Robert
Wesley
Shadowen
Born in Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
Ancestors 
Son of William Shadowen Jr.
and Jane (Smith) Shadowen
Brother of
Mary Jane (Shadowen) Lowery, Milton Short Shadowen, Winney Elizabeth (Shadowen) Lewis, Lucy Jane (Shadoan) Lewis, Lydia (Shadowen) Lewis, Tilford Roberts (Shadowen) Shadoan, Lewis Francis Shadowen, Nancy Ellen (Shadowen) Wilson and Sarah Florence (Shadoan) Dye
Husband of
Rebecca Ann (Sloan) Shadowen
— married
23 Jan 1868 in Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Reuben Austin Shadowen, William Francis Shadowen, Susan Ellen (Shadowen) Clark, Mabel (Shadowen) Smith, Dora Polly (Shadowen) Mace, Sallie Jane (Shadowen) Bennett, George Milton Shadowen, Ida (Shadowen) Moore and Melissa B. (Shadowen) Stockton
Died
at age 71
in Scottsville, Mitchell, Kansas, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Apr 2018
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Biography
Robert Wesley Shadowen was born April 13, 1845 in Pulaski, Kentucky.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He was the son of William Shadowen and Jane Smith.
Robert married Rebecca Sloan on January 23, 1868 in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States.[7]
He came with family in 1883 to Asherville, Mitchell, Kansas and bought a farm on Asher Creek.[8]
Around 1897, Robert was stricken with paralysis from a stroke which left one side of his body unusable. Four years later, he suffered a second stroke which left him as an invalid.[8]
Robert suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and a week later died on January 16, 1917 in Scottsville, Mitchell, Kansas, United States.[8] He was buried at Summit Cemetery in Jamestown, Cloud, Kansas, United States.[9]
Sources
- ↑ United States Census, 1850 FamilySearch. Robert Shadowen in household of William Shadowen, Census Place: Division 3, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: M432_217; Page: 156A; Image: 443
- ↑ United States Census, 1860 FamilySearch. Robert Shadow in entry for William Shadow, Census Place: District 2, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: M653_393; Page: 117
- ↑ United States Census, 1870 FamilySearch. Robt W Shadowen, Census Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: M593_496; Page: 350B
- ↑ United States Census, 1880 FamilySearch. Robert W Shadman, 1880; Census Place: Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: 440; Page: 256B; Enumeration District: 093
- ↑ United States Census, 1900. Ancestry.com [database on-line]. Census Place: Asherville, Mitchell, Kansas; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0074. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- ↑ United States Census, 1910 FamilySearch. Robert W Shadoeven, Asherville, Mitchell, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 91, sheet 3B, family 5
- ↑ Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954 FamilySearch. Robert W Shadowan and Rebecca A Sloan, 23 Jan 1868; citing Marriage, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Robert Wesley Shadowen The Simpson News (Simpson, Kansas) 25 Jan 1917, Thu. Page 4
- ↑ Find A Grave memorial page for Robert Wesley Shadowen (13 Apr 1845–16 Jan 1917), Find A Grave Memorial no. 41962578, citing Summit Cemetery, Jamestown, Cloud County, Kansas, USA
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert 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 Robert:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert 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 Robert:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
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~1.56%
~3.12%
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~0.78%
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