Lieutenant
Robert
Shanklin
(Shanklin)
Salyer
Born in Copper Creek near Nickelsville, Scott, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel P Salyer
and Sarah Ann (Castle) Salyer
Brother of
Elizabeth (Salyer) Stapleton, Delila (Salyer) Stapleton, John Salyer, Eli S Salyer, Samuel Salyer, Nancy (Salyer) Wheatley, Sarah Salyer, Lucinda (Salyer) Nickels, James Salyer, Catherine (Salyer) Dean, Robert Shanklin Salyer and Rowan Salyer
Husband of
Anna (Easterling) Salyer
— married
1847 (to 1867) in Russell, Virginia, United States
Husband of
Lydia Salyer
— married
4 Oct 1867 in Russell, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Isabel Jane (Salyer) Addington
Died
at age 55
in Elkhorn City, Pike, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jan 2015
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Biography
This profile is part of the Salyer Name Study.
Robert was in the Confederate Army, Co. H 50 VA Inf. CSA Buried in Elkhorn City Cemetery. Said to have been married 1st to Anna Easterling ca. 1847 and divorced 9/23/1867.
- Fact: Residence (1850) Scott county, part of, Scott, Virginia, United States
- Fact: Residence (1870) Tennessee, United States
- Fact: Burial (July 1881) Elkhorn City, Pike, Kentucky, United States
Sources
See also:
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 24 June 2019, 03:13), entry for Robert Shanklin Salyer(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LC74-CWB); contributed by various users.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53286918/robert-shanklin-salyer
- "The Salyer Family: a Genealogical Record of their first 250 years in America." 688 pages with index. by Elizabeth Salyer. Privately published,1982. Reprinted with permission by the Magoffin County Historical Society. Page 275.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Shanklin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Shanklin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Shanklin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Shanklin:
-
~3.12%
Mary Rodefer
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A477712 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Sonja Ratliff :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
Pat (Johnson) Trimble :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
Amanda (Stapleton) Mooney :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Jo Ann (Ramey) Halleck :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A709316 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Tammy (Gambill) Shepherd :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A671664 [compare], Ancestry member s4xvasy
-
~1.56%
Dale Penn :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A533037 [compare], Ancestry member dale1203
+
Living DNA
-
~1.56%
Tim Adkins :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member taadkins48
-
~1.56%
Tara Salyers :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Cara (Sword) Parker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HK6365119 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Jennifer (Halleck) Griffith :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A501082 [compare], Ancestry member JJG251
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~0.78%
Terri (Smokey) Deskins :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZV4817442 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member TerriDeskins
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch ZV4817442 [compare]
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~0.78%
Nicole Skeen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A583236 [compare], Ancestry member culbertson_victoria
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B10625
-
~0.78%
Gusta (Burchett) Bevins :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A758873 [compare], Ancestry member GB
-
~0.78%
Gloria (Rose) York :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NN3853509 [compare], Ancestry member GJRose14
-
~0.78%
Gregory Cantrell :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Robin (Bush) Bush-Braden :
AncestryDNA
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Patty (Enright) Hoskins
Salyer-1307 and Salyer-388 appear to represent the same person because: same parents, similar siblings and DOB
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by Patty (Enright) Hoskins
Pending merges › Robert Shanklin Salyer (1825-1901)
Shanklin is 12 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 24 degrees from Carl Sagan, 19 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 30 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 23 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 19 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 24 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 14 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 14 degrees from Isaac Newton, 25 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 23 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 15 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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