West Virginia Pioneers

James Owen Shinn

Male 1858 - 1947  (~ 89 years)


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  • Name James Owen Shinn 
    Born Feb 1858  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 7 May 1947  Mason County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Mason County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1897, Webster County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Stone,   b. 16 Apr 1822, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1907, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 8 Apr 1853  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1951, Mason County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 4 Aug 1881  Mason County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S479] Death records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.

    3. [S16] Marriage Records, Mason Co, WV.

    4. [S70] John House.