Jul-28-2018
Husband: Luke M. Shinn
Born: ca 1819 1
Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Occupation: blacksmith 1,2
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Leah Childers 3
Married: Apr- 5-1838 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4
Born: ca 1820 1
Census: 1870 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Father: Samuel Childers (1783 - 1820)
Mother: Frances "Rebecca" Hughes (1791 - )
Notes
M Child 1: Asa A. Shinn
Born: Mar- -1839 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,5
Died: Feb- 2-1864 in Pine Bluff, Harrison Co, WV 5
Buried: in Grafton National Cemetery, Taylor Co, WV 5
Cause of death: smallpox
Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Military: Cpl, 3rd W.Va. Inf and 6th W.Va. Cav, Civil War 6,5
F Child 2: Malinda J. Shinn
Born: ca 1841 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2,7 (see note 1)
Died: Apr- 9-1872 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8
Cause of death: consumption 8
Census: 1870 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV
Resided: 1860 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA 7
Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Husband: George William Pritchard b. ca 1838
Married: Oct-18-1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7
M Child 3: Leonidas "Lon" Shinn
Born: May-21-1842 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 9,5,1
Died: Mar-12-1928 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 5
Buried: in River View Cemetery, Williamsport, Washington Co, MD 5
Resided: 1922 in Hagerstown, Washington Co, MD 10
Census: 1920 in Hagerstown, Washington Co, MD
Resided: 1910 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 10
Census: 1900, 1910 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH
Resided: 1890 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11
Census: 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV
Resided: 1869 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 12
Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Occupation: 1910, 1922 retired 10
Occupation: 1869 70 80, 1900 10 blacksmith 12,13,14,15,16
Military: Aug-20-1862 - Jun-16-1865 Pvt, Co E, 12th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 17,11
Wife: Frances Rebecca Cottrill b. Jun-20-1852 d. Aug- 7-1922
Census name: Fannie R.
Married: Oct- 4-1869 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 12
F Child 4: Mary Shinn
Born: ca 1845 1
Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
M Child 5: William Elmore Shinn
Census name: Elmore Shinn
Born: ca 1848
Census: 1850,1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
M Child 6: Charles Shinn
Born: ca 1850 2
Census: 1870 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Occupation: 1870 blacksmith 13
F Child 7: Elizabeth Alice "Betty" Shinn
Census name: Alice Shinn
Born: Jun- 9-1854 in Shinnston, Harrison Co, W(VA) 18,2
Died: Jun- -1898 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 18
Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
F Child 8: Harriet Shinn
Born: ca 1857 2
Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.
(2) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.
(3) Marriage record of son.
(4) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
(5) Findagrave.com.
(6) Military Grave Marker.
(7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 15, Line 33 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=252610&Type=Marriage.
(8) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR p. 67, Line 34 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=111043&Type=Death.
(9) Headstone.
(10) City Directory.
(11) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration.
(12) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 61, Line 96 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=253857&Type=Marriage.
(13) 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV.
(14) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District)
(15) 1900 Census.
(16) 1910 Census.
(17) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(18) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com)
Event Notes
Note (1) Age 18 in her 1860 marriage record woul put birth in about 1842, age 25 in
the 1870 puts it in about 1845, and age 29 in her death record puts it in about
1843. But age 9 and 19 in the 1850 and 1860 censuses puts it in about 1841,
slightly older than brother Leonidas (b. 1842) in both cases.
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