Person:John Shankland (4)

John is listed with his father's household in 1850.

  Probably the John W. Shankland who married James Ann Watkins in Nicholas Co. on 13 Oct 1868.  James W. Parish was a witness. {Marriage Returns, Nicholas Co. <ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/nicholas/marriages>}
 According to the 'Descendants of William Shankland', Wesley married Jiminie Henry, 1849- , and had 1 son.
 In the 1870 census for Weston, Nicholas Co., Kentucky, Wesley Shanklin is 26, farmer with wife Jennie, age 20. {p.298}
 In the 1880 census for Carlisle, Nicholas Co., there is a J. W. Shankland, carpenter, age 36, born Kentucky, father Delaware and mother Kentucky.  His wife is J. A., age 29, born Illinois, parents Kentucky.  {p.425a}
 In the 1900 census for Carlisle, Nicholas Co., Kentucky, John W. 'Shanklin' is 56, born March 1844 in Kentucky (father Delaware, mother Kentucky), married 32 years, 'gardner'; with wife (Jennie? Jiminie?) 49 born Dec 1850 in Illinois (parents Kentucky) with 0 of 0 children living. Brother in law Benjamin Watkins was born Feb. 1849 KY (parents same), (divorced?), harness maker. {ed 108, sh. 2, l.42}
 There is a listing for John Wesley Shankland in the Carlisle Cemetery in Carlisle, Nicholas Co., Kentucky, as well as Frank W., Wies, and Mattie Clay Shankland. {FindAGrave, <www.findagrave.com>, 28 June 2007}
 Jimmie Shankland is listed as a widow in the 1910 census.