Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Samuel O. Shinn    
                Born: ca 1816              in Ohio  1
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Shinnston, Harrison Co, W(VA)  
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation: 1860, 1870           shoemaker  2,3
          Occupation: 1850                 farmer  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Elizabeth ___   4  
                Born: ca 1815              in Virginia  1
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Shinnston, Harrison Co, W(VA)  
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Levi C. Shinn      
                Born: Mar-  -1837           5,6
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1886                 in Harrison Co, WV  7
              Census: 1880                 in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV  8
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Harrison Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Resided: 1858                 in Tyler Co, (W)VA  6
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      carpenter  9,3,8,5
          Occupation: 1886                 mechanic  7
                Wife: Louisa Jane Williamson  b. ca 1838  d. bef 1880  
             Married: Nov- 4-1858          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  6
                Wife: Margaret McWhorter  b. Dec- 4-1843  d. Sep- 7-1917  
             Married: Dec- 8-1886          in Harrison Co, WV  7
           M Child 2: Dexter Shinn      
                Born: ca 1838               
           M Child 3: Oliver W. Shinn      
                Born: ca 1840               1
              Census: 1860                 in Shinnston, Harrison Co, W(VA)  
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
           F Child 4: Louisa Shinn      
                Born: ca 1842               1
              Census: 1860                 in Shinnston, Harrison Co, W(VA)  
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
           F Child 5: Emily J. Shinn      
                Born: ca 1846               1
              Census: 1860                 in Shinnston, Harrison Co, W(VA)  
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
           F Child 6: Matilda A. Shinn      
                Born: 1848                  10,1 (see note 2)
              Buried: 1888                  10
              Buried:                      in Barrackville Cemetery, Marion Co, WV  11
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Shinnston, Harrison Co, W(VA)  
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: William Sanford Conaway  b. Feb- 2-1847  d. Feb- 8-1890  
             Married: Apr- 3-1879          in Harrison Co, WV  12
           F Child 7: Emeline Shinn      
                Born: ca 1849               1
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
           F Child 8: Mary J. Shinn      
                Born: ca 1852               3
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Harrison Co, WV  
           F Child 9: Martha E. Shinn      
                Born: ca 1854               3
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Harrison Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(2) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(3) 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(4) Marriage record of son. 
(5) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(6) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 6, Line 35 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12038274&Type=Marriage. 
(7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=179977&Type=Marriage. 
(8) 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Clay District) 
(9) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(10) Headstone (year only) 
(11) Findagrave.com. 
(12) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In 1870, listed as Levi C. Shinn, 34, carpenter, in household of Eli & Susan
Coon.  His wife and children were not present.  The next enumerated household
was that of his parents and their children still at home.
Note (2) Age 2 in 1850 Census would put birth in about 1848.  But birth date on
headstone is 1849.







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