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John Alpheus SHINN

John Alpheus SHINN

Male 1846 - 1886  (40 years)


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  • Name John Alpheus SHINN
    Birth 28 Apr 1846  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Hickory Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4] 
    Death 23 Jul 1886  [1, 5] 
    Person ID I27277  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2018

    Father George Washington SHINN,   b. 24 Feb 1817   d. 7 Jan 1871, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Mother Mary Ann WILSON,   b. Nov 1817, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F11655  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Caroline EVANS,   b. CA 1849   d. Bef Nov 1875 (Age ~ 26 years)  [6]
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Hickory Co, Missouri (Center Twp), enumerated on Aug 31 1870:
      John Shinn, 24, b. W.Va, farmer; wife Caroline, 21, b. W.Va; dau Nettie, 1, b. W.Va.
    Children 
    +1. Nettie E. SHINN,   b. Jan 1868   d. 8 Oct 1930, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 62 years)
    +2. Mary Myrtle SHINN,   b. Mar 1871, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F26415  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Jane PIGOTT,   b. CA 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 25 Nov 1875  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • John Shinn's marital status listed as widowed.
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 8 1880:
      John A. Shinn, 34, b. Va, farmer; wife Elisabeth J, 28, b. Va; dau Jennettie E, 12, b. W.Va; dau Mary M, 10, b. Missouri; dau Lenora E, 3, b. W.Va; son George, 2 months, b. W.Va.
    Children 
     1. Lenora E. SHINN,   b. CA 1877
     2. George SHINN,   b. Mar 1880
    Family ID F11654  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    2. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    3. [S1972] 1870 Census.

    4. [S2147] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    5. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    6. [S1590] Death record of daughter.