Rezin Kyle Shinn (1813 - 1899)

Born 24 Jan 1813 in Harrison, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah A. (Bartlett) Shinn — married 3 Nov 1836 in Harrison, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Dec 1899 at age 86 in Hancock, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Rezin was born in 1813 in Harrison County, Virginia. He was the seventh child of Moses Shinn and Sarah Kyle.^[1] He married Sarah A. Bartlett in November of 1836.^[2][3] By 1860, the family had relocated to Hancock, Illinois.^[4] He passed away in 1899.^[5][6]

Biographical sketch written by Rezin Shinn before his death.^[7]

"I lived on a farm in Virginia working in the summer and going to school in winter until seventeen years of age; I then learned the tanner's trade; worked a year in Shinnston and then went to Brownsville, Pa., where I finished my apprenticeship; worked several years in Pennsylvania as a journeyman tanner; returned to Virginia and married; engaged in the lumber trade on the Monogahela River; entered in the mercantile business in Shinnston, Va.,; in the crash of 18377-40 paid out but nothing left; bought a hotel and ran it for three years, making no money; engaged in the mercantile and lumber business for several years; in 1841 was appointed Justice of the Peace and held that office for about ten years; in 1854 was elected Presiding Justice of the County Court; moved to La Harpe, Hancock County, Ill., in 1856; opened a mercantile establishment there; in 1859 was elected Mayor of La Harpe, the first Mayor the town had; elected Police Magistrate of the town and held the position for four years; the merchantile business at La Harpe, stock business in Iowa and Missouri filled out the rest of my my life and left me about $4,000 ahead."

Sources

1. ↑ Shinn, Josiah Hazen, The History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America, Genealogical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1903, pages 334 - 335.
2. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR46-6MJ : 30 January 2020), Resin K. Shinn, 1836.
3. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR4K-W32 : 30 January 2020), Reason K Shinn, 1836.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXH7-2ZG : 18 March 2020), Reason K Shinn, 1860.
5. ↑ Shinn, Josiah Hazen, The History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America, Genealogical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1903, pages 334 - 335.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 November 2020), memorial page for Rezin Kyle Shinn (24 Jan 1813–28 Dec 1899), Find A Grave: Memorial #50164125, citing La Harpe Cemetery, La Harpe, Hancock County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Arigeni (contributor 47104610) .
7. ↑ Shinn, Josiah Hazen, The History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America, Genealogical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1903, pages 334 - 335. - citing La Harper, Hancock, Illinois, January 5, 1900.

*"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D4-WQ3 : 4 April 2020), Rugin R Shinn, Harrison county, part of, Harrison, Virginia, United States; citing family 691, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M643-LK3 : 19 March 2020), R K Shinn, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJL-K8M : 15 September 2017), R K Shinn, La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 72, sheet 155B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,211.

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