John Sanders Shahan
•Surname: Shahan
•Given Name: John Sanders
•Sex: M
•Birth: 1814 in Monongalia Co., Va
•Death: 2 Aug 1896 in Green Forest, Carroll Co., Ar
•Burial: New Home Cemetery

•Note:
When the Shahan family left Virginia, they moved to Indiana, where their first two children were born. Then the Shahans moved to Green Forest, Arkansas, where they became pioneer settlers in that area. The year was 1842 when John finally settled on pre-empted land in Yocum Creek in Green Forest, Arkansas. John served as Justice of the Peace in that county for many years.

Carroll County, AR 1850 Federal Census Surname index K - Z
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ar/carroll/1850/indexk-z.txt

This Census was transcribed by Lori S. Mayfield and proofread by Carolyn Steiner for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.usgenweb.org/census.

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Shahan Herster Ann N. 1/12 145B 148A
Shahan Hiram 13 145B 148A
Shahan Isaac 9 145B 148A
Shahan John 34 145B 148A
Shahan Nancy 33 145B 148A
Shahan Sarah E. 7 145B 148A
Shahan Thomas H. 3 145B 148A
Shahan Virginia A. 5 145B 148A

When the Shahan family left Virginia, they moved to Indiana, where theirfirst two children were born. Then the Shahans moved to Green Forest,Arkansas, where they became pioneer settlers in that area. The year was1842 when John finally settled on pre-empted land in Yocum Creek in GreenForest, Arkansas. John served as Justice of the Peace in that county formany years.

Carroll County, AR 1850 Federal Census Surname index K - Z
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ar/carroll/1850/indexk-z.txt ==================

Shahan Herster Ann N. 1/12 145B 148A
Shahan Hiram 13 145B 148A
Shahan Isaac 9 145B 148A
Shahan John 34 145B 148A
Shahan Nancy 33 145B 148A
Shahan Sarah E. 7 145B 148A
Shahan Thomas H. 3 145B 148A
Shahan Virginia A. 5 145B 148A

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Father: David Shahan b: BET. 1790 - 1792 in Monongalia Co., Va
Mother: Elizabeth Sanders b: 1794

Marriage: 1 Nancy Ann Thorn b: 1816 in Monongalia Co., Va
•Married: 1836 in Preston Co., Va

Children:
1. Hiram Sanders Shahan b: 15 Sep 1837 in Indiana
2. Isaac T. Shahan b: 4 Feb 1840 in Indiana
3. Sarah E. Shahan b: 1843 in Yocum, Carroll Co., Ar
4. Virginia A. Shahan b: 1845 in Yocum, Carroll Co., Ar
5. Thomas Henry Shahan b: 15 Sep 1847 in Carroll Co., Ar
6. Hester Ann Shahan b: 10 Apr 1850 in Yocum, Carroll Co., Ar
7. Mary Jane Shahan b: 9 Sep 1853 in West Virginia
8. Rosanna H. Shahan b: 1855 in Carroll Co., Ar
9. John Samuel Shahan b: 1858
10. James A. Shahan b: 1862 in Carroll Co., Ar

Marriage: 2 Hannah A. "Bobo" Wheeler b: ABT. 1835 in Kentucky
•Married: 9 Feb 1870 in Carroll Co., Ar 5 6
•Note:
Carroll County, Arkansas - Marriage Records - Eastern District
BK A, page 7
SHAHAN, JOHN S. 56 WHEELER, HANNAH A. 35 2/9/1870
[SOURCE: http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcchs/MARS.html]

Carroll County, Arkansas - Marriage Records - Eastern District
BK A, page 7

SHAHAN, JOHN S. 56 WHEELER, HANNAH A. 35 2/9/1870
[SOURCE: http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcchs/MARS.html]

Children:
1. John F. Shahan b: 18 Feb 1871