Person:Martha Shankland (2)

There is an IGI record for Martha A. Shankland who married Frank Pierce Chrisman and had son Gale Franklin in Indiana in 1898.

 In the 1900 census for Monroe, Alexandria, Marion Co., Indiana, Frank Chrisman is 39, b. Jun 1860 in Indiana (parents Germany) married 4 years, laborer; with wife Martha 33 b. Mar 1867 in Illinois (father Ohio, mother Kentucky), with 1 child living; son Gale is 1 b. Dec 1898 in Indiana.  Ollie Shankland [Martha's sister?] is a boarder, age 33 b. Dec 1866 in Illinois (father Kentucky, mother Ohio), single. {ed 97?, sh 8b?, p.48}
 In the 1910 census for Deer Creek, Cass Co., Indiana, Frank P. Chrisman is 49 born Indiana (father Germany, mother Virginia) married once for 14 years, farmer; wife Martha is 40 born Illinois (parents Indiana), with 0 of 1 child living. Aunt Celine [Shankland] James is 75 born Indiana (parents same), widow, with 0 of 0 children living. {ed 35, sh 13a, p. 89}
 In the 1920 census for Ward, Randolph Co., Indiana, Frank P. 'Crishan' [also indexed as Christian'] is 59 born Ohio (father Hesse-Darm, mother Virginia), farmer; with wife Martha 51 Illinois (father Kentucky, mother Ohio); and aunt Celena James 84 born Kentucky (parents same), widowed. {ed 157, sh 5b, p. 113, roll 364 HeritageQuest}
 In the 1930 census for Randolph Co., Indiana, there are listings for Franklin P. 'Christmas' 1861 and Martha 1869. I believe her sister Olive was also living with them.
 "Shankland, Thomas Lee: Deaths- The Muncie Morning Star, Saturday, May 25, 1940. Winchester, Ind., May 24.- Thomas Lee Shankland, 69, died this morning at a Richmond hospital. He is survived by the widow, Myrtle; two daughters, Mrs. Tracy Barber, of Saratoga, and Mrs. Eugene Kolp, of here; two sisters, Mrs. Martha Christman and Miss Olive Shankland, both of Ridgeville. Funeral services will be held at the Barber home at 10 o'clock Sunday morning and burial will be in the Young America Cemetery." {contributed by Gina Richardson, Randolph County Obituaries, <http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/Obits/s.htm>, 28 Nov 2007}