Leonidas "Lon" SHINN

1842 - 1928  (85 years)

• Name	Leonidas "Lon" SHINN
  Occupation	1869 70 80, 1900 10  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  	blacksmith
  Birth	21 May 1842	Harrison Co, (W)VA   [6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850, 1860	Harrison Co, (W)VA
  Military	From 20 Aug 1862 to 16 Jun 1865  [9, 10]
  	Pvt, Co E, 12th W.Va. Inf, Civil War
  Residence	1869	Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV   [1]
  Census	1870	Coal District, Harrison Co, WV
  Census	1880	West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Residence	1890	Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV   [10]
  Census	1900, 1910	Marietta, Washington Co, OH
  Residence	1910	Marietta, Washington Co, OH   [11]
  Census	1920	Hagerstown, Washington Co, MD
  Occupation	1910, 1922  [11]
  	retired
  Residence	1922	Hagerstown, Washington Co, MD   [11]
  Death	12 Mar 1928	Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV   [7]
  Burial	River View Cemetery, Williamsport, Washington Co, MD   [7]
  Person ID	I119291	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Luke M. SHINN,   b. CA 1819
  Mother	Leah CHILDERS,   b. CA 1820
  Family ID	F51102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Rebecca COTTRILL,   b. 20 Jun 1852, Harrison Co, (W)VA d. 7 Aug 1922, Maryland (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	4 Oct 1869	Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV   [1]
  Notes	1870 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District, Clarksburg Post Office), enumerated on Jul 1 1870: Leonidas Shinn, 27, blacksmith, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $200; Francis R, 20, keeps house; Rebecca Roach, 79, cannot read/write; Albert Cottrill, 13, attended school within the year. All born in Virginia except Rebecca, born in Georgia. The next enumerated household was that of Leonidas' widowed mother and her family: Leah Shinn, 46, housekeeper; Charles, 19, blacksmith; Alice, 15; Elizabeth Riley, 8. NOTE: Rebecca Roach, nee Frances Rebecca Hughes, was Leonidas' maternal grandmother, who had remarriad William Roach after her husband Samuel Childers' death. Her birthplace is reported by some researchers as Wilkes County, North Carolina, rather than Georgia. 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 4 1880: Leonidas Shinn, 38, blacksmith; wife Fannie R, 28; ward Mabel S. (?), 9, attended school within the year. 1900 Census, Washington Co, Ohio (City of Marietta), enumerated on Jun 9 1900 at 114 Pike Street: Leoandias Shim, 57, b. May 1843 in WVa (both parents b. WVa), blacksmith, married 30 yrs; wife Franchas R, 48, b. Jun 1851 in WVa (both parents b. WVa), married 30 yrs, no children; nephew Robert Cottrill, 7, b. Nov 1892 in WVa (father b. Ohio, mother b. WVa), attending school. 1910 Census, City of Marietta, Ohio, enumerated on Apr 19 1910: Leonidas Shinn, 66, b. WVa, blacksmith (shop), married 40 yrs; wife Fraces (sic) R, 58, b. WVa, married 40 yrs, no children. 1920 Census, Washington Co, Maryland (Town of Williamsport), enumerated on Jan 7 1920: Leniodos Shinn, 77, b. WVa, no occupation; wife Francis R, 68, b. WVa.
  Children	> 1. Mabel Edith Gordon DUNLOP,   b. 13 Aug 1872, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV d. 13 Aug 1956 (Age 84 years)  [Father: Foster]  [Mother: Foster]
  Family ID	F51127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 61, Line 96 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=253857&Type=Marriage. [S1987] 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV. [S2148] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). [S1662] 1900 Census. [S1813] 1910 Census. [S5] Headstone. [S934] Findagrave.com. [S242] 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com). [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration). [S2201] City Directory.