Person:Thorean Shankland (1)

"Mr. Mathon was reared on a farm in the state of his birth, receiving his education in local schools. In 1878 he went to Warren county, Indiana, and engaged in farming there, and on December 23, 1880, married Evangeline Shankland, of Indiana, a native of that state, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Shankland, the former of whom died in Indiana in the sixties, and the latter in Custer county, Nebraska, in May, 1907. Mrs. Mathon has one brother, George W., in Eureka valley, and a sister in Missouri. For one year after marriage Mr. and Mrs. Mathon resided in Warren county, and in March, 1882, came to Hamilton county, Nebraska, where for four years they engaged in farming." {"Compendium of History, Reminiscence & Biography of Nebraska", <http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/Comp_NE/index.htm 1912>}

 She is probably the 'Vannie E. Shankland' noted in the Warren Republican as getting a marriage license with 'Stewart Mathion' in 1880.

 She is buried at Cliff Cemetery, west of Merna in Custer Co., Nebraska.  The headstone reads "Mathon, Stewart B., "Father",  1849 - 1943;  'Thurene E.', "Mother", 1854 - 1935,  "Pioneers of Custer Cty in 1883"  {Custer Co Nebraska USGenWeb, <http://www.rootsweb.com/~necuste2/Cemeters/cliff.htm>, Oct 2003}

1. ↑ Church of Latter Day Saints. International Genealogical Index record / IGI. (<familysearch.com>).
2.   Warren Republican Newspaper notices. (<http://grins.freeservers.com/warren_co_,_in.htm>).