1840 - 1921

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• Suffix	Jr
  Birth	5 May 1840	Trimble Twp., Athens Co., Ohio
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Jun 1921	Palos, Athens, Ohio
  Buried	Beach Grove Cem., Perry, Monroe Twp., Ohio
  Person ID	I107454	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2005 00:00:00
  Father	William SHANOR, b. 18 Aug 1808, Chandlersville, Muskingum, Ohio
  Mother	Mary Nancy THARP, b. 14 Oct 1808, Maryland
  Family ID	F45466	Group Sheet
  Family	Nancy E. ROBERTS, b. Dec 1855, Ohio
  Married	21 Sep 1878	Corning, Perry Co., Ohio
  Children	1. Darius A. SHANER, b. 20 Jul 1881   2. Loda V. SHANER, b. 12 Jan 1887
  Family ID	F45473	Group Sheet

• Notes

  William Shaner jr. became a renowned soldier, both illustrious and famous during the Civil War. He was a prosperous young farmer when in 1861 he enlisted itn the thrity-first OVI. He fought in many battes: Stone River, Mill Springs, Chicamauga, Mission Ridge, Ringold, Dallas, Resaca, Ken, Marietta and the Seige of Altanta, where he severely wonded. After partial recovery he was sent to Johnson Island opposite Sandusky, where he served iwth gentleness as an officer over the camp for the confederate prisioners during the epidemic of small pox in which so many died. Here he was fortunate in escaping, due to his vaccination early in life, and he was honorably discharged on August 15, 1865, after a war record second to none in Ohio. He was a master Mason a member of Lodge no.470 A&F A M Bishopville Ohio