birth was recorded at Deep River MM, Guilord County, North Carolina 1758, 4th month, 6th day, the daughter of Henry and Hannah (THORNBURG) MILLS, and the younger sister of my Aaron MILLS.  Samuel's birth was recorded at New Garden MM, Guilford County, North Carolina 1755, 5th month, 29th day (O.S.), the son of Anthony and Mary (________) HOGGATT.  They had at least one child.  Charity died December 24, 1799.  Nothing further is known at this time.

My paternal 4th-great grandaunt, Mary BYERS, was married on this date in 1869 in Wayne County, Ohio to William HAGEN.  Mary was born in 1816 in Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Abraham and Mary (STICKEL) BYERS, and the younger sister of my Barbara BYERS.  I do not have dates of birth or death for William.  Mary died sometime after 1884.  Nothing further is known at this time.

My paternal 3rd-great grandaunt, Margaret JACOBS, was born on this date in 1839 in Congress Township, Wayne County, Ohio.  Margaret was the daughter of David and Barbara (BYERS) JACOBS, and the younger sister of my Susan JACOBS.  Margaret married March 26, 1863 in Wayne County, Ohio to Benjamin DREIBLEBEIS.  I do not have dates of birth or death for William.  Margaret died October 9, 1913.  Nothing further is known at this time.

My maternal 5th-great grandaunt, Mary ROBINS, was born on this date in 1790.  Mary was the daughter of Obadiah and Susannah (HODGKINS) ROBINS, and the younger sister of my Elizabeth ROBINS.  Mary married August 8, 1810 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania to Samuel PANGBURN.  I do not have dates of birth or death for Samuel.  They moved to Brown County, Ohio.  Mary died August 23, 1810 in Brown County, Ohio.