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Since I’ve been going back thru my Warren County Indiana research, I decided to update my research on the family of James Crawford and Martha Knight Crawford, starting with the family of their daughter, Sarah Crawford Shankland.

Sources for this family:

  1. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 2 February 2022), memorial for David Shankland (1795-1872), Find a Grave Memorial no. #126472341, created by Alan L. Fisher, citing Shanklin Hill Cemetery, Warren County, Indiana; accompanying photograph by Shirley Benham, David Shankland.
  2. 1820 U.S. Census, Preble County Ohio, population schedule, Washington Township, Preble County, Ohio, page 105 Image 2 of 6, David Shankland; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 2 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication M33
  3. Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton Indiana. Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., 1883)
  4. Cowen, Janet C., Crawfordsville Indiana Land Entries 1820-1830 (Indianapolis, IN: Janet C. Cowen, 1985), (Crawford.IN.088).
  5. A History of Warren County, Indiana (Williamsport, IN: Warren County Historical Society, 1966), p. 70 (Crawford.IN.002)
  6. Warren County Centennial 1827 1927 (Williamsport, IN: Warren Graphics, 1982)
  7. 1830 U.S. Census, Warren County Indiana, population schedule, Warren County, Indiana, page 179, line 10, David Shankland; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022).
  8. “Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960,”Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online (November 2019), David Shankland.
  9. “Washington, Death Records, 1883-1960,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022), David Shankland.
  10. Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton Indiana. Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., 1883), p. 50 “Voters of Washington Township, 1836” (Crawford.IN.024)
  11. 1840 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Warren County, Indiana, page 144 Image 33 of 80, line 6, David Shankland; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication M704
  12. Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton Indiana. Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., 1883), p. 78 (Crawford.IN.024)
  13. 1850, Warren County Indiana, Population Schedule, Steuben Township, Warren, Indiana, page 23 Image 7 of 18, family 39, David Shanklin; digital image, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 2 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication M432
  14. 1860 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 55 Image 25 of 25, family 389, David Shankland; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 2 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication M653
  15. 1870 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 61 Image 4 of 27, family 466, Smith Parmenna; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2019); NARA microfilm publication T132
  16. Short, Anita, Preble County Ohio Marriage Records (Greenville, Ohio: Anita Short, 1966), Vol. 1 p. 53 (Crawford.OH.002).
  17. “Ohio, Compiled Marriage Index, 1803-1900,” , Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online October 2019), Sally Crawford.
  18. “Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2019), Sally Crawford.
  19. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online November 2019), memorial for Sallie Crawford Shankland (11795-1875), Find a Grave Memorial no. #126472360, created by Alan L. Fisher, citing Shanklin Hill Cemetery, Warren County, Indiana;, Sallie Crawford Shankland.
  20. Sellers, William David, William Sellers, his Bible, bought of David McDill (: , ); Linda Sellers Foster, , email from Mary Baker dated June 2001 (Sellers.OH.010)
  21. Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1789-1999, James Crawford, February 1834; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online December 2019).
  22. Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Eliza M Smith, 22 April 1907; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2019).
  23. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 2 February 2022), memorial for Eliza M. Shankland Smith (1818-1907), Find a Grave Memorial no. 326856358,
  24. Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Amanda M Cronkhite, 21 March 1936; .
  25. Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Sarah Julia Whitten, 5 December 1930; .
  26. 1850, Warren County Indiana, Population Schedule, Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 2, family 28, Permenis Smith.
  27. 1860 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Steuben Township, warren County, Indiana, page 37, family 262, Parmean Smith.
  28. 1880 U.S. Census, Warren, Indiana, population schedule, Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, Ed 59, Page 3 Image 3 of 12, family 18, P G Smith; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 2 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication T9
  29. 1900 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Pike Township, Warren County, Indiana, Ed 10, Sheet 3B Image 6 of 24, family 76, Permelius Smith; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 2 February 2022); NARA T623
  30. “Indiana, WPA Death Index 1882-1920,”Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : Warren County, Indiana, viewed online (2 February 2022), Eliza M Smith.
  31. “Indiana, Compiled Marriage Index, 1802-1892,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : Dodd, JOrdan. Indiana Marriages 1802-1892, Warren County, Indiana, viewed online (2 February 2022), Eliza M Shankland.
  32. “Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 2 February 2022), Eliza M Shankland.
  33. “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : County Court Records at Williamsport, IN, viewed online (2 February 2022), Eliza M Shankland.
  34. “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : County Court Records at Williamsport, IN, Warren County, Indiana, viewed online (3 February 2022), John Shankland.
  35. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 3 February 2022), memorial for James Crawford Shankland (1822-1861), Find a Grave Memorial no. #65037994, created by Renae Burgess Linn, citing Shanklin Hill Cemetery, Warren County, Indiana; accompanying photograph by Alan L. Fisher, James Crawford Shankland.
  36. 1850, Warren County Indiana, Population Schedule, Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 23, family 38, James C Shanklin.
