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Russell Taft Shain
Generation: K | ID: 1710 | Lifespan: 76 years Updated: 19 Apr 2014
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Ancestry Information
PATERNAL MATERNAL
(Paternal Grandfather) (Paternal Grandmother) (Maternal Grandmother) (Maternal Grandfather)
Andrew Hines Shain
(1 Jan 1843 - 4 Jan 1918)
Martha Elizabeth Deweese
(23 Jan 1843 - 12 Oct 1923)
Malinda Sirles
(ABT 1847 - UNK)
Unavailable
b. UNK - d. UNK
 
(Father) (Mother)
Edward Thomas Shain (Ed T)
(30 Jan 1865 - 2 Jan 1925)
Mary Palestine Sirles (Pa...
(10 Dec 1873 - 1 May 1960)
Russell Taft Shain
(13 Feb 1909 - 14 Sep 1985)
Marriages of Russell Taft Shain
Images Spouse Date of Marriage Certificate Location of Marriage
Helen Green 25 Dec 1938 Caneyville, Grayson County, Kentucky, USA
MARRIAGE NOTES: Internet.
Children of Russell Taft Shain
Images Children Lifespan Other Parent
Edwin Terry Shain (8 May 1940 - UNK) Helen Green
Joetta Jean Shain (30 Aug 1941 - UNK) Helen Green
Mary Lena Shain (15 Nov 1946 - UNK) Helen Green
Siblings of Russell Taft Shain
Images Siblings Lifespan Father Mother
Ollie Bassett Shain (5 Jan 1890 - 15 Oct 1970) Edward Thomas Shain (Ed T) Mary Palestine Sirles (Pa...
Ora Essie Shain (12 Oct 1891 - UNK) Edward Thomas Shain (Ed T) Mary Palestine Sirles (Pa...
Arvel Andrew Shain (6 Feb 1894 - 16 Jun 1964) Edward Thomas Shain (Ed T) Mary Palestine Sirles (Pa...
Artie Elizabeth Shain (26 Dec 1895 - 11 Nov 1986) Edward Thomas Shain (Ed T) Mary Palestine Sirles (Pa...
Rhea Bertie Shain (18 Jan 1898 - 15 Dec 1988) Edward Thomas Shain (Ed T) Mary Palestine Sirles (Pa...
Nola May Shain (24 Nov 1900 - 17 Apr 1930) Edward Thomas Shain (Ed T) Mary Palestine Sirles (Pa...
Beulah Nay Shain (24 Nov 1901 - 1954) Edward Thomas Shain (Ed T) Mary Palestine Sirles (Pa...
Arthur Gentry Shain (1 Nov 1903 - 10 Jan 1992) Edward Thomas Shain (Ed T) Mary Palestine Sirles (Pa...
Thelma Ruby Shain (4 Feb 1906 - 17 May 1983) Edward Thomas Shain (Ed T) Mary Palestine Sirles (Pa...
Russell Taft Shain (13 Feb 1909 - 14 Sep 1985) Edward Thomas Shain (Ed T) Mary Palestine Sirles (Pa...
Hildred Ione Shain (13 Aug 1913 - 15 Apr 2007) Edward Thomas Shain (Ed T) Mary Palestine Sirles (Pa...
Detailed Primary Information for Russell Taft Shain
Gender: Male
Generation: K
Added: 5 Dec 2009
Last Updated: 19 Apr 2014
Living: False
Primary Notes: Middle name obtained from handwritten note from Grace Kebbell.
Detailed Birth Information for Russell Taft Shain
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1909
Time of Birth: UNK
Birth Location: USA
Map of Birthplace: Map Unavailable
Birth Notes: From an index card created by Grace Kebbell.
Detailed Death Information for Russell Taft Shain
Death Date: 14 Sep 1985
Time of Death: UNK
Death Location: At his home, Charlestown, Indiana, USA
Map of Deathplace: Map Unavailable
Cause of Death: UNK
Death Notes: From the SSI Death Index:

Name: Russell Shain
SSN: 404-01-4621
Last Residence: 47111 Charlestown, Clark, Indiana, United States of America
Born: 13 Feb 1909
Died: Sep 1985
State (Year) SSN issued: Kentucky (Before 1951)
Detailed Burial Information for Russell Taft Shain
Burial Location: Charlestown Cemetery, Charlestown, Indiana, USA
Map of Location: Map Unavailable
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Burial Notes: www.findagrave.com
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Additional Notes for Russell Taft Shain
Database Note No: 198
From the Kokomo Tribune, November 3, 1954:

