*****GEORGE W. SHANKLAND*****
George W. Shankland (b. May 30, 1853 -d. 1910) married Susan R. Segear Oct 15, 1877.
Children: 1. Clark G. Shankland 2. ? died in infancy.
From the book "Portrait and Biographical Record of Iroquois County Illinois 1893"
GEORGE W. SHANKLAND, a prominent farmer and early settler of Prairie Green
Township, who resides on section 27, well deserves representation in this volume, and with
pleasure we present to our readers this record of his life. A native of Indiana, he was born near
Marshfield, on the 30th of May, 1853, and is the second in a family of five children, numbering
three sons and two daughters. His parents were Kendal and Amanda (Harris) Shankland. His
father was born in Kentucky in 1825, and in 1854 they came to this county and located in Prairie
Green Township, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died on the old homestead at the
age of fifty-seven years. His widow still survives him and is yet living in Indiana.
George W. Shankland, whose name heads this sketch, spent the days of his boyhood and
youth upon his father's farm, his time being quietly passed in the usual manner of farmer lads.
When a young man, he left home and emigrated to Holt County, Neb., where he took up a tree
claim, also a homestead and pre-emption claim. The county was then in its primitive condition,
being very sparsely settled. There were only three houses between his claim and Atkinson, a
distance of twenty miles, and these were made of sod. Mr. Shankland continued to engage in the
operation of his claims in Nebraska until after his father's death, when he sold out his interest in
the West and returned to Iroquois County to take charge of the old homestead, which was left to
him as his share of his father's estate. Since that time, he has carried on general farming and
stock-raising in this community, and has an excellent farm, under a high state of cultivation and
well improved with all moders accessories. Its neat appearance indicates his careful management.
It comprises one hundred and eighty-five acres of arable land and is considered one of the best
improved farms in the township.
October 15, 1877, Mr. Shankland was united in mariage with Miss Susan R. Segear, who
was then a resident of Vermilion County, Ill. Her parents are both living and now reside in
Omaha, Neb. Unto our subject and his wife have been born two children, but the younger died
in infancy. Clark G., the elder, is still under the parental roof and is now a lad of fourteen years.
The parents and their son are members of the Christian Church and they take an active interest
in church work. They are also prominent people in the community, being widely and favorable
known. In his political views, Mr. Shankland is a Republican, having long supported the
principles of that party. He has never been a politician in the sense of office-seeking. He is
numbered among the valued citizens of Prairie Green Township, who manifests a commendable
interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the community in which he has so long made
his home.
George was born on 30 May 1853 at Warren Co IN. He was the son of
Kendall Shankland and
Amanda Ellen Harris. He married
Susan Rebecca Seegar on 15 October 1877. George died on 13 November 1920 at age 67.