William Franklin (Frank) Shain ²

  General Notes:

Birthdate possibly 7 Jun.
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Both parents born in Kentucky.
Foreman at a sawmill, according to 1920 Jefferson Co KY census.
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DEED: Wm. Shain's heirs against John Essery, 1822, Bullitt County, KY
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/bullitt/deeds/s500001.txt

22 August 1822 Circuit Court Deed Book A p. 12 George F. POPE, Commissioner appointed by a decree of the Bullitt Circuit Court in a Suit in Chancery in the name of William SHAINS hairs against John ESSERY & others of the one part and Mary SHAIN, Widow and Cephas SIMMONS and Cynthia his wife, David SHAIN, Mortimer D. ROBARDS and Lydia his wife, Nancy SHAIN, John B. SHAIN, Thomas SHAIN, F---- SHAIN, James ROBARDS and Rachel his wife, Squire SHAIN, Mariah GLASS, Washington GLASS, William GLASS and Thomas GLASS, heirs of said William SHAIN dec'd of the other part. Witnesseth that the said George F. POPE, Commissioner as aforesaid for and in Consideration of Said decree hath and by these presents Doth grant, alien, sell and convey unto the said Mary SHAIN, Widow and Cephas SIMMONS and Cynthia his wife, David SHAIN, Mortimer D. ROBARDS and Lydia his wife, Nancy SHAIN and John B. SHAIN, Thomas SHAIN, Felix (?) SHAIN, James ROBARDS and Rachel his wife, Squire SHAIN, Margaret GLASS, Washington GLASS, William GLASS and Thomas GLASS heirs of said William SHAIN dec'd a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Bullitt on Cane run and containing two hundred acres and bounded as followeth: Beginning at two white oaks on MACHIR's line running thence north thirty degrees west two hundred and forty six Poles to a white oak and Poplar thence South fifty three degrees west one hundred and thirty three degrees west one hundred and thirty three Poles to a Stake thence South thirty degrees East two hundred and forty Six poles to a Stake in MACHER's line thence with MACHER's line north fifty three degrees East one hundred and thirty three Poles to the Beginning. To have and to hold the said Tract of Land with all appurtenances unto the said Mary SHAIN widow and others as
heirs and representatives of said William SHAIN deceased and the said George F. POPE on behalf of John ESSERY do covenant and agree to and with the said Mary SHAIN and the heirs of William SHAIN to defend forever the said tract or parcel of land from all and every person or persons whatsoever claiming the Same by from and under him or them and that William STARK and the heirs of John CARR deceased shall forever release all claim or title to the same to the heirs of the said William SHAIN dec'd. In Testimony whereof the said George F. POPE Commissioner as aforesaid hath set his hand and Seal the day and year aforesaid.
(signed)
George F. POPE, comr. for John ESSERY
William STARK
John CARR's heirs

Recorded Bullitt Co. KY Circuit Court 22 August 1822
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1910 Jefferson Co KY census lists:
They had a total of 8 children, 5 of which were still living
Children living with them - names are very hard to read. Large black blob almost entirely covers one daughter's name. This is the closest I can come:
Mary R (or B) F 22 KY
..... E F 19 IN
Annie E F 16 KY
Amanda F 11 KY
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Kentucky Death Certificate: #7958. Cause of Death: Lobar Pneumonia & Pleurisy. Doctor: Dr. H. S. Harned, M.D., Boston, Nelson County, Kentucky. Male, White, Married. Age: 68 years, 8 months & 6 days old. Informant on Death Certificate: Wife, Mrs. Wm. F. Shain, Boston, Nelson County, Kentucky. Funeral Director: N. B. Langsford, Boston, Nelson County, Kentucky. Burial at the Boston Christian Cemetery on 03-07-1935. Occupation: Sawyer, at a Saw Mill. Parent's: Squire Shain and Mary Duvall Shain.

William married Mary Elizabeth (Bettie) Huffman, daughter of Jacob J Huffman Jr. and Mary A. Troutman, on 23 Apr 1885 in Shepherdsville, Bullitt County, Kentucky. (Mary Elizabeth (Bettie) Huffman was born on 20 Mar 1857 in Silverdale, Spencer County, Indiana, died on 12 Jan 1945 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky and was buried in Boston Christian Church Cemetery, Boston, Nelson County, Kentucky.)