The Descendants of Arthur or Artis Spencer Shankland come from the Crain Genealogy provided by Ralph Thompson Shankland. This genealogy gives his name as Artis and his parents as Mr & Mrs Alfred Shankland. Other family records (ABS) show him to be Arthur S, married to Olivia Crain, the Son of William Jones & Mary (Lee) Shankland. I have no records of an Alfred Shankland and have included this family under William Jones and Mary Shankland. (JNS).
Artis was born on 15 January 1843 at Lebanon IN. He was the son of
William Jones Shankland and
Mary Lee. He married
Olivia Jane Crain on 7 March 1867. Artis died on 1 June 1886 at Prairie Grn Twp Iroquois Co IL at age 43. In his home..