  37. 1860 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Steuben township, Warren county, Indiana, page 55, family 391, Jas C Shankland.
  38. “Indiana, Compiled Marriage Index, 1802-1892,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : Dodd, Jordan. Indiana Marriages 1802-1892, Boone County, Indiana, viewed online (3 February 2022), James C Shankland.
  39. “Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850,” database James C Shankland.
  40. “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : County Court Records at Williamsport, IN, Boone County, Indiana, viewed online (3 February 2022), James C Shankland.
  41. “Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001,” database, Ancestry, (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 3 February 2022), James C Shankland.
  42. “Web: Indiana, Marriage Index, 1806-1861,”State Library of Indiana, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : Boone, Indiana, viewed online (3 February 2022), James C Shankland.
  43. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 3 February 2022), memorial for Kendal Shankland (1825-1882), Find a Grave Memorial no. #44822382,
  44. 1850, Warren County Indiana, Population Schedule, Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 2, family 24, Kendall Shanklin.
  45. Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, David Shankland, 3 July 1941; .
  46. 1860 U.S. Census, Iroquois County Illinois, population schedule, Prairie Green, Iroquois County, Illinois, page 44, family 1758, Kendall Shankland; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed onilne 4 February 2022).
  47. “U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865,”Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 4 February 2022), card for Kendall Shankland, Iroquois County, Illinois; citing Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865, NM-65.
  48. “Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001,” database Laura Mabel Smalley.
  49. 1870 U.S. Census, Iroquois County Illinois, population schedule, Prairie Green Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, page 6, family 42, Kendel Shankland; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 3 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication T132.
  50. 1870 U.S. Census, Iroquois County Illinois, Non-Population Schedule, Prairie Green township, Iroquois County, Illinois Image 2 of 3, line 1, Kendall Shankland; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022); Archive collection number T1133
  51. 1880 U.S. Census, Iroquois County Illinois, population schedule, Prairie Green township, Iroquois County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) Ed 7, page 11, family 97, Shankland Ken; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 3 February 2022).
  52. “Indiana, Compiled Marriage Index, 1802-1892,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : Dodd, Jordan. Indiana Marriages 1802-1892, Boone County, Indiana, viewed online (3 February 2022), Kendall Shankland.
  53. “Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850,” database Kendall Shankland.
  54. “Web: Indiana, Marriage Index, 1806-1861,”State Library of Indiana, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : Boone County, Indiana, viewed online (3 February 2022), Kendall Shankland.
  55. “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : County Court Records at Williamsport, IN, Boone County, Indiana, viewed online (3 February 2022), Kendall Shankland.
  56. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 4 February 2022), memorial for David Shankland (1829-1908), Find a Grave Memorial no. #37559553, created by Reverand Larry, citing Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Snohomis, Snohomish county, Washington;, David Shankland.
  57. 1870 U.S. Census, Nevada County CA, population schedule, Meadow Lake Township, Nevada County, California, page 36 Image 36 of 50, family 461, David Shankland; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication T132
  58. 1880 U.S. Census, Santa Cruz County California, population schedule, Pajora Township, Santa Cruz County, California, ED 91, page 46 Image 10 of 44, family 459, David Shankland; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication T9
  59. 1900 U.S. Census, Snohomish County, Washington, population schedule, Snohomish, Snohomish County, Washington, ED 220, Sheet 14B Image 28 of 44, family 350, David Shankland; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication T623
  60. Washington state Department of Health, “Washington Death Records Index, 1940-2017,” database, Washington State Archives, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 2 February 2022), David Shankland.
  61. Oregon, Oregon, State Deaths, 1864-1968, William Shankland, 24 January 1926; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022). Original Source: Oregon Death Records, 1864-1970; Oregon State Archives.
  62. Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965, David Shankland, 7 October 1850; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022).
  63. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 4 February 2022), memorial for Sarah A. Shankland Byers (1832-1908), Find a Grave Memorial no. 349525062,
  64. 1870 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 64 Image 7 of 27, family 486, Elijah Byers; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022); NARA microfilm publication T132
  65. 1880 U.S. Census, Warren, Indiana, population schedule, Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, ED 59, Page 1, family 1, Byres Elijah.
  66. 1900 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Steuben Township, warren County, Indiana, ED 124, Sheet 6B, family 151, Sarah Byers.
  67. Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988, Sarah A Byers, 4 March 1907; digital iamges, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 4 February 2022). Original Source: Missouri County District and Probate Courts.
  68. Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1789-1999, Sarah A Byers, 15 December 1908; .
  69. “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1806-1861,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : Warren County, Indiana, viewed online (4 February 2022), Sarah Shankland; State library of Indiana.
  70. “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941,”Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : County Court Records at Williamsport, IN, Warren County, Indiana, viewed online (4 February 2022), Sarah Shankland.

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