Person:Benjamin Shankland (3)

According to the Shankland Family Research by Albert Shankland, Benjamin had a twin brother Joseph who died young (before 1810). Benjamin married Margaret Ferguson in 1812 and had 6 children: Thomas 1813-1822; Jesse H. 1816; Sarah H. 1817; Eleanor Amanda 1820; John Harvey, 1826; and Mary Ann 1829. Benjamin was constable of Nicholas Co. for more than twenty years. After the death of his wife Margaret, he married Elizabeth (Cassidy) Stephenson in 1851 and emigrated to Lebanon, Boone Co., Indiana.

 In the 1820 census for Nicholas Co. Kentucky, 'Benjamin Shanklin' is head of household with males 2 (0-5) [Thomas & Jesse],  1 25-44 [Benjamin]; and females 2 (0-5) [Sarah H. & Eleanor A.], 1 25-44 [Sarah Harney Shankland].  {p.120, line 28, Nicholas Co Kentucky USGenWeb, <www.rootsweb.com/census>, 6 Oct 2003}
 In the 1830 census, Benjamin Shanklin is head of household with 1 male 0-5  [Jesse], 1 male 10-15 [John H.], 1 male 40-50 [Benjamin]; and 2 females 5-10 [Mary Ann and ?], 1 female 10-15 [Sarah H.], and 1 female 40-50 [Margaret]. {p. 213, l. 17, Nicholas Co Kentucky USGenWeb, <www.rootsweb.com/census>, 6 Oct 2003}
 In the 1840 census for Nicholas Co., Kentucky, Benjamin Shankland has 1 male 5-10 [?], 1 male 10-16 [Jesse], 1 male 50-60 [Benjamin]; and 1 female 10-15 [Mary Ann], 1 female 15-20 [Sarah H?], 1 female 50-60 [Margaret]. {p. 70, line 11, Nicholas Co. Kentucky USGenWeb Archives, <www.rootsweb.com/census>, 7 Oct 2003}
  In the 1850 census for Nicholas Co., Kentucky, Benjamin F. Shankland is 62, born in Kentucky and his wife Margaret is 66 born in Pennsylvania. Living with them are Hiram B. Blount, farmer, age 18; Susan Stoops 18; Sarah E. Fuller 13; James H. Alexander 10; and Ann Kirkpatrick 34; all born in Kentucky. {p. 459a, Nicholas Co. Kentucky USGenWeb Archives, <www.rootsweb.com/census>, 7 Oct 2003}
 NOTE: I have not determined the relation of any of these individuals to Benjamin or Margaret, though the Stoops, Blount and Alexander families were related in several ways. Susan Stoops married John N. Strode and is found in Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois, in 1860 and a widow in Macon Co. Illinois in 1870.
 In the 1860 census for Lebanon, Boone Co., Indiana, Benjamin Shankland is 73, constable from Delaware.  His wife Elizabeth J. is 30 from Kentucky. {p.659, roll 305, M653}
 "John H. Shankland was born May 6, 1826, in Montgomery County, Ky., son of Benjamin F. and Margaret Lucinda (Ferguson) Shankland, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Pennsylvania. The parents of Mr. Shankland, in early married life, moved to Kentucky, where they were engaged in agricultural pursuits, and eventually removed to Warren County, Ind., and followed the same occupation up to the time of their deaths. They had the following children, all of whom are now deceased: John H., Thomas, Jesse, Sarah H., Ellen, Amanda and Mary Ann." {Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Sangamon County, Biographical, 1912, <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/1912/shankland.htm>}

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