Person:Andrew Shankland (2)

According to the Shankland Family Research by Albert B. Shankland, Andrew married Judith Ann Stoops, sister to James and Polly who also married into this family. "Andrew Gibbs Shankland (1805-1880) and Judith Ann Stoops (1805-1882) were both born in the Cassidy Creek community in Nicholas County, Kentucky. They were married on Dec. 29, 1825. It was not until October 1853 that they decided to migrate to Brown County, Illinois. They came with their entire family, three of whom were already married. Andrew was a carpenter and did much carpenter work after he came to the county....They were the parents of nine children who lived to maturity: Nancy Brown (1827-1908) married James E. Myers in 1844. Emerine (1828-1877) married James William Plew in 1852. Samuel Thompson (1830-1908) married Martha Ann Mattingly in 1858. Sarah Jane (1832-1912) married William Bowen in 1852, William Henry (1834-1905) married Nancy Katherine Linn in 1860, James Marion (1837-1901) married Sarah Ishmael in 1861. His second wife was Lydia Elizabeth Griffin. Elizabeth Mary Shankland (1839) married Philip Briggs (1836-1906) in 1856. Benjamin Hardy Shankland (1843-1925) married Henrietta M. Briggs (1841-1874) in 1862. Elizabeth (Peak) Dick. (1835-1911) in 1876 and Elizabeth Atterbury (1872-1951) in 1895. David Worth Shankland (1847-1935) married Katherine Means (1856-1884) in 1873 and Emma Crabb Stoops (1860-1933) in 1886." {'Descendants of William Shankland', by John N. Shankland, <www.shankland.name>, 1 Sept 2004, no sources cited}

In the 1830 census for Nicholas Co., Andrew Shanklin has 1 male 20-30 [Andrew] and 2 females 0-5 [Nancy & Emerine], 1 female 15-20 [?], 1 female 20-30 [Judith]. {p.213, line 18, USGenWeb Archives, <www.rootsweb.com/census>, 7 Oct 2003} He is next door to his brother Benjamin and his father John Sr.
 In the 1840 census for Nicholas Co., Andrew Shankland has 1 male 0-5 [James], 1 male 5-10 [William], 1 male 10-16 [Samuel], 1 male 30-40 [Andrew]; and 1 female 0-5 [Elizabeth], 1 female 5-10 [Sarah], 2 females 10-15 [Nancy & Emerine], 1 female 30-40 [Judith]. {p.64, line 5, Nicholas Co Kentucky USGenWeb, <www.rootsweb.com/census>, 6 Oct 2003}
 In the 1850 census for Nicholas Co., Kentucky, Andrew Shankland is a carpenter age 45 from Kentucky with $600.  His wife Judith is 45 from Pennsylvania.  Their children are Nancy B. 24; Emerine 21; Samuel G. 20; Sarah J. 19; William H. 17; James M. 13; Elizabeth 11; Benjamin H. 8; and David W. 2. {www.rootsweb.com, p.462b}
 In the 1860 census for Lee, Brown Co., Illinois, A. G. Shanklin is 55, farmer from Kentucky; Mrs. Judith is 55 Pennsylvania; W. H. [William] 26 KY; J. (N? W?) [James] 23 KY; B.H. [Benjamin] 17 KY; and D. W. [David] 12 KY. E.S.E. Paine is 15 from Il.  {p. 860,  #1383}
 In the 1870 census for Lee, Brown Co., Illinois, po Mt. Sterling, Andrew Shankland is 65, farmer from Kentucky with $2000 real estate and $200 personal.  Wife Judith is 65 born Pennsylvania and David is 21, born Illinois.  James M. Plew is 37, farmer from Kentucky with $7,000 real estate and $1,000 personal.  Wife 'Emaline' is 40, and the children are Mary Ann, 16; Sarah D., 13; James E., 8; and Hattie, 5 -- all born Illinois.  Also in the household [?] are John Linsey, 60, born Ohio; James, 27; Phoebe A., 21; and Chancy(?), 14 -- all born Illinois. {p.55} 
 "A.G. was a native of Nicholas County, Ky., and was married Dec. 29, 1825, moving to Brown County, Ill., in 1853, where he remained till (1856?), when he moved to his late residence, where he lived till death called him away, May 7, 1881, aged 74 years. He raised a family of nine children, four girls and five boys, all of whom are living, except one, Mrs. James Plew, who died three years ago. Mr. Shankland was a useful and consistent member of the Methodist Church for over forty years, and was loved and respected by all who knew him. His wife, who is still living in Brown County, was also a native of Nicholas County, Ky., was born within 11 days of the birth of her husband." {Bio of B. H. Shankland, "Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois", ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 1882;  Cass County USGenWeb., <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcass/Perrin/biographies/shankland.bh.txt>}
 "Petition of David W. Shankland in the matter of the estate of Andrew G. Shankland deceased for Letters of Administration on his estate...The said deceased left surviving him Judith Shankland his widow, and Samuel T. Shankland, William H. Shankland, James M. Shankland, Benj. H. Shankland, David W. Shankland, Nancy Myers, Elizabeth Briggs and Sarah Bowen, also survivors, Sarah Taylor, Hattie Plew, Elmore E. Plew, his children and heirs." {<http://www.shankland.name/a_g_shankland.htm>}

1.   Albert Shankland. Shankland Family Research. (copy of typed manuscript, dated 1 Feb 1971).
2.   John N. Shankland. Descendants of William Shankland. (online at <www.shankland.name> as of 22 June 2004).

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