Person:Kendall Shankland (4)

"On the 26th of December, 1877, our subject [Benjamin F. Shankland] was united in marriage in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois County, with Miss Nancy R. Miskimen, who was born in Bridgeville, Ohio, September 17, 1855, and is a daughter of William and Emma Miskimen. They have one child, Ken M., who was born in Watseka, Ill., March 7, 1879."

  In the WWI draft registration, Ken Miskimen Shankland is listed in Cook Co., Illinois. {WWI Draft Registration Index, <www.ancestry.com>}
 "Iroquois County Democrat, March 13, 1941... Mrs. Nancy M. Shankland, a resident of Watseka for many years, died at 12:45 Wednesday morning at the Iroquois Hospital after an illness of six months of complications of advanced age. Surviving are a son, Kendall M. Shankland, Chicago, grandchildren, Mrs. Leonard Burns, Nashville, Mich., Nancy and Walter, Chicago, and a great grandson, Leroy Burns, Nashville, Mich. Mrs. Shankland was a member of the Watseka Woman's Club and the Presbyterian Church." {Obits transcribed by Cathea Curry, 11 Oct 2007, 'Harris and Allied Families of Kentucky', <http://www.freewebs.com/kyharris/obits.htm>; 27 Dec 2007}
 In the 1910 census for Chicago, ward 7, Cook Co., Illinois, Kendall M. Shankland is 30 born Illinois (father Pennsylvania, mother Illinois), 'stenographer - insurance co.', married once for 1 year; with wife Helen 29 born Indiana (father Holland, mother Kentucky), with 1 of 1 child living; daughter Helen E. D. is (1?) month, born IL. {ed 415?, sh 2a, p. 255, roll 247 HeritageQuest}
 There is a death record for Helen A. Shankland, died in Cook Co. in 1914 at age 33.
 In the 1920 census for Chicago, ward 7, Cook Co., Illinois, Kendell Shankland is 41 born Illinois (father Indiana, mother Ohio), 'asst. secretary - insurance co.'; with [second?] wife Mildred 39 born Illinois (father Germany, mother New Jersey). {ed 457, sh 5a, p. 81, roll 316 HeritageQuest} His daughter Elizabeth is living with his mother in Iroquois Co.
 In the 1930 census for Cook Co., Illinois, there are listings for K. M. Shankland 1879, Mildred 1890, Nancy 1921, and Walter 1925.