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Guy Everett Shinkle

Male 1879 - 1979  (100 years)


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  • Name Guy Everett Shinkle 
    Born 1879  Brown Co, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Oct 1979  Temple, Bell Co, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, Cabell Co, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I510  Decker Family Tree
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2019 

    Father Walter Leonidas Shinkle,   b. 13 Sep 1837,   d. 1915  (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Nancy Elizabeth Nowlin,   b. 7 Oct 1837,   d. 6 Feb 1937, Higginsport, Brown, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 30 Nov 1858 
    Family ID F171  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lona White,   b. 18 Dec 1881, Augusta, Bracken, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1971, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 26 Dec 1901 
    Children 
     1. John "Jack" McCane Shinkle,   b. 14 Oct 1911, Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1999  (Age 88 years)  [natural]
     2. Dorothy N. Shinkle,   b. 1908  [natural]
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2019 
    Family ID F677  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Born in Lewis Township

      Wife:
      Lona White McCane (married 26 Dec 1901, Brooksville, KY)

      Children:
      Dorothy N (b. 1908)
      John "Jack" (b. 1912)

      In 1942, @ age 62y: 5'7", 180 lbs., blue eyes, brown hair, & dark complexion

      Invented & patented the first cigarette rolling machine

      Began his insurance career as an agent in Huntington, W VA, at age 17. At age 95, he was recognized as the nation's oldest active insurance salesman

      occupations: schoolteacher & life insurance agent
      (worked for the OH State Life Insurance Co. & Estate Life Insurance Co. of FL during his career)