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William Elken Shawhan

1858 – 1938

Direct-line ancestor, Generation 7. Son of William Winston Shawhan and Julia Ravenscraft.

Life events

  1. 31 Jul 1858Born, Shawhan Station, Kentucky
  2. 30 Sep 1883Married Adelaide Cooper
  3. 24 Dec 1924/25Adelaide died, Lee's Summit, Missouri
  4. 27 Dec 1938Died, Lee's Summit, Missouri, age 80

Sources

  • History and Genealogy of the Shawhan and Related Families — Register Report entry #292, "Family of William Winston SHAWHAN (116) & Julia RAVENSCRAFT" section (Seventh Generation); includes a quoted newspaper death notice for both William Elken and his wife Adelaide.
  • The Shawhans by Ron T Shawhan 1983 — lightly corroborating: lists "William E." among William Winston's 15 children, no further detail on William Elken specifically