Person:William Shankland (2)

According to 'Descendants of William Shankland', William was a doctor like his father. He married Mary Francis Highnote (1863-1927) in 1886 and had 3 children: [Judge] Emmett Marshall, 1887-1939 m. Helen Jewel Briggs; William Lane 1891 m. Mayme Mudd; and Henry Rex 1893-1854, m. Marie Harper.

 In the 1895 census for Clinton, Henry Co., Missouri, Dr. William Shankland is 37; Mary is 31; Emmett is 8; William is 4; and Rex is 2. {1895 Special Census of Clinton Missouri , ward 3 , <www.rootsweb.com/~mohenry>}
   In the 1900 census for Clinton, Henry Co., Missouri, William M. Shankland [indexed as 'Sparkland']  is 41 b. Aug 1854 MO (VA, VA), doctor, married for 14 years; with wife Mary F. 36 b. Apr? 1863? IL (IN, IL); sons Emmett M.; William L.; and   Henry R. 16. [Sons' birth dates are illegible]
 In the 1910 census for Clinton, Henry Co., Missouri, William Shankland is 51 MO (MO, OH), doctor, married for 23 years; with wife Mary F. 47? IL (IN, IL); sons Emmett M. 22 'deputy - recorder office'; William 18 'musician - show'; and Henry R. 16. 
 In the 1920 census, Mary F? Shankland is 57?, widowed, living with son Emmet 32 'agent insurance', daughter-in-law Jewell, son Lane 28 'musician - traveling show'; with wife Mame 26, 'actress - traveling show'; and son Rex 26 'musician - traveling show'.
 There are original programs for the 'traveling show' at <http://www.shankland.name/sarah_l_shankland.htm>
 William, Mary, Emmett and wife and child are buried in Englewood Cemetery. {<http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mohenry/cemetery/eng19.html>}

1. ↑ Missouri Secretary of State. Missouri State Archives, Birth Death & Marriage. (<http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/ordb.asp>).
2.   John N. Shankland. Descendants of William Shankland. (online at <www.shankland.name> as of 22 June 2004).