When George Washington Shinn was born on 24 February 1817, in Harrison, Virginia, United States, his father, Aaron Shinn, was 34 and his mother, Mary Pigott, was 22. He married Mary Ann Wilson on 21 December 1843, in Tyler, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Doddridge, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and West Virginia, United States in 1870. He died on 7 January 1871, in Doddridge, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in West Virginia, United States.
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English (Norfolk and Suffolk): nickname from Middle English shin(ne) ‘fair, handsome’, a variant of Shine 3 and Sheen 2.
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