Person:Amanda Harris (12)

Married Enos Gill after Kendall died, and lived in Anderson, Indiana.

 In the 1900 census for Grant, ward 2, Vermillion Co., Illinois, Enos Gill is 68 born 1833, age 68, born Kentucky (parents same), 'Capitalist', married 15 years; with wife 'Annda' 73 b 1827 in Indiana (parents unknow), 5 of 5 children living." {ed 84, p.135b, 12 East Main Street, line 54-55, <http://www.us-census.org/pub-ftp/il/vermilion/1900/ed84-pg133a.txt>}
 "From Iroquois Co Gen Society - Times Democrat, Friday, May 11, 1906. EDITOR SHANKLAND'S MOTHER IS DEAD - Aged Woman Dies at Thorntown - burial at Hoopeston. Mrs. Enos Gill, familiar to the early settlers of Prairie Green Township as Mrs. Kendal Shankland, died at her home in Thorntown, Ind. Sunday night. The funeral was held Tuesday, interment taking place at Hoopeston. Mrs. Gill was the mother of Editor B.F. Shankland of the Watseka Republican. Her death was due to paralysis and diseases common to old age. Mrs. Gill was 79 years of age. She came to this county in 1852 and with her husband, Kendal Shankland, settled on a farm in Prairie Green Township near the Indiana line. Following the death of Mr. Shankland about twenty-two years ago, she moved to Thorntown and later became the wife of Enos Gill. Among the older people in Prairie Green Township Mrs. Gill is remembered as a woman of rare force of character. She was in every respect a most womanly woman, charitable and kind hearted. Besides Editor Shankland, two sons and a daughter survive the deceased. They are David and George Shankland of Thorntown, and Mrs. Laura Smalley of Manchester, Ind -- May 9, 1906, Wed. Watseka Republican.
 PIONEER IROQUOIS COUNTY WOMAN PASSES AWAY - Was a Native of Indiana. Settled in Prairie Green Township in 1854. Buried in Hoopeston Yesterday. Mrs. Amanda E. Gill, formerly Mrs. Kendal Shankland of Prairie Green Township this county, died at her home in Thorntown, Ind. Sunday afternoon. She had been in poor health for several years, having suffered several paralytic strokes. Her death was feared two weeks ago but her rugged constitution kept her alive until last Sunday. Her funeral was held yesterday and she was buried beside her first husband in the family lot at the Hoopeston cemetery. Mrs. Gill’s maiden name was Harris. She was born in Marion County, Indiana, in 1827, and was married to Kendal Shakland in 1848. With her husband she came to Iroquois county in 1854, settling in Prairie Green Township. The husband died in 1882. A few years after the death of her first husband she was married to Enos Gill, who survives her. She is also survived by three sons and one daughter; B. F. Shankland of Watseka; George Shankland of Lebanon, Ind; David Shankland of Thorntown, Ind; Mrs. Laura Smalley of North Manchester, Ind. Mrs.Gill was a devout member of the Christian church and was of a religious disposition. Her life was that of many a woman who came to the Illinois prairies in the early fifties, faithfully discharging the duties of the wife of an extensive farmer and the mother of a large family."  {Obits transcribed by Cathea Curry, 11 Oct 2007, 'Harris and Allied Families of Kentucky', <http://www.freewebs.com/kyharris/obits.htm>; 27 Dec 2007}

1.   Albert Shankland. Shankland Family Research. (copy of typed manuscript, dated 1 Feb 1971).