Hi! I, too, am a "McKinney/Shrewsbury" descendent. I found in "Pioneers of West Virginia with Shrewsbury, Graham, Howerton, McKinney and Allied Families" by Doris (Graham) Slaughter starting on pg 22 it lists the following information: Ballard P Shrewsbury b. July 1873 Raleigh Co, WV; d. 12 Oct 1935 Basin, West Virginia of "Pneumonia"; buried Church Cemetery, Milam Ridge, West Virginia m. 19 Nov 1894 Raleigh Co, WV to Rebecca Carolyn "Beckie" Meadows (d/o Elijah Meadows and Naomi Cox) Rebecca b. 1878; d. 1932 and is buried beside Ballard. First married Alva Jackson Hylton on 5 Sept 1888, Raliegh Co, WV. Their 2 children: William Lawrence "Willie" Hylton b. July 1890, WV, #2 Eva M Hylton b. Aug 1893 WV, m. 6 Nov 1913 Wyoming Co, WV to Lonnie McKinney son of Samuel Paris McKinney and Mary Eilzabeth Graham. Ballard and Rebecca's Children: 1. Lue Annie; b. 1 Dec 1896 WV; d. 27 Sept 1956 in Coal City, WV 2. Ida Alice b. 7 Mar 1899 Wyoming Co WV; d 1 Oct 1990, Herdon WV, buried Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley WV 3. Elbert b. 6 Apr 1901 Wyoming Co WV, d 28 Apr 1972 Wyoming Co WV. never married 4. Wiley Wintfrey b. 16 Oct 1903 Wyoming Co, WV; d. 23 Nov 1927 buried Church Cemetery, Milam Ridge, WV 5. James A; b. 1905 WV 6. Emmett b. 22 Feb 1907 Wyoming Co, WV; d. 15 May 1967 7. Delcie Pearl b. 12 Apr 1908 Wyoming Co, WV; d. 21 Aug 1982 Raleigh Co, WV 8. Lawrence Clifton b. 29 Aprl 1912 Wyoming Co, WV; d. bef 1990 9. Carl Shrewsbury b. 27 Jun 1914 Wyoming Co, WV d. 17 Mar 1991 Raleigh Co WV, buried Sunset Cemetery, Raleigh Co, WV It goes on to give further information on the children's marriages and their children. Hope this helps! If you'd like further information please let me know if I can help. Happy hunting, Jean Searching surnames: Monk/Cunningham/McKinney/Shrewsbury/Clay/Dillon/Hubbard/Blankenship/ Woodrick/Ehlert/Krieger/Nemitz