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Born 1849, Randolph County
From History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships (1882)
ELWOOD HINSHAW, farmer, P. O. Rural, was born in Randolph County, Ind., June 20, 1849. He is the son of Absalom and Eliza (Carter) Hinshaw, natives of North Carolina. He was educated in the district schools of the county. The event of his marriage took place April 21, 1871, to Hannah E. Robbins, who is a native of this county, born March 12, 1850. She is the daughter of Ezekiel and Ann (Piatt) Robbins, the former born in New Jersey, and the latter in Ohio. Mr. Hinshaw owns a neat farm of fifty acres in Section K, on which he has resided since 1872; he is an enterprising, industrious gentleman, and is highly respected by all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Hinshaw have been blessed with a son: Stephen E., who was born September 14, 1876.
As printed in History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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