Person:Thomas Shankland (2)

In the 1900 census for Deer Creek, Cass Co., Indiana, Thomas Shankland is 28, born Mar 1872 in Illinois (parents not listed), married 4 years, blacksmith; with wife Myrtle 22, b. Nov 1877 in Indiana (parents not listed). {ed 6, sh 12b, p. 69} His father is in the same town.

 In the 1910 census for Elwood, ward 1, Madison Co., Indiana, T. L. Shankland is 39 born Illinois (parents Indiana), married 13 years, blacksmith; wife Myrtle is 31 born Ohio (father Pennsylvania, mother Indiana), with 1 of 1 child living; daughter Ruth is 8 born Indiana; and cousin Vera is 28 born Illinois (parents same), single, teacher in school. {ed 117, sh 1b, p. 34}
 In the 1920 census he is listed in Vermillion Co. Illinois with Myrtle and Ruth.
 Thomas L. and Myrtle Shankland are buried in Young America Cemetery in Galveston, Cass Co., Indiana. {FindaGrave, <www.findagrave.com> 28 June 1007}
 "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>}