MRS. FRANK T. BISHOP Mrs. Beulah Nay Shain Bishop, 51, wife of Frank T. Bishop, died at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday at the family home south of Russiaville. She had been ill only since Monday afternoon with a throat infection. Mrs. Bishop was born Nov. 24, 1902 at Pine Knob, Kn., the daughter of Ed Thomas and Pallie Shain. She and Mr. Bishop were married March 15, 1924. Surviving with the husband are two children, Mrs. Janet Kirby of Kokomo and John Thomas at home. She leaves also her mother, Mrs. Pallie Boone, San Leandro, Calif., and nine brothers and sisters: Mrs. Ora Duggins, Kokomo; 0. B. Shain, Pine Knob, Ky.; Arvel Shain, Cincinnati; Hildred Shain, Mrs. Rhea Tinkle, Mrs. Warfield Louisville, Shain, Charlestown, and Arthur Ky.; Russell Ind.; Mrs. Artie Keith, Garden Grove, Calif., and Mrs. Thelma Singer, San Le andro, Calif. Mrs. Bishop was a member of the Russiaville Methodist Church.
Database Note No: 197
From www.findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28103876)

Obituary from the June 2, 1983 issue of The Grayson County News-Gazette, Leitchfield, Kentucky:

Mrs. Thelma Shain Janzen, Shingle Springs, California passed away at her home early last week. Funeral services were held in Shingle Springs on Friday, May 20, 1983 with interment at Hayden, California. / She was raised in the Pine Knob community of Grayson County, the daughter of the late Ed. T. and Palestine Sirles Shain. / Survivors other than her three children, three grandchildren and great-grandchild all living in the West are four sisters, Mrs. Ora Duggins, Kokomo, Indiana, Mr. Artie Keith, Grant's Pass, Oregon, Mrs. Rhea Tinkle and Mrs. Hildred Helton, Louisville and two brothers, Arthur Shain, Louisville and Russell Shain, Charlestown, Indiana.

Related article in the "Pine Knob" column of the paper stated: "Word has come to this community of the death of Mrs. Thelma Shain Janzen early last week at her home in Shingle Springs, California of an apparent heart attack. She was born and raised in this community and was the aunt of Honus Shain, Sr. also of Lillian Likins of Caneyville. Look for the obituary else where in the paper."
Database Note No: 179
Obituary from The Record, Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky

Russell Taft Shain, 76, Charlestown, Indiana, passed away on Saturday morning, September 14, 1985 at his home. / Mr. Shain was born February 13, 1909, a son of Mary Palestine Sirles and Ed. Thomas Shain, Pine Knob. He was a retiree of Ford Motor Company and a member of the First Baptist Church of Charlestown. His wife, Helen Green Shain, survives. / Other survivors include a son Edwin T. Shain, Charlestown, Joetta Shain, Charlestown; and Mary Shain, Charlestown; and Mary Shain Clark, Bardstown; four sisters, Artie Keith of Oregon, Ora Duggins of Kokomo, Indiana, Rhea Tinkle and Hildred Helton of Louisville. Four grandchildren also survive. / Funeral services were September 17 at the First Baptist Church of Charlestown with burial in the Charlestown Cemetery.
Images Relating to Russell Taft Shain
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Database Image No: 756
Ed T. Shain and Family
Joseph Clinton Bratcher believes that the female, second from the right in the second row, is Nola May Shain.

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Database Image No: 755
Ed T. Shain and Family
I obtained this photo from ancestry.com. Joseph Clinton Bratcher says that the leftmost female in the third row is Nola May Shain.

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Database Image No: 589
1910 US Census, Grayson Co., KY

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Database Image No: 758
1920 US Census, Harper, Arkansas

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Database Image No: 757
1930 US Census, Grayson Co., KY

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Database Image No: 821
1940 US Census, Howard Co., IN

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Database Image No: 193
Index card with birthdates for Ed T. Shain and Palestine Sirles Children
I obtained this in 2009 from my Great Aunt Enola Grace Bratcher (nee Kebbell).

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Database Image No: 204
Note of Shain Family names
I obtained this from my Great Aunt Grace Kebbell in 2009.