Person:Ora Shankland (1)

"Ora Shankland, editor and publisher of the Chandlerville Times, and a man who is conscientious in moulding opinion and advocating improvements and liberal reforms, was born at Chandlerville, Ill., June 20, 1881, a son of Rev. Benjamin Hartley and Elizabeth (Peek) Shankland...Ora Shankland is a graduate of the Chandlerville High school, class of 1900, and after completing his school course he learned the printing trade, which he has followed ever since, with the exception of a few months when he was a grocery clerk. On September 8, 1911, he bought the Chandlerville Times and has since issued it and conducts in conjunction with it a well equipped job printing office...On May 10, 1911, Mr. Shankland married Nellie F. McDonald, a daughter of William Edgar and Ida Mae (Johnson) McDonald, the former a painter and paper hanger. Mrs. Shankland was born at Virginia, Ill., May 7, 1893, and is a member of the Christian church and a very prominent worker in the same, with which church she united when twelve years of age. She is also a member of the Court of Honor, which she joined October 5, 1914. Mrs. Shankland also taught a very successful term of school. Mr. and Mrs. Shankland have many warm personal friends at Chandlerville, and are numbered among the social leaders of the place." {History of Cass County Illinois, 1915, p. 954, <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/cass/1915bios/shankland.html>, 4 Oct 2003}

 In the 1900 census for Chandlerville, Cass Co., Illinois, Elizabeth Shankland is 64, b. Nov 1835 in Illinois (parents Kentucky), widowed, with 5 of 7 children living, landlord; with son Ora 18, born June 1881, single, born Illinois (parents same). {ed 9, sh 9a}
 He is listed in the 1910, 1920, and 1930 census in Cass co., Illinois with wife Nellie.
 In the WWI draft registration, Ora Shankland is listed in Cass Co., Illinois. {WWI Draft Registration Index, <www.ancestry.com>}
 There is a record for Ora Shankland died 1954 in Chandlerville at age 72. {<http://genealogytrails.com/ill/mason/funeral/funeral2.html>}