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Submitted: 12/14/10 • Approved: 6/25/18 • Last Updated: 6/28/18 • R428149-G428149-S3
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Company E 23 Virginia Infantry
Civil War Confederate
July 3, 1838 - November 10, 1911
*Obituary
The Springdale News
Friday, November 24, 1911
HANSHEW, W.W. –(from Sulphur City) As time rolls on one by one the good old fashioned fathers and mothers are swiftly passing away. So this week we have to record the death of our own dear father, W.W. Hanshew, who died November 10th. On the 15th of June last year he had a stroke of paralysis and has never been able to do a days work since. Brights disease and other ailments set in and for the last 6 months he had been rapidly failing but was only confined to his bed about three days until death released him of his suffering. My dear father is gone from us. His place in the home and in our hearts can never be filled. God is our only stay in such hours of trouble. W.W. Hanshew was born July 3, 1838 in Wythe County, Virginia and was married to Louisa G. Hubble May 10, 1860. To this union was born nine children, one boy died in infancy, one girl at the age of 16 and the oldest son, 4 years ago at the age of 45. Three sons and three daughters are living. The sons are Thomas L. of Grovont, Wyoming, James M. of Wellston, Oklahoma and George W., who resides at home. The daughters are Mrs. Sarah Walker of Grovont, Wyoming, Mrs. Mary Boaz of Sulphur City and Mrs. Belle Underhill of West Fork. All were present at his death but the two in Wyoming. He was good father and husband. He fought in the Southern army and was wounded in the right arm. He was of the Lutheran faith, an honest and upright citizen. He had lived in this community 25 years. He was laid to rest in the Mt. Salem cemetery Saturday afternoon amid a large crowd of weeping relatives and friends. Rev. Huddleston of Ridge conducted the funeral services. Sorrow fills our hearts as we record the death of friends and loved ones and we are oft made to wonder at God’s ways.
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Fayetteville Democrat
Thursday, November 16, 1911
Hanshew – W.W. Hanshew passed away at his home near Sulphur City on Thursday, November 9th. He was about 70 years of age and died of dropsy. He had lived in that community for a quarter of a century and was highly esteemed as an upright, honorable man and a good citizen. The community mourns his death.
*Obituary
State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives
Mrs. L.J. Hanshew, widow of W.W. Hanshew, who died November 10, 1911, filed Widow Application #13225 with the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for a Confederate widow pension and it was received as allowed August 10, 1914 at the State, citing her husband’s service with Company E, 23rd Virginia Infantry from 1861 thru 1865.
Louisa
1840 - 1922
Contributed on 12/14/10 by nailgal123
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