Biographical Sketch of F. Henshaw, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** F. Henshaw, of Henshaw & Co.'s carriage repository, is an early settler of Buchanan County, and has contributed much to St. Joseph's enterprises. He is a native of Prussia, German, and was born March 25, 1826. In 1845, he came to the United States. After a short sojourn in New Orleans he removed to St. Louis, Missouri, where he resided for a time, engaged in the jewelery trade, and in 1849, he came to St. Joseph. For a number of years he worked on the river between St. Joseph and Omaha, in the capacity of steward, after which, for seventeen years, he was employed in keeping the eating house at the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railway depot. Was at Cameron in the same capacity for some time. Few men of St. Joseph were more closely identified with the early steamboat trade than Mr. Henshaw, or of later years as a business man. In 1880, he engaged in his present business. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and a Knight Templar. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================