Dear
Dorothy,
For some
reason the server that provided the cemeteries has either changed or gone out of
service and they didn’t tell me. As an alternative, go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbrown/Brown_cemmaps.html
There
you will find township maps giving the names and locations of the
cemeteries.
Based on
the cemetery listings in the book “Cemeteries of Brown County” there are no
Shinns buried in the county. If there were they have been lost. There are
microfilms of the newspapers for certain periods of time in the county that may
contain an obituary. However, we are talking about 1830’s through the 1860’s and
such information may be rare. However, check the the Versailles Historical
Society, they may also have early obituaries in their collection. However, I
suspect that they may have moved on before they died or may be buried in one of
the surrounding counties. This will also complicate the location of any
probates.
Here is
the census information:
1860
Federal Census for Brown County, Illinois, Elkhorn
Twp
914/881
Asa
Shinn 30 m Farmer Indiana
Mrs. B.
E. Shinn 26 f Ohio
Henry D.
Shinn 8 m Illinois
915/882
Jacob
Shinn 29 m farmer Ohio
Mrs. E.
Shinn 29 f Illinois
M. C.
Shinn 9 f Illinois
N. E.
Shinn 4 f Illinois
George
W. Shinn 1 m Illinois
916/883
Joab
Shinn 68 m farmer New Jersey
Mrs. N.
Shinn 63 f Kentucky
Elizabeth
Shinn 35 f Ohio
James H.
Green 9 m Illinois
Jane
Niswonger 22 f Illinois
1870
Federal Census for Brown County, Illinois, Elkhorn
Twp
26/26
John
Shinn 49 m farmer Ohio
Frances
Shinn 46 f Tennessee
Mariah
Shinn 20 f Illinois
Asa
Shinn 22 m farm hand Illinois
[Listed out of age order in census]
Lorenzo
Shinn 19 m farm hand Illinois
Florence
Shinn 18 f Illinois
Ulysses
Shinn 13 m Illinois
Gustavus
Shinn 11 m Illinois
Manfred
Shinn 10 m Illinois
Olive
Shinn 6 f
Illinois
Clara
Shinn 2 f Illinois
27/27
Nancy
Shinn 74 f keeping house Kentucky
Elizabeth
53 f Ohio
99/99
Arthur
Conley 36 laborer Iowa
Sarah
Conley 25 f Kentucky
Dora
Conley 9 f Illinois
William
Conley 6 m Illinois
Laura
Conley 3 f Illinois
John R.
Conley 5/12 m Illinois, b.
Jan
Looking
at this data it sure looks like there should be some Shinns buried in the
county. Elkhorn Twp has a south border on Pike County. Could they be buried
there?
No
bribery required. I do this because I love it and when I have time. Right now
I’m nearly caught up so the wait isn’t long.
I hope
this helps.
Sincerely,
Ken
Huffman
-----Original
Message-----
From: DOROTHY A
CLINE [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 10:47
AM
To:
[email protected]
Subject: Browns
Cty Census lookups
Ken,
I have
just started searching in Brown County, so have a million questions and
requests.
There is
something wrong with the cemetery connection, I cannot get to the list of
cemeteries in Brown County. I am looking for Elkhorn Township in
particular - Joab Shinn. I have sent off an request for that
lookup.
Do you
know where one could possibly obtain a copy of an obituary? I have
discovered hole in what I had believed to be fact concerning my connection to
the Shinn line. That is a horror story really, to think you have fact,
build from it and find it full of holes. So now I have to back track and
see what the truth is. We had been led to believe Joab Shinn and his wife
Nancy English had a daughter named Abigail Elizabeth Emma born in Ohio about
1820. She fit right in with all of the other information we had - until I
got in touch with a descendent of an older sister, he ask about her, how did I
come up with her connection to the family - story handed down from person to
person - then I found a women who had copies of bible sheets - all of the other
children are there, but no Abigail. We were missing one census that would
tell me if she was part of the family, so I bought the 1830 Dearborn County,
Indiana census - by taking the birthdates/ages of the other children, she is not
there either, so..........
I am
keeping my fingers crossed that there is an obituary that would tell the names
of his children. I have also requested a lookup of Probate information,
maybe a will.
Also I
found lookup volunteers for the different census - but now I can't find that
page again.
I would
like to know what the 1860 census has to say about the Shinn family. E914
- Asa, E915 - Jacob and E916 - Joab.
Then the
1870 census E26 - John and E27 - Nancy as well as E99 for Arthur
Conley.
I know
this is a bunch of stuff to request, but I don't know where else to
go.
Let me
bribe you a bit - I do lookups in Pike County, have both the Chapman and
Thompson books as well as the Past and Present by Massie, Vol. !, III and IV of
the cemetery books. Be more than glad to do lookups for you or anyone
else.
Thanks
for your assistance and guidance.
Dorothy