Person:Roy Shankland (1)

In the 1910 census for Kanopolis, Ellsworth, Ellsworth Co., Kansas, Hiram S. Sampson is 57 born Iowa (parents same), married twice this time for 3 years, store (??); wife Lavanda M. is 39, born Pennsylvania (parents same), married twice, with 3 of 3 children living. The step-children are Roy D. 13; Valentine S. 9; and Ester S. 7 -- all born Kansas (father Illinois, mother Pennsylvania). {ed 31, sh 24a, p. 193}

 In the WWI draft registration, Roy Shankland is listed in Ellsworth Co., Kansas. {WWI Draft Registration Index, <www.ancestry.com>}
 In the 1920 census for Kanopolis, Ellsworth, Ellsworth Co., Kansas, Hiram S. Sampson is 67 born Iowa (parents same), city marshal for Kanopolis; wife Lavanda is 49, born Pennsylvania (parents same). The step-children are Roy 23;  and Ester S. 17 -- both born Kansas (father Indiana, mother Pennsylvania). {ed 36, sh 11a, p. 208} On the previous page is Valentine Shankland, 20 born Nebraska (father Indiana, mother Pennsylvania), salt miner; with wife Lottie 22 born Missouri (father Kansas, mother Missouri) and son Roland 1 and 3 months, born Kansas.  Brother-in-law Alfred Ramsey is 18, born Kansas (father Kansas, mother Missouri). {p. 207}.
 He may be the Roy Shankland, born 2 Oct 1896, listed in the SSDI with death in 1988 in Englewood, Arapahoe Co., Colorado.
 In the 1930 census for Garfield Co., Colorado, there is a listing for Roy Shankland, born 1897 in Kansas, with Amy b. 1896.