David Scott Shanabrook 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- Born: 2 August 1841, Guilford Township, Franklin, PA 2 4 6 8 9
- Marriage (1): Mary O'Keeffe on 18 October 1864 in Ogdensburgh, NY 1
- Died: 4 June 1918, Blain, PA at age 76 8 9
- Buried: 6 June 1918, Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Blain, PA 8 9
 General Notes:
(Source: Notes from Mary Adams Klipple)
David was a photographer as well as a carpenter. I remember my grandmother Minnie telling my mom how he had gone to the O'Keeffe's house to try to take pictures and met his future bride. I have Xerox copies of pictures with DAVID SCOTT SHANABROOK, PHOTOGRAPHER, Greencastle, Pennsylvania.
He was rumored to be an alcoholic. His Wisconsin family did not know when he died or where he was buried.
My husband Gary wondered if he was up in Canada to escape the Union Draft [during the Civil War]. He says a lot of people went there to escape the war. His mom, Susannah Rife, came from a long line of Mennonite ministers so it seems reasonable. There also would have been distant cousins from Groffdale: Rifes and Groffs in Canada.
I wonder if his middle name Scott was his Grandma Elizabeth's maiden name, but I can't ascertain that. There is a David Scott living near Elizabeth and Israel and Susan in Hamilton Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and David Scott is a famous pioneer and military man from that area, but I can't get a direct connection yet. I can't find that maiden name yet.
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D. S. Shanabrook, photographer, was brought home Monday from the Pennsylvania hospital in Philadelphia where he has been for treatment. Recently he had a light stroke. He was accompanied home by his daughter, Mrs. Anna Tyndall, and daughter, Miss Tyndall of Richmond, Virginia, and his nephew, Mr. E. P. Shanabrook of Blain, who went for him Sunday. We hope for his recovery.
(Source: Perry County Times, New Bloomfield, Perry County, PA, 30 May 1918)
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D. S. Shanabrook, photographer, died at the home of his nephew, E. P. Shanabrook, Tuesday of this week. Mrs. Eliza Hoover of Newville, his sister, came to his bedside on Saturday.
(Source: Perry County Times, New Bloomfield, Perry County, PA, 6 June 1918)
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Dear Brian,
David Scott Shanabrook was the son of Israel Shanabrook and Susanna Reiff (Rife). He was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, on 2 August 1841. He is named as his mother's next best friend in her divorce from Israel Shanabrook in a Docket book found in the Courthouse, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. AUGUST TERM 1869 (on one side of the page separated by scored lines from the other side of page is) Maqlaughlin 1.00 p. of by atty. SUSAN SHANABROOK by her next friend David S. SHANABROOK 25n ISRAEL SHANABROOK Entered 14 April 1869 No. 192 April T. 1869. Brot. ford Shrf T (Ck 25 Prothy B (C. 1.16) 2.91 Ahff T Cr 25, Cr 4.74, Prothy B. Cr 1.47, Atty (Recd...illegible) 1.00. Prothy C. 2.03, 1.05. Fd. "Prothy" Cavanaugh $13.00 (on other side of page) August Term 1869 Alias Subpoena Sur Divorce Susan Shanabrook by her nearest friend David S. Shanabrook (Maqlaughlin 1.00 p of 23rd Aug. 1869 Writ returned non est inventus so answered Jas. C. Thompson, Sheriff
23 Aug.1869 It is ordered that publication of notice be made by the Sheriff according to law requiring the respondent to appear on the 1st day of the next stated Court to answer the complaint. By the Court 8 Nov 1869 the written order has been published in one newspaper of the Boro of Carlisle as written.. I am commanded, so answers. Jos. C. Thompson, Sheriff.
8 Nov 1869 Jno Connan (Couman) appointed Commissioner to take depns to be read in evidence on the hearing of this case. 1 by the Court ....
14 December 1869 The Court having read the testimony and having fully considered & proceeded to determine the same as to law and justice do appertain, do sentence and decree that the said Susan Shanabrook be divorced and separated from the marital ties and bonds of matrimony heretofore contracted between her the said Shanabrook Susan and the said Israel Shanabrook and that all and every of the duties rights and claims accruing to either the said Susan Shanabrook or the said Israel Shanabrook at any time heretofore in pursuance of said Marriage shall cease and determine, and the said Susan Shanabrook and the said Israel Shanabrook severally be at liberty to marry again as if they had never been married. Excert. 1 By the Court.
Lydia and Reuben Shanabrook did indeed have a son David 18 Sept 1850 Census County of Franklin, Guilford Township, Penna. 208/236 Reuben Shanabrook, age 41, male, laborer, born in Pa. Lydia, age 30; Mary, age 9, David, age 6; Elizabeth age 4; George, age 2; Elizabeth Carbaugh, age 59. but he was not the husband of Mary Keeffe nor the parent of Warren, William, Margaret Susan, Mary Winona, Annie May Shanabrook.
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Death Notes:
Name: David Scott Shannabrook
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 4 Jun 1918
Event Place: Blain, Perry, Pennsylvania
Event Place (Original): Blain, Perry, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Marital Status: Married
Ethnicity: American
Race: White
Occupation: Photographer
Birth Year (Estimated): 1842
Birthplace: Adams County, Pa.
