John Merle Shingleton ²

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1820, Harrison Co, Virginia. 1 male 16-26 (John), 1 female 16-26 (Mary) 1 person in agriculture

• Census, 1830, Eastern District Hampshire Co VA. 1 male 20-30 (John), 1 male <5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 female 20-30 (Mary), 1 female <5

• Census, 1840, Harrison Co, Virginia. 1 male 40-50 (John), 1 male 80-90 (? William), 2 males <5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 15-20, 1 female 40-50 (Mary), 1 female <5, 1 female 10-15

• Census, 1870, Booths Creek, Harrison Co, Virginia. John age 74 (? lists birthplace as Ohio), Elizabeth 47, Thomas E 3, Sarah L 11 months

John married Mary Polly Humphrey on 10 Apr 1820 in Taylor Co, Virginia.¹ (Mary Polly Humphrey was born about 1802 and died after 1845.)

John next married Elizabeth Bonar, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 19 Nov 1865 in Taylor Co, West Virginia. (Elizabeth Bonar was born in 1831 in Harrison Co Virginia.)