George Huse Shiner

Brief Life History of George Huse

When George Huse Shiner was born on 30 June 1797, in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, United States, his father, George Schoener, was 28 and his mother, Rachel Lister, was 27. He married Rachel Curlet Pierce on 4 December 1820, in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Whiteside, Illinois, United States in 1850. In 1819, at the age of 24, his occupation is listed as miller by trade and ran carters mill on opequon creek. it was a water grist mill. in Winchester, Virginia, United States. He died on 27 August 1856, in Lyndon, Whiteside, Illinois, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Lyndon Cemetery, Lyndon, Whiteside, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Huse Shiner
1797–1856
Rachel Curlet Pierce
1800–1866
Marriage: 4 December 1820
John Pierce
1820–
Tobias Riley Shiner
1822–1887
Washington Shiner
1823–1831
Stewart Baldwin Shiner
1825–1865
Feilding Shiner
1826–1831
Washington Shiner Son
1828–1828
Mary Ann Shiner
1829–1831
Mary Elizabeth Shiner
1832–1833
George William Shiner
1835–1918
Gabrila Augusta Shiner
1837–1912
Alfred Pierce Shiner
1839–1919
Sarah Jane Shiner
1841–1865
Rachel Melissa Shiner
1844–1913

Sources (19)

  • George Skinner, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Family Data Collection - Births
  • George Shiner, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"

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World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1818

Illinois is the 21st state.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Shinner, an occupational name from southern Middle English schinner ‘skinner’, an agent derivative of Middle English schin ‘skin’ (Old English scinn), used for someone who stripped the hide from animals, to be used in the production of fur garments or to be tanned for leather. Compare Skinner .

Americanized form of German Scheiner .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

George Huse Shiner and his sister Cyntliia were left orphans at an early age and raised by their maternal grandmother, Sarah Lester, on a little farm on the Opequon about four miles east of Winchest …

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