Person:Jesse Shankland (2)

In the 1860 census for Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois, Wm. Alexander is 23 farmer from Kentucky; with Oscar 21 KY; R. J. 19 IL; Polly 17 IL; and Jesse 8 months IL. {p. 394 / 226} Their parents Henry and Polly are living with son Jesse Alexander 32 in Springfield.

 In the 1870 census for Iliopolis, Sangamon Co., Illinois, Benjamin Keck is 32, farmer from Baden; with Polly 27 IL; and Frederick 2 IL.  Also in the household are Jesse Shankland 11 IL; Anna Keck 2; Charles Fisher 37 Nassau [Germany]; W. (Shurehart?) 29 'farm laborer'; and (R. Slaughter?) 34 France -- all farm laborers. W. H. Alexander, 29 is next door with wife (Emma/Anna) 19. {p. 3 / 180 roll 281 HeritageQuest}
 In the 1880 census for Little Laramie River, Second Settlement, Albany, Wyoming, Ezra Fleming is 38, farmer from Missouri (parents Ireland); with wife Elisabeth 33 Ireland (parents same); and children Adline 2 and Loretta 7 months -- both born Wyoming.  Mamie Hunter is 9 born Wyoming (parents Ireland).  Jesse Shankland, 'other' is 19 from Illinois, 'working on farm'; and John Hicks is 31 Ireland 'working on farm'.  {Page 35D}

 He may be the Jesse E. Shankland, b. Nov 1859, who married Martha J. Buck about 1887 and had children Bert Leslie 1889-1985 CA and Esther 1898-1982 CA. (m. Ryan).  This Jesse is found in 1900 in Prescott, Yavapai Co. Arizona; and in 1920 in Fairmont, Los Angeles Co., California, in 1920, age 58 Illinois (parents same), engineer gas station'; with wife Martha 50 California.  His wife is listed as widow in 1910 in San Diego, living with daughter Esther, and the son Bert is stationed on the USS California in Solano CA.