Thomas Doane Hinshaw (1835 - 1911)

Born 5 Aug 1835 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Harriet (Lundy) Hinshaw — married 17 Mar 1859 in Hardin, Iowa, United States

Died 29 Nov 1911 at age 76 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Born Aug 5 1835, near Knoxville, Jefferson County, Tennessee. (Jefferson County is now Knox County).

He married Anna Harriet Lundy, Mar 17 1859 Hardin County, Iowa by A.M. Mulford, J.P. To this union were born:

1. Mary Evangeline Hinshaw (1860-1920)
2. Lydia Fremont "Freme" Hinshaw (1862-1945)
3. Levi Ephraim Hinshaw, MD (1864-1942)
4. William Wade Hinshaw (1867-1947)
5. Sarah Margaret Hinshaw (1870-1887)
6. Marvin Victor Hinshaw (1873-1954)
7. Grace Lucinda Adele Hinshaw (1876-1936)
8. James Hinshaw (1878-1878)
9. John Arno Hinshaw (1880-1951)
10. Thomas C. Hinshaw (1882-1882)

Anna, daughter of Levi Lundy and Sarah Wickersham, was born Jun 18 1842, Grant County, Indiana. Anna's grandparents were James Lundy and Elizabeth Johnson.

Thomas andfamily settled in Providence Township, Hardin County, Iowa in the spring of 1855.

Thomas and family were shown in the 1860 census (Jul 7 1860), Providence Township, Hardin County, Iowa:

Thos Hinshaw, age 24, born in Tennessee; farm laborer; $1335 real estate; $275 personal property.

A Hinshaw, age 18, born in Indiana.

M E Hinshaw, age 3 months, born in Iowa.

W Fitzgeral, age 25, born in Indiana; day laborer.

Thomas and family were shown in the 1870 census (Jun 14 1870), Providence Township, Hardin County, Iowa:

Hinshaw, Thomas D.

Hinshaw, Anne, age 28, born in Indiana; keeping house.

Hinshaw, Mary E, age 10, born in Iowa; attended school.

Hinshaw, Lydia F, age 8, born in Iowa; attended school.

Hinshaw, Levi E, age 5, born in Iowa.

Hinshaw, Wm W, age 2, born in Iowa.

Carter, John H, male, age 19, born in North Carolina; "hired man"; $150 personal property.

Hall, C. E., female, age 16, born in North Carolina; "domestic servt".

At Honey Creek MM (Iowa) on 11-11-1871, Anna, wife of Thomas D. Hinshaw, & children William W. & Sarah M. were released by request.

Thomas and family were shown in the 1880 census (Jun 23 1880), Providence Township, Hardin County, Iowa:

Hinshaw, Thomas, age 44, born in Tennessee; parents born in Tennessee; farmer.

Hinshaw, Anna H., wife, age 38, born in Indiana; father born in Virginia; mother born in Ohio; keeping house.

Hinshaw, Lydia, daughter, age 18, born in Iowa; father born in Tennessee; mother born in Indiana; attended school; school teacher.

Hinshaw, Levi E., son, age 15, born in Iowa; father born in Tennessee; mother born in Indiana; attended school.

Hinshaw, William W., son, age 13, born in Iowa; father born in Tennessee; mother born in Indiana; attended school.

Hinshaw, Sadie, daughter, age 9, born in Iowa; father born in Tennessee; mother born in Indiana; attended school.

Hinshaw, Marvin V., son, age 6, born in Iowa; father born in Tennessee; mother born in Indiana; attended school.

Hinshaw, Grace, daughter, age 4, born in Iowa; father born in Tennessee; mother born in Indiana.

Thomas and family moved to Union, Iowa about 1880.

Thomas and family were shown in the 1885 Iowa state census, Providence Township, Hardin County, Iowa:

Hinshaw, Thomas, age 49, born in Tennessee; farmer; entitled to vote.

Hinshaw, Anna, age 42, born in Indiana.

Hinshaw, Levi, age 20, born in Hardin County, Iowa; entitled to vote.

Hinshaw, William W., age 17, born in Hardin County, Iowa.

Hinshaw, Sadie, age 14, born in Hardin County, Iowa.

Hinshaw, Marvin, age 12, born in Hardin County, Iowa.

Hinshaw, Grace, age 10, born in Hardin County, Iowa.

Hinshaw, Arno, age 4, born in Hardin County, Iowa.

Anna died Apr 17 1890, Union, Hardin County, Iowa; buried row 5, plot 9, Chester Cemetery, Providence Township, Hardin County, Iowa.

Widower Thomas was shown in the 1900 census (Jun 19 1900), living in the household of daughter Grace in Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, Iowa:

Hinshaw, Thomas, father-in-law, age 64, born Aug 1835 in Tennessee; parents born in Tennessee; widower; occupation: farmer.

Widower Thomas was shown in the 1910 census (Apr 25 1910), living in (or visiting) the household of son Marvin at 1010 East 7th Avenue, Denver, Colorado:

Hinshaw, Thomas D., father, age 74, born in Tennessee; parents born in Tennessee; widower.