Burial Date: 6 Jun 1918
Cemetery: M. E. Cemetery
Father's Name: Israel Shannabrook
Mother's Name: Susan Shannabrook
Reference ID: p.239
Citing this Record
"Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5WF-5D6Z : 9 July 2020), David Scott Shannabrook, 1918.
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Noted events in his life were:
• He has alternate birth date of 1839 and a birth location of Pennsylvania.
This birth year was referenced by his age of 41 on the 1880 US Census.
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• He has alternate birth date of 1840 and a birth location of Pennsylvania.
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• Military: US Army, 14 November 1866, Harrisburg, PA. 3 Name: Scott Shanabook
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 14 Nov 1866
Event Place: Harrisburg, , Pennsylvania, United States
Age: 24
Military Service Branch: Army Infantry
Discharged: May 12, 1867 at Fort Columbus, New York Harbor
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Greencastle, PA on 20 July 1870. 4
1870 US Census
Page 34, Family 278
Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
David Shanabrook..28..PA..Photographer
(Living with wife, 2 children, and sister-in-law, Eliza Keeffe.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Clay Township, Saline, MO on 1 June 1880. 1
1880 US Census
Page 599B, District 72, Family 15, Roll 0716
Clay Township, Saline County, Missouri
D. S. Shanabrook..Head..41..PA..Carpenter
(Living with wife and 6 children.)
NOTE - If his birth date was 2 Aug 1841, then his age should have been 38 instead of 41.
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• He appeared on the 1885 Minnesota State Census in Winona, MN in May 1885. 5
1885 Minnesota State Census
Page 285, Family 829
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota
B. S. Schanbrook..45..PA
(Living with wife and 7 children.)
NOTE - If his birth date was 2 Aug 1841, then his age should have been 43 instead of 45.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Newport Borough, Perry County, PA on 12 June 1900. 6
1900 US Census
Sheet 12A, District 160, Family 294, Roll 1451
Newport Borough, Perry County, Pennsylvania
30 Second Street; House rented
David S. Shanabrook..Lodger..Aug 1841..59..PA..married 36 years..Artist
(David was living as a lodger in the home of Mary and Dora Fry and was separated from his wife, Mary, who was back in Wisconsin. Both still indicated that they were married for 36 years.).
• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Blain, PA on 18 April 1910. 7
1910 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 130, Family 80, Roll 1385
Blain, Perry County, Pennsylvania
Main Street; Home rented
David Shanabrook..Head..??..PA..Photographer, Owns Studio
(David was living separately from his wife, Mary, who was back in Wisconsin. This census form neglected to indicate his age and marital status. She indicated on her 1910 census in that she was widowed.)
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• He was buried on 6 June 1918 in the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery in Blain, PA.
Find A Grave Memorial #80382840
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David married Mary O'Keeffe, daughter of Michael John O'Keeffe and Margaret O'Shea, on 18 October 1864 in Ogdensburgh, NY.1 (Mary O'Keeffe was born on 20 October 1847 in Kemptville, Oxford, Grenville, Canada West, British Colonial America 1 2 10 11 12, baptized on 7 November 1847 in Kemptville, Oxford, Grenville, Canada West, British Colonial America,2 died on 13 January 1919 in Trempealeau, WI 13 and was buried on 15 January 1919 in Trempealeau Cemetery, Trempealeau, WI 13.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Greencastle, PA on 20 July 1870. 4
1870 US Census
Page 34, Dwelling 225, Family 278
Greencastle Borough, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
David Shanabrook..28..PA..Photographer
Mary Shanabrook..21..CAN
Anna M. Shanabrook..2..PA
Edgar J. Shanabrook..9m..PA
Eliza. J. Keeffe..16..CAN
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Clay Township, Saline, MO on 1 June 1880. 1
1880 US Census
Page 599B, District 72, Family 15, Roll 0716
Clay Township, Saline County, Missouri
D. S. Shanabrook..Head..41..PA..Carpenter
Mary Shanabrook..Wife..32..CAN..Keeping House
Annie Shanabrook..Dau..12..PA
Edgar J. Shanabrook..Son..10..PA
Iva J. Shanabrook..Dau..8..PA
Warren D. Shanabrook..Son..6..PA
Maggie S. Shanabrook..Dau..4..PA
Willie H. Shanabrook..Son..1..PA
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• They appeared on the 1885 Minnesota State Census in Winona, MN in May 1885. 5
1885 Minnesota State Census
Page 285, Family 829
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota
B. S. Schanbrook..45..PA
Mary Schanbrook..35..PA
Anna Schanbrook..18..PA
Edgar Schanbrook..16..PA
Ira Schanbrook..14..PA
Warren Schanbrook..11..PA
Mattie Schanbrook..9..MN
Wm. Schanbrook..6..MO
Minnie Schanbrook..3..MN
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Marriage Notes:
David took the young catholic Mary just a few miles from Canada across the Saint Lawrence River to Ogdensburgh, NY where they were married in a Methodist church.
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David and Mary split-up and lived separately sometime after 1885. It appears that Mary and the children remained in Wisconsin while David returned to Pennsylvania to continue his work as a photographer and artist. He moved to Perry County, Pennsylvania where most of his family was living.
As early as the 1895 Wisconsin State Census, Mary was listed as the Head of the Household but on the 1900 US Census, both David and Mary indicated that they were married for 36 years. However, on the 1910 US Census Mary indicated that she was widowed while David was still living in Pennsylvania. On the 1920 US Census, Mary continued to indicate that she was widowed.
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