Person:David Shankland (3)

According to 'Heartland Genealogy' WorldConnect database, David erected a mill for the grinding of corn and sawing of lumber in Redwood Creek, Warren Co., Indiana in 1831.

 According to the Shankland Family Research by Albert B. Shankland, David and Sarah had 5 children.  He was a minister and was killed 'in a runaway near Williamsport, Indiana".
 According to 'Descendants of William Shankland', David was a 'Cambellite preacher' or 'soul sleeper' and a circuit rider. He and Sarah had 6 children: Jonathon 1816- ; Eliza M. 1818-1907; James Crawford 1822; Kendall 1825-1882; David 1828; and Sarah A. 1832-1908. An IGI record also shows a Henry b. 1819, John 1820 who married Lucy Amanda Hopkins, and Jennie 'Jinn' 1828- who married a George Compton. [Jennie may be a reference to their granddaughter Annetta 'Jennie' Smith who married George Compton; however, there is also a record for 'Mrs. Jennie Compton' who married Adam Bair in 1885 in Warren Co.].
 "David Shankland [was] one of the pioneers of this county. Born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, April 9, 1795, a son of John Shankland, who had located in that state soon after the Revolutionary War, he left home at twenty years of age and dwelt for a few years in Ohio. He was married in Preble County, that state, September 27, 1817, to Sally Crawford, whose brother William was a pioneer of Warren County. In October 1829, David Shankland, wife and six children arrived in this county and took up their abode upon government land in Pike township. There the father cleared a fine farm and resided until his death, June 11, 1872, the result of an accident, he having been thrown from his wagon. His wife, who was in the wagon, also, was badly injured, but recovered, she died April 16, 1875. They were esteemed members of the Christian church, and were relied upon to do all within their power in support of good causes. He was very fond of music, possessed a fine voice, and at various times taught a singing school, with marked success. In the early days of his residence here he had fine sport as a hunter, as wolves, deer and other wild game were abundant, and he was an excellent marksman. Three of the six children who accompanied him to this state survived: [Eliza, Mrs. P.G.] Smith; David, now of the state of Oregon; Mrs. Sarah Byers, of Steuben Township, Warren County." {'P.G. Smith', Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren & Pulaski Counties, Lewis Pub. Co.; 1899, in personal email}  David Shankland is listed on page 78 of the 1820 Preble Co., Ohio census in Washington township, and 'David Shanklin' is listed in the 1830 census for Warren Co., Indiana.
 In the 1850 census for Steuben, Warren Co., Indiana. David 'Shamblin' is a farmer age 55 from Kentucky with $1,800.  His wife Sarah is 55, from Kentucky.  Their son David is 21, a carpenter born in Ohio, and Sally A. is 15, born in Indiana. {p.23a, USGenWeb Archives Warren Co., Indiana; <http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/in/warren/census/1850/pg0014b.txt>}
 In the 1860 census for Steuben & Pike township, Warren Co., Indiana, David Shankland is a minister 'Christ Ch.', age 65 from Kentucky, with $3,000 real estate and $500 personal.  His wife Sarah is 64 from Kentucky and living with them is Mary (Farmer? Farin?), age 13 from Indiana. {p.185}  A William 'Shanks', age 34 from Indiana, lives next door. [Mary may be the daughter of Enoch & Hannah Farmer listed in the 1850 census for Warren township, Warren Co., Indiana.  He has a 'Phebe Farmer' age 3.]
 In the 1870 census for Steuben, Warren Co., Indiana, 'Parmenas Smith' is a farmer, age 49 from Kentucky, with $20,200 in real estate and $2,020 personal.  Wife Eliza M. is 51, born Ohio; and [their daughter?] Annie is 11, born Ohio. Also in the household are James Taylor, 18, and James McElhemes (?), 26, laborers from Indiana; and her parents David and Sarah 'Shanklan', both 74. David has $7,000 real estate and $3300 personal and was born in Kentucky, while Sarah was born in Ohio.  {p. 355}