Thomas Doane Hinshaw died Nov 29 1911 (aged 76), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and is buried in Chester Friends Church Cemetery, New Providence, Hardin County, Iowa, Plot: Row 5, 9.

Thomas Doane Hinshaw's obituary appeared in "The Union Star", Union, Hardin County, Iowa, on Thursday, December 7, 1911, as follows:

TWO PIONEERS LAID TO REST. THOMAS D. HINSHAW BURIED IN CHESTER LAST FRIDAY. [....] Thomas D. Hinshaw of Chicago, long a resident of Hardin County, Iowa, has passed to a higher life. He died as he has lived, a strong, fearless, valiant soul, absolutely confident of the future and ready at any moment to answer the call to higher realms.

Although seventy six years old he was until Monday, November 6th, in full robust health and he walked with the stalwartness that has marked him through life as a strong man among his fellow men. On November 6th he fell accidentally, headlong down a flight of stairs, breaking many bones and generally destroying his fine body to such an extent that recovery was impossible.

During his short illness his mind was generally clear and he expressed himself as being glad that the time for his promotion to a higher life had arrived and he greeted the new existance with joy and understanding.

Thomas Hinshaw will long be remembered by those to whom he stood as a benefactor during his residence in the neighborhood of Chester. Never was there a poor man in need but that Thomas went to his aid. Never was there a sick man, woman or child, no matter how malignant the disease, but that Thomas and his good wife Anna, long since lamented, went to them and cared for them night and day, often taking wood for the fire and food for the table.

Thomas was always a friend to the poor, with a hand ever ready to lift one who had fallen, and he was loved and respected among his friends and business associates as a man of integrity, honesty and ability.

He was born August 5, 1835, near Knoxville, Tenn., migrated at an early age with his father, Wm. Hinshaw, first to Indiana and later to Iowa where he spent his life up to twenty years ago as a farmer and stock raiser near Chester, Hardin Co. After the death of his wife in 1890 he lived in Chicago, Ill., and Denver, Colo., where he was actively engaged in contracting and building houses.

He leaves four sons and three daughters all of whom were at his bedside during his short illness. Three of his sons, Dr. L. E. Hinshaw, Marvin Victor Hinshaw and John Arno Hinshaw, reside in Chicago and his son William Wade Hinshaw resides in New York City; the daughters, Mrs. H. Hill, Mrs. Freme H. Holmes and Mrs. H. Pearson reside in Denver, Colo., Valparaiso, Ind, and Custer, Wash., respectively.

Thomas Hinshaw's remains were interred in the Chester cemetery in his own family lot.

After his accident, realizing that the end was near he asked that his body be taken there for burial, saying that he had himself placed a double gravestone there when his wife was buried 21 years ago, that his own body might at last be placed beside hers, the double stone being a symbol of their reunion after death.

As his life has been passed seeking always for truth and the higher possible development, his great, strong soul is now permitted to cast off its earthly garments and pass into the midst of friends and loved ones gone before. While we sorrow that he has left us, we rejoice for him that he has lived so well, developed so great a soul and at last going so cheerfully and fearlessly, achieved so great a Victory.

Biography of T.D. Hinshaw on page 848 of the 1883 book History of Hardin County Iowa:

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Sources

• "The Hinshaw and Henshaw Families", by William Hinshaw; edited by Milo Custer; private printing, Bloomington, Illinois, 1911; Frank I. Miller Co., printers. LDS microfilm number 1402822.
• "The Landed Gentry", by Burke.
• United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4X-HVJ : 19 December 2020), Thomas Hinshaw in household of Wm Hinshaw, Richland, Keokuk, Iowa, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCWD-2QF : 5 November 2017), Thomas D. Hanshaw and Anna H. Lindy, 17 Mar 1859, Hardin, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 23, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,034,939.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDV7-W6W : 28 May 2021), Thos D Hinshaw, 1870.
• "The William Wade Hinshaw Index to [Iowa] Quaker Meeting Records", a microfiche in the LDS Family History Library.
• "Johnston of Caskieben, Crimond, and Caiesmill" by Lorand V. Johnson, microfilm #0982174, Item 1, in the LDS Family History Library.
• The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Iowa.
• "Hinshaw Family": a collection of family group sheets by Edna Harvey Joseph; LDS FHL microfilm #1572018 items 8-10 and #1572019 items 1-4
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD2J-9HZ : 14 January 2022), Thomas Hinshaw, Providence Township, Hardin, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9K6-D56 : 11 March 2022), Thomas Hinshaw in entry for Alfred W Pearson, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK49-P97 : accessed 17 April 2022), Thomas D Hinshaw in household of Marvin V Hinshaw, Denver Ward 14, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 177, sheet 8B, family 177, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 117; FHL microfilm 1,374,130.
• "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7FL-XY6 : 8 March 2018), Thomas D. Hinshaw, 29 Nov 1911; citing , Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference 29554, record number 440, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,287,615.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79117554/thomas-doane-hinshaw : accessed 19 December 2021), memorial page for Thomas Doane Hinshaw (5 Aug 1835–28 Nov 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 79117554, citing Chester Friends Church Cemetery, New Providence, Hardin County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Mary (Hammill) Rund (contributor 48585237) .