When Charles Elliott Shinn was born in January 1843, in Fulton, Illinois, United States, his father, Absalom Robinson Shinn, was 27 and his mother, Caroline F Shinn, was 20. He married Rebecca J. Pollock on 23 May 1866, in Stark, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Toulon, Stark, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 6 October 1906, in Wesley Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Toulon Cemetery, Toulon, Stark, Illinois, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1844: Stark, Illinois, 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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