William Shanklin spent most of his life in Hicksville and Milford Townships, but he was born in Crawford County about 1837. As early as 1860, he lived in Hicksville Township with the John Ryan family and their three children. William was 23 and a laborer.
But soon after the war began in 1861, William enlisted in Company D of the 120th Ohio Infantry. He spent several years with that unit until being transferred to Company E, 48th Ohio Infantry on November 27, 1864. One more transfer at the end of the war placed him in Company E, 114th Ohio on July 24, 1865 from which he mustered out. All of the units appeared on his pension card.
A complete study of the 120th Ohio Infantry and of William Shanklin himself has been completed. Read about the 120th, Company D HERE.
A different researcher studied the life of William Shanklin and posted it on a related website. Read about William Shanklin HERE.
An obituary of William Shanklin, who died on March 28, 1916 in Defiance County, at the age of 78 years, 11 months and 7 days, appeared in the Hicksville Tribune on March 30, 1916. The newspaper article could not be accessed at the time of this writing, but the microfilm could be searched at the Johnson Memorial Library in Hicksville, Ohio.
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William was married twice - first to Mary Lawson on May 2, 1868, and second to Mary Jane Chapman on January 11, 1887, after his first wife's death. An obituary could be found for Mary Jane in the Crescent-News on January 26, 1922:
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