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Also see [Railway Officials in America 1906]
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Horace Henshaw was born Oct. 12, 1811, in Erie Co., N. Y. His parents, William and Jerusha (Brace) Henshaw,
were natives of Connecticut, of English extraction. Both died in Canada, in 1822, of typhus fever, while en route
to this State. Mr. H., of this sketch, left New York in 1837 for Ohio, and in 1857 located on see. 17, this tp.,
purchasing 80 acres of land. May 2, 1831, he was married to Martha M. Montgomery, of Auburn, N. Y. From this marriage
five children remain, Lydia A., born April 3, 1832, now the widow of B. Davis, of Ohio; Byron M., born March 1,
1837, now living in Missouri; Henry H., born Dec. 6, 1838, now in the United States postal service, acting as Postoffice
Inspector, with headquarters at Chicago; Harriet, wife of R. J. Stowe, of Grand Rapids, born Oct. 1, 1846, and
Horace, born Aug. 20, 1852, now managing a commission house in Chicago. Mrs. K. died July 16, 1876. March 31, 1879,
Mr. H. was married to Mrs. Sarah J. Kelsey, widow of Samuel Kelsey. Her first marriage occurred July 4, 1844. Mr.
Kelsey died April 6, 1871, leaving five children, born, in the subsequent order: Theron A., May 1, 1845; Alice
T., Oct. 8, 1851; Editha A., Jan. 22, 1855; Charles B., March 27, 1863, and Adelaide M., July 4, 1869. Mrs. H.
has a farm of 62 acres on see. 18. Politically Mr. Henshaw is a Republican. He has held the position of Supervisor
four terms, and has been Justice during the past 16 years. He is a man of tested integrity, justly esteemed by
his fellow citizens, and descended from loyal and patriotic ancestry. His father served in the wars of the Revolution
and 1812, and his grandfather held a general commission, dated June 27, 1775. He had two brothers in the battle
of Lundy's Lane, in 1814. Henry and Charles Henshaw served in the war of the Rebellion; the latter died of disease,
contracted in camp. The former served through the entire war. Mr. and Mrs. Henshaw are members of the Christian
Church.
FROM:
History of Kent County, Michigan
Chas C. Chapman & Company
Chicago 1881.
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