Shane, Marian Jean

Family/Spouse: Sammet, Joseph. Joseph (son of Sammet, Carl and Hauptly, Leah) was born on 17 May 1910 in Pigeon Grove, Iroquois, Illinois, USA; died on 24 Jan 1966; was buried in Princeville Cemetery, Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sammet, Sharlane
2. Sammet, Douglas

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Member of Stark Congregational Church
Funeral was at Cox Funeral Home

Sylvester married Wilcox, Rose M. on 4 Jan 1916 in Chillicothe, Peoria, Illinois, USA. Rose was born on 4 Nov 1896 in La Prairie, Adams, Illinois, USA; died on 4 Jan 1983 in Toulon, Stark, Illinois, USA; was buried in Lawn Ridge Cemetery, north of Lawn Ridge, Peoria, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Member of Stark Congregational Church, American Legion Auxiliary, Post 91

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His death record is 0620008, Peoria Countyy Death Records

Buried:
Lot 89/Prospect Cemetery, Dunlap, Peoria, Illinois, USA

David married Speers, Sarah Ann on 13 Jan 1890 in Galva, Henry, Illinois, USA. Sarah (daughter of Speer, William F and Milchrist, Margaret) was born on 16 Sep 1871 in Valley City, Stark, Illinois, USA; died in 1955. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Sarah Shane, 84, died at 2:30 p.m. at 521 Columbia Terr., where she had been making her
home with her daughter, Mrs. R.A. Bliss. Mrs. Shane had been ill about a year. A resident if
Peoria for ten years, Mrs. Shane was in Valley Township, Stark County, Sept. 16, 1871. She
was the daughter of William F. and Margaret Milchrist Speer, and a grandaughter of the man for
whom the village of Speer was named. She was the widow of David Shane, who died Jan. 1934.
They were married at Galva Jan 13, 1890 and resided in Dunlap-Princeville area before coning
to Peoria.
Surviving are one son, Sylvester Shane of Speer; three daughters, Mrs. Bliss, Mrs. C.W.
Applegren of Pekin and Mrs. Leland Sloan of Princeville, thirteen great grand children; eight
grandchildren.
One brother and one sister preceded her in death.

Notes:

Have a map of Akron Township Illinois, USA showing James Henry's farm.

James H. Shane, son of David and Lydia Shane, was born in Brimfield, Peoria County, Illinois. He lived there until he was eleven years of age, when the family came to Hallock Township, his late home.
He was married August 12th, 1860, to Martha C. Nelson. He lived a few years near Dunlap, Ill, returning to his home in 1876, where he has lived since.
To Mr. and Mrs. Shane were born thirteen children, two of whom died in childhood, and the oldest daughter in her young womanhood.
Mr. Shane is survived by his wife and ten children. Osmund, David, William, Charles, Anna, Mary, Joseph, Benjamin, Ensley and Eugene. He is also survived by four brothers and two sisters.
Mr. Shane came from a family of early pioneers, being one of the oldest settlers. Inmured to the hardships and privations of early times, he manifested by the prosperity that crowned his efforts in acquiring first place in all that goes to make for honesty, uprightness and a well spent life.
He, together with his wife, in early life united with the Prospect Presbyterian Church of Dunalp, and when he moved to his late home, he transferred his membership to the Methodist Episcopal Church of Lawn Ridge, to which he remained a member till he passed from life.

The Shane Estate
Will of the Late Princeville agriculturalist Admitted to probate

The will of the late James H. Shane of Princeville, father of the first wife of Frank J. Potter, was admitted to probate yesterday. By the terms of the will the wife is to receive a life estate in 160 acres of land, $500 in cash and half the livestock, implements, etc., belonging to the deceased.
The widow and the heirs, however, reached an sgreement by which she is to receive the rent from three "eighties" of land in Stark County, $500 in cash, the proceeds of the sale of $1,650 worth of corn, minus $600, which is to be paid to Mary Shane of Edelstein, half of $2,250 on deposit in the Chillicothe bank, and a proportion of the proceeds of the sale of hogs.
In return, she relinquishes her widow's award and dower right in the three "eighties" in Stark County.
The children who are to inherit his property after the provisions for the widow have been taken care of are:
Osmund Shane, Speer
David Shane, Stark
William Shane, Edelstein
Mrs. Anna Brooks,
Mary Shane,
Ensley and Eugene Shane, Edelstein
Joseph and Benjamin Shane, Speer
Ethel and Mabel Potter, daughter of Frank J. Potter, inherit their mother's share.

Buried:
Lot 89/Prospect Cemetery, Dunlap, Peoria, Illinois, USA

James married Nelson, Martha Catherine on 22 Aug 1861 in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA. Martha (daughter of Nelson, Osmund and Houston, Sarah) was born on 29 Aug 1843 in Peoria County, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Apr 1917 in Chillicothe, Peoria, Illinois, USA; was buried in Apr 1917. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I believe her death is #0031777 from Death Records of Peoria County

Buried:
Lot 89/Prospect Cemetery, Dunlap, Peoria, Illinois, USA

William married Milchrist, Margaret. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]