Person:George Shankland (2)

"Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Shankland, as follows: Benjamin F., the eldest, wedded Miss Nancy R. Miskimen, and is and the President of the Watseka Republican Company, and the editor of the paper; George W., the next younger, married Miss Susan Seager, and is a farmer residing on the old homestead; Florence is the wife of George L. Miller, and is engaged in agricultural pursuits in McPherson County, Kan.; David wedded Miss Mary Cox, and is a farmer residing near Fowler, Ind.; Laura is the wife of C. B. Smalley, of Benton County, Ind." {'History of Iroquois County', 1893, Iroquois County Genealogical Society, 4 Oct 2003, <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilicgs/bio/page4.htm}

 In the 1880 census for Prairie Green, Iroquois Co., Illinois, George Shankland is a farmer, age 27 from Indiana (parents Ohio). His wife Susan is 22, born Michigan, (parents New York) and their son is Clark, age 1, born Illinois.  Also living with them is Adesere Foxworthy, age 20, farm laborer, born Indiana, [brother to his cousin's wife] {NARA T0-0325, p. 340b}
  G. W. Shankland is listed on the 1890 Iroquois County Tax List for Prairie Green Township. {Iroquois Co Illinois USGenWeb, <www.rootsweb.com>}
 "George W. Shankland, a prominent farmer and early settler of Prairie Green Township, who resides on section 27, well deserves representation in this volume, and with pleasure we present to our readers this record of his life. A native of Indiana, he was born near Marshfield, on the 30th of May, 1853, and is the second in a family of five children, numbering three sons and two daughters. His parents were Kendal and Amanda (Harris) Shankland. His father was born in Kentucky in 1825, and in 1854 they came to this county and located in Prairie Green Township, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died on the old homestead at the age of fifty-seven years. His widow still survives him and is yet living in Indiana. George W. Shankland, whose name heads this sketch, spent the days of his boyhood and youth upon his father's farm, his time being quietly passed in the usual manner of farmer lads. When a young man, he left home and emigrated to Holt County, Neb., where he took up a tree claim, also a homestead and preemption claim. The county was then in its primitive condition, being very sparsely settled. There were only three houses between his claim and Atkinson, a distance of twenty miles, and these were made of sod. Mr. Shankland continued to engage in the operation of his claims in Nebraska until after his father's death, when he sold out his interest in the West and returned to Iroquois County to take charge of the old homestead, which was left to him as his share of his father's estate. Since that time, he has carried on general farming and stock-raising in this community, and has an excellent farm, under a high state of cultivation and well improved with all modern accessories. Its neat appearance indicates his careful management. It comprises one hundred and eighty-five acres of arable land and is considered one of the best-improved farms in the township... October 15, 1877, Mr. Shankland was united in marriage with Miss Susan R. Segear, who was then a resident of Vermilion County, Ill. Her parents are both living and now reside in Omaha, Neb. Unto our subject and his wife have been born two children, but the younger died in infancy. Clark G., the elder, is still under the parental roof and is now a lad of fourteen years. The parents and their son are members of the Christian Church and they take an active interest in church work. They are also prominent people in the community, being widely and favorably known. In his political views, Mr. Shankland is a Republican, having long supported the principles of that party. He has never been a politician in the sense of office-seeking. He is numbered among the valued citizens of Prairie Green Township, who manifests a commendable interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the community in which he has so long made his home." {From the 'History of Iroquois County', 1893, Iroquois County Genealogical Society, <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilicgs/bio/page3.htm>}
 In the 1900 census for Dayton, Wright Co., Iowa, George Shankland is 47, born May 1853 in Indiana (parents same), married 23 years, farmer; with wife Susan R. 39 b. July 1860 in Michigan (parents Pennsylvania), with 1 of 2 children living. Their son Clark is 21 b. June 1878 in Indiana (father IN, mother MI) married 0 [within the year], farm laborer; with his wife Lenna 19 born Illinois (parents same), 0 of 0 children living. {ed (161?), sh 11b, p. 201}
 George W. Shankland 56 IL (KY, KY), farmer; with wife Susan 52 MI (NY, NY) [children not noted] are found in 4 pct, Waller Co., Texas in 1910; and in township 16, Dewey Co., South Dakota in 1920, next door to Clark -- both ranchers.

1. ↑ John N. Shankland. Descendants of William Shankland. (online at <www.shankland.name> as of 22 June 2004).