NOBLE COUNTY OHIO - BIO: James W. Shankland (1887)

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Transcribed by Deb Murray.

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James W. Shankland was the first settler and the first merchant in the
village. He came here on the 27th of March, 1827. He erected the first
dwelling in the place, in connection with his brother-in-law, Charles W.
Moseley, both of whom married Rownds, and the house was occupied by the two
families. Later, Moseley, who was a bricklayer by trade, erected another
house. Captain L.W. Moseley, now of Enoch Township, was the first male child
born in Summerfield. Shankland and Moseley built a grist-mill and a
carding-mill just back of where J.H. Philpot's house now stands, which were
run by horsepower, and furnished meal and rolls to the neighborhood. A part of
the machinery for the carding-mill was taken from a disused mill formerly run
by Moses Horton.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by 
L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
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