Person:Ella Shankland (3)

There is a J. M. Shanklin, age 29, in the 1870 census for Osage, Bates Co., Missouri. His [first?] wife is Jennie age 23 from Georgia, and they have a daughter Ella, age 2, born Missouri. {p.129}.

 I believe he may be the J. M. Shankland in the 1880 census for Barton City, Barton Co., Missouri.  J. M. is a farmer, age 39 from Kentucky (mother from Virginia, father not shown).  His wife Laura (Delphine Briggs?) is 23, born Illinois (parents Kentucky). The children are Ella, age 12, born Missouri and (unnamed), son, 2 months, born Missouri. {p.385d, NARA T9-0673}
 In the 1885 state census for Kansas, there are listings in Coffey Co. for James M. Shankland 1840, Lara 1857, Ella 1869, 'Clende' 1880, and Clive 1884.
 In the 1900 census for Liberty, Coffey Co., Kansas, there are listings for a Shankland family [cannot read on HeritageQuest and not indexed on Ancestry.com] with 5 members, head is listed with mother born Pennsylvania, next four with mother born Ohio [Laura, Ella, Claude, Phillip?], and [on next page] daughter Alta is 5 born July 1894; and son Leon is 2 born Mar 1898 -- both born Kansas, father Kentucky, mother Ohio. {ed 39, sh 18a, p. 97} His son Claud is living with his brother Sylvester in Missouri.