Hello; Read your messages with great interest. I am not directly related by the Shains; but have relatives that married into Williard Pascal Shain family. Here is what I was given by a descendant while in Missouri about a year ago (I grew up in Harrison County, as well): Children of Williard and Martha (m. 24 Dec 1885-Harrison Co) ..Thomas Leonard SHAIN: m Cordella Jane HARROLD (related to Cordella) ..Gordon SHAIN; M. Verona _________ ..Mary Ethel SHAIN; m Waitman SUMMERS ..Dora SHAIN (no further info) ..Ruby SHAIN (no further info until now :>) ..Zella SHAIN; M. Alfred Ellis BEESON (related to Ellis) Any corrections or additions much appreciated. TIA. Nina Beeson ******************************** In a message dated 1/12/02 7:08:32 AM Mountain Standard Time, slsmith@grm.net writes: << Subj: My Shains (was Re: [MOHARRIS-L] Hobbs family in Grundy Co and Harrison Co, MO) Date: 1/12/02 7:08:32 AM Mountain Standard Time From: slsmith@grm.net (Stacy Smith) Reply-to: MOHARRIS-L@rootsweb.com To: MOHARRIS-L@rootsweb.com Hi Lisa. In a "nut shell", my Shains start with John Shain b. abt. 1780 near the mouth of the Kanawha River. He died 4 Sept 1846 in Kentucky. He married Mary Turpin, and they had 8 children: William b. 1803 , Nancy b. 1809, Edward b.1800 Catharine, Blanche Ann b. 1812 d. 5 Nov. 1884, Elizabeth b. 1820?, Emeline b. 1815 d. after 1860., and Thomas R. b. 15 June 1819 d. Dec. 20, 1892. (Thomas R. Shain was the man that Shain Creek was named after.) Thomas married Synthia Ann Bridges (b. 16, June 1823 Illinois) Both are buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Blythedale, Missouri. They had Willard Pascal Shain Dec. 22, 1858. Willard married Martha Palmer, and Feb. 25, 1902 they had Ruby Myrtle Shain. In 1917, Ruby married Amos Gillespie (son of James and Mary {Polley} Gillespie). Ruby and Amos were my husbands great grandparents. Does any of this sound familiar? I have heard that the parents of John Shain (b. abt. 1780 near the mouth of the Kanawha River) were Edward and Mary {_?_} Shain/Shane. Stacy ----- Origin >>