Person:Mary Constant (1)

"On December 29, 1877, Mr. Shankland was married in Dawson, Ill., to Mrs. Mary Constant Rinker, who was born September 25, 1839, the daughter of Jacob and Amelia (Crocker) Constant, the former a native of Montgomery County, Ky., and the latter of the State of Georgia. The father removed from Kentucky to Ohio, settling in Clermont County, and in 1826 removed to Sangamon County, where six children were born: Mrs. Shankland, David, James H., Thomas S., Ira and John. Mrs. Shankland also has three half brothers and sisters, the father having been again married after the mother's death in 1847. Mr. Constant continued to farm in Mechanicsburg until his death in 1885. The first marriage of Mrs. Shankland occurred to John Rinker, in 1861, he being a native of Pennsylvania and a blacksmith by trade. He enlisted during the Civil War in Company H, Thirtieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, under Col. J. H. Rhodes, and died in Vicksburg from a congestive chill, September 13, 1863, though previously having been wounded at Pittsburg Landing. Mr. and Mrs. Rinker had one child: Antoinette, the widow of William H. Metcalfe, who has one son, Don R. She makes her home with Mrs. Shankland on the Dawson farm." {Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Sangamon County, Biographical, 1912, <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/1912/shankland.htm>}

 In the 1910 census for Mechanicsburg, Sangamon Co., Illinois, Mary L. Shankland is 70 born Illinois (father Kentucky, mother Illinois), widowed; with (stepson?) Olie E. 37 born Illinois (father Kentucky, mother Illinois), single, farmer; daughter Nettie Metcalf, 47 born Illinois (father Pennsylvania, mother IL), widow; with her son Don 16. {ed 175, sh 8a, p. 56}
 In the 1920 census for Mechanicsburg, Sangamon Co., Illinois, Olie 'Shanklind' is 47 born Illinois (father Kentucky, mother IL), single, farmer; with stepmother Mary L. 80 born IL, widowed; and stepsister Nettie Metcalfe 56, widowed; with her son (listed as nephew) Don R. 26 single. Boarder Wilma Scroggins is 15. {ed 193, sh 15a, p. 119}