Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
March 8, 1947 page 3
G. A. Henshaw Former State Official, Dies
George A. Henshaw, Jr., age 21, registered for the World War I
draft in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He declared he was born
Oct. 25th 1896 in Carterville, Illinois, his father born in
Stonefort, Illinois, and he was then residing at 311 W. 11th St.
in Oklahoma City where he was employed by the ... Petroleum Co.
of Oklahoma City.
A colorful career in Oklahoma affairs ended late Thursday
with the death of George A. Henshaw, 76, 1319 Classen, former
district judge.
Services will be conducted in the First Presbyterian church,
1001 N. Robinson, at 2 pm Saturday with Rev. Harold Blake
Walker, officiating. Burial will be in Fairlawn.
Born in Carterville, Ill., Henshaw received a law degree at
Valparaiso university. Before moving to Madill in 1900 he taught
school in Illinois. He practiced law in Madill and moved into a
role in state politics with election to the constitutional
convention in 1906 as a delegate from Marshall county.
Two years later he became assistant attorney general under
Charles West, and in 1911 was elected to the state corporation
commission. He left politics in 1915 and practiced law and dealt
in oil.
Henshaw was appointed federal received in 1924 for the
Oklahoma Railway Co.
Henshaw made his home in Oklahoma City when he followed the
capitol here from Guthrie, and in 1932 he was appointed district
judge.
He is survived by two sons, Paul and Walter, both of San
Antonio and two brothers, F. M. Henshaw, who lives at the home
address, and J. I. Henshaw, Madill.
[Also see Nettie Henshaw]
George Allen Henshaw, Jr.
(1896- 1933)
Allen Wheatley cemetery database: http://teafor2.com
Contributed by Marti Graham, October 2003. Information posted
as courtesy to researchers. The contributor is not related to
nor researching any of the above.
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