Brief Life History of Edwin P.
When Edwin P. Hanshaw was born in April 1869, in Washington, Kansas, United States, his father, Phillip Methanial Hanshaw, was 26 and his mother, Amanda Lynd, was 24. He married Mary Ann Quillen on 25 September 1906, in Beaver City, Furnas, Nebraska, United States. He lived in Washington, Washington, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Richmond Election Precinct, Furnas, Nebraska, United States for about 30 years. He died in 1945, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Precept, Furnas, Nebraska, United States.
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- Edwin Henshaw in household of Henshaw, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Edwin P. Hanshaw - Government record: birth-name: Edwin Hanshaw
- Edwin P Hanshaw, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1873
Historical Boundaries: 1873: Furnas, Nebraska, United States
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Hampshire .
Possibly also an Americanized form of German Handschuh .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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