West Virginia Pioneers
James Owen Shinn
1858 - 1947 (~ 89 years)-
Name James Owen Shinn Born Feb 1858 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [1] Gender Male Died 7 May 1947 Mason County, West Virginia, USA [2] Buried Mason County, West Virginia, USA Notes
Death Record
Name: James Owen/Shinn
Sex: Male
Death Date: 07 May 1947
Death Place: Pt. Pleasant, Mason, West Virginia
Age at Death: 89y
Burial Date: 09 May 1947
Cemetery: Lone Oak, Pt Pleasant
Birth Place: Jackson Co., W. Va.
Marital Status: M
Spouse: Mary Kribs/Shinn
Occupation: Farmer
Mother: Elizabeth/Stone Shinn
Father: George W./Shinn
Informant: Mrs JO Shinn, Pt Pleasant, WV
James Owen Shinn, served a term as sheriff of Jackson County, during which he officiated at the last public hanging in the state of West Virginia on Dec. 16, 1897, when convicted murderer John F. Morgan’s death sentence was carried out on a gallows built atop an American Indian burial mound before a crowd of several thousand onlookers.
James Shinn was later elected to represent Jackson and parts of neighboring counties in the West Virginia Senate.
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Person ID I2911 WVPioneers Last Modified 12 Feb 2012
Father George W Shinn, b. 25 May 1833, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia , d. 26 Jul 1897, Webster County, West Virginia, USA (Age 64 years) Mother Elizabeth Stone, b. 16 Apr 1822, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 23 Feb 1907, West Virginia, USA (Age 84 years) Married 8 Apr 1853 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia [3] Notes
1870 Jackson Co, WV # 239-239
The schoolteacher, George W Oakes, 33, VA, was living with them, also
Wm Brown, 22, painter, VA
Josiah W Simpson, 21, f/l, JC [s/o Samuel & Priscilla (Rhodes) Simpson]
1880 Jackson Co p 176 # 349-351
Shinn, George W, 46, f, and family
Rhodes, Martha, 17, domestic, JC
Mason CMR
George Shinn to Mrs Elizabeth Sayre, 4/8/1853
John House lists another son, James S.
Family ID F872 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Elizabeth Krebs, b. 28 Oct 1862, Mason County, West Virginia, USA , d. 31 Mar 1951, Mason County, West Virginia, USA (Age 88 years) Married 4 Aug 1881 Mason County, West Virginia, USA [3, 4] Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 8/4/1881
Place: Mason, West Virginia, United States
James Owen Shinn, 22, Mason, Jackson
Mary Elizabeth Krebs, 18, Mason, Mason
1900 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 27-30
Shinn, James O 2/1858 m 18y WV WV WV
Mary E 10/1862 m 18y 0-0 child WV PA WV
[next is his brother Reuben, Mary's sister Cora and niece, Clara B are living with them.]
Family ID F2071 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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