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Seth Anias SHINN

Seth Anias SHINN

Male 1853 - 1937  (83 years)

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  • Name Seth Anias SHINN 
    Born 21 Dec 1853  Arnolds Creek, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Birth record indicates a birth date of Dec 2 1853, but both his death record, obituary and headstone all show it as Dec 21 1853.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1916  Mineral Wells, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1916  Davisville, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1920, 1930  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    Residence Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 23 Jun 1937  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Cause: cancer on chin 
    Buried Pigott-Hiley Cemetery, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Person ID I29681  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 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 Mary Sidney ICE,   b. 20 May 1848, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1921, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 18 Aug 1879  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 9 1880:
      Seth A. Shinn, 26, b. Va. (both parents b. Va.), farmer; wife Mary, 30, b. Indiana (both parents b. Va.); stepdau Ida M, 5, b. WVa (father b. Ohio, mother b. Indiana); stepdau Viola L, 1, b. WVa (father b. Ohio, mother b. Indiana).
      NOTE: Surnames of the stepdaughters were not entered. Another entry was made, but lined through, for a stepson, William, age 12. The next enumerated household was that of Mary's mother, Elizabeth (Bogard Ice) Brooks.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 2 1900:
      Seth A. Shinn, 46, b. Dec 1853, farmer, married 21 yrs; wife Mary S, 51, b. May 1849, married 21 yrs, mother of 10 children (9 still living); dau Lena V, 21, b. Oct 1878, single; son Leman L, 19, b. Apr 1881, single, teamster; dau Eva G, 17, b. May 1883; dau Bessie C, 13, b. Dec 1886; dau Hettie A, 10, b. Sep 1889; stepson Charles H. Pigott, 26, b. May 1874, single, teamster; mother Mary A, 82, b. Nov 1817, widowed, mother of 8 children (6 still living). All born in West Virginia except Mary S, b. Indiana (father b. Indiana, mother b. WVa), and Mary A, b. WVa (father b. Ireland, mother b. Kentucky)

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jan 27 1920:
      Seth A. Shinn, 66, b. WVa, farmer; wife Mary S. Shinn, 70, b. Indiana; sister (sic) Nancy J. Huffman, 70, b. Indiana, widowed.
      NOTE: Nancy was actually Seth's sister-in-law, his wife's sister. [8]
    Children 
     1. Lena Viola SHINN,   b. 19 Oct 1878,   d. 28 Jan 1907, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
    +2. Leroy Leeman "Roy" SHINN,   b. 15 Apr 1881, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1965, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +3. Eva Ginearva SHINN,   b. 7 May 1883,   d. 9 Mar 1972, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +4. Bessie Caroline SHINN,   b. 31 Dec 1887, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1944, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    +5. Hettie Alta SHINN,   b. 2 Sep 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1975, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F24470  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Harriet E. FLEMING,   b. Oct 1877,   d. 1951  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Married 8 Oct 1922  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F11353  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Elvada "Vada" KNIGHT,   b. 16 Mar 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1962, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 16 Dec 1933  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Documents
    29681_SethAShinn_VadaKnightShuman_MarriageRecord_16Dec1933.jpg    		29681_SethAShinn_VadaKnightShuman_MarriageRecord_16Dec1933.jpg
    Family ID F30296  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    29681_SHINN_SethA_1853-1937_Obit.jpg    		29681_SHINN_SethA_1853-1937_Obit.jpg
    29681_SHINN_SethA_1853-1937_DeathCertificate.jpg    		29681_SHINN_SethA_1853-1937_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S2024] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    3. [S5] Headstone.

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

    5. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 234.
      Identified as Seth A. Shinn, single, 25, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of George W. & Mary A. Shinn; and Mary S. Pigott, widowed, 26, b. Indiana, res. Doddridge Co, dau of James & Elizabeth Ice. Married Aug 18 1879.

    8. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    9. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Seth A. Shinn, 68, of Doddridge Co; and Mrs. Harriett E. Reed, 45, of Doddridge Co. Married Oct 8 1922.

    10. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.