Person:Sylvester Shankland (1)

I have not found him in the 1870 or 1880 census.

 There is an IGI record for marriage of Sylvester Shanklin and Letha Neat on 6 Apr 1871 in Bates Co., Missouri.

In the 1900 census for Rich Hill, ward 1, Osage, Bates Co., Missouri, Dallas [indexed as 'Dellar'] Shankland is 56, born Dec 1843 in Kentucky (parents same), married 30 years, teamster. His wife Letha is 47, b. Nov 1852 in Indiana (father KY, mother Indiana), with 2 of 4 children living. Their daughter is Susan 14, born Dec 1886 in Missouri (father KY, mother IN). Nephew Claud is 19, born Mar 1881 in Missouri (father KY, mother IN), coal miner. {ed 16, sh 8b, p. 215}
In the 1910 census for Rich Hill, ward 1, Osage, Bates Co., Missouri, Sylvester Shankland [indexed as 'Shanken'] is 68, born Kentucky (parents US), married once for 35 years, janitor for office.  His wife Letha is 56, b. Indiana (parents US), married once, with 2 of 4 children living. {ed 16, sh 8a, p. 187}

1. ↑ Missouri Secretary of State. Missouri State Archives, Birth Death & Marriage. (<http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/ordb.asp>).