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  William Thomas Shore  and  Iantha (Talbott) Shore

William Thomas Shore was born 16 Apr 1846 in La Fayette, Stark County, Illinois.  He is the son of John Shore  and  Mary Ann (Brandenburg) Shore.

William's father came from Wiltshire, England; his mother was born in Frederick County, Maryland.

William Thomas might have been named after his grandfathers:  Mary Ann's father is William Brandenburg, and John Shore's father is Thomas Shore.

The Shore family were early settlers in Stark County, Illinois.  Land deeds show them purchasing a block of land in La Fayette as early as 1840, with another 82.64 acres of Federal land in 1841, and with additional properties in the next several years in both Stark County and Knox County.

La Fayette, Illinois remains a small community.  The town's population was 227 in the US Census for the year 2000.

Iantha Talbott was born about 1856 in White Cloud (Arkoe), Nodaway County, Missouri.  She is a daughter of Perry Hoshor Talbott  and  Belle (McFarland) Talbott.

Iantha's father was a physician in the town of Arkoe, Nodaway County.  Her father and mother came from Ohio (where her grandfather also was a physician).  Today the town of Arkoe has a "Talbot" Street and a "Belle" Street.

Arkoe, Missouri remains a small community, with a population of 58 in the US Census for the year 2000.

William Thomas Shore and Iantha (Talbott) Shore are the parents of Jesse Perry Shore, from whom our family is descended.

In the Civil War, William served in Company F of the 112th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, enlisting on 15 Feb 1863.  He was then 16 years and 10 months of age.  He was wounded at the battle of Resaca, Georgia on 14 May 1864.  He spent 12 months in hospitals in Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tennessee, and was discharged on 13 May 1865.

After his discharge he worked as a farmer with a land holding (1870 census), and later as a farm laborer (1880 census).  He had contracted a serious illness during the war and was receiving a military veterans disability pension for it.  The illness gradually worsened until he died at age 52, in 1898.  More information is in the Documents section below.

William Thomas Shore was twice married.  Both of his marriages are described below.

1.  William Thomas Shore's first marriage was to Cora Mary Dick.

Cora was born on 26 Sept 1852.  Her parents and her place of birth are not presently known.

William and Cora were married on 16 Sept 1868.  William was 22 years of age, Cora not yet 16.

They had two children:

• Winfred Thomas Shore (b. 18 Sep 1869, d. 1 Nov 1886)
• Cora Mary Shore (b. 17 Aug 1871, d. 1 Jul 1873)

Cora (the mother) died on 2 Sep 1871, two weeks after giving birth to their daughter.  She was 18 years of age.

On the mother's death, the infant daughter Cora was taken into the home of William's sister, Louisa Cedelia (Shore) Winn.  The baby survived just 1 year and 10 months.

Their son Winfred was taken into the home of William's mother, Mary Ann (Brandenburg) Shore-Baker.  He died at the age of 17 years.

William Thomas Shore buried his young wife after less than three years of marriage, and buried both of their children, during his lifetime.

Cora Shore, their daughter Cora, and their son Winfred are buried in the Himes Cemetery, La Fayette, Illinois.  Memorials mark the mother's and son's graves; none has been found for the infant daughter.

Cora's memorial shows clasped hands, and:

FAREWELL
She was a kind and affectionate wife,
a fond mother, and a friend to all.

Family

Cora

Detail

Winfred

Records

2.  William Thomas Shore's second marriage was to Iantha Talbott.

William and Iantha were married on 5 Oct 1873, in Nodaway County, Missouri.  William was 27 years of age, and Iantha 17.

Our family is descended from this marriage.

William was from La Fayette, Stark County, Illinois, and Iantha from White Cloud, Nodaway County, Missouri -- some 300 miles apart.  How they met, and any correspondence they might have had, are not presently known.

They had two children:

• Albertus Arthur Shore (b. 28 Nov 1874, d. 9 Aug 1928)
• Jesse Perry Shore (b. 31 Mar 1877, d. 19 Aug 1950)

Iantha Shore died on 1 Feb 1880 at age 23, leaving the two sons.

On the mother's death, Albertus Shore was taken into the home of their grandmother, Mary Ann (Brandenburg) Shore-Baker.  He was 5 years of age.

Jesse Shore was taken into the home of their aunt, Louisa Cedelia (Shore) Winn.  He was 2 years and 10 months of age.

The families and lives of the two sons Albertus Shore and Jesse Shore are described in their own sections of our Family Gallery.

Thus William Thomas Shore and Iantha (Talbott) Shore are our direct ancestors.

William and Iantha Shore are the father and mother of:

• Jesse Perry Shore, 1877-1950

... and they are the grandfather and grandmother of

• Mary Louise (Shore) Green, 1907-1990
• Margaret Ann (Shore) Roberts, 1910-2004
• Jessie Kathryn (Shore) Kollenberg, 1912-2000

Sometime after the death of his wife Iantha in 1880, William moved from Stark County, Illinois to Tarkio, Atchison County, Missouri.  Correspondence from the early 1890s is addressed to him there.

When and why William moved there is not presently known.  His mother Mary Ann Shore-Baker died in 1892.  His son Albertus, grown to adulthood and married, was living in Tarkio.  Tarkio, Atchison County, is about 30 miles from Iantha's birthplace in White Cloud, Nodaway County, where she and William were married.

William Thomas Shore died on 18 Oct 1898, at age 52.

  Documents

All of these Family Documents are shown below.

Census records:

US Federal Census records are shown here for William Thomas Shore and Iantha (Talbott) Shore.

William Shore:

The 1850 US Federal Census (Stark County, Illinois) shows William Thomas Shore as a 4-year old child.  It also shows him as having attended school within the year.  The census is shown below.

The 1870 US Federal Census (Stark County, Illinois) shows William Thomas Shore, now age 23, married to his first wife Cora  M. Shore, age 17.  They have a son, Winfred T. Shore, age 9 months.  The census is shown below.

This 1870 census also shows William T. Shore and his mother Mary Ann (Brandenburg) Shore-Baker as neighbors in two homesteads.

Mary Ann's land is valued separately from her husband Richard Baker's, and it has the same value as her son William Shore's land.  John Shore willed his estate to his wife Mary Ann for her "natural life", stipulating that after her death it would be given equally to each of their children.  It isn't known whether she deeded part of the land to William, or he acquired it on his own.

The 1870 census is the last one showing William Shore's first wife, Cora.  She died a year later in Sep 1871, two weeks after giving birth to their daughter.

William Shore remarried in Oct 1873.

The 1880 US Federal Census (Stark County, Illinois) shows William T. Shore employed as a Farm Laborer, living in the J.A. Williams household.  The census is shown below.

J.A. Williams' wife Ida was the daughter of Richard C. Baker, whom Mary Ann Shore had married in 1862 following the death of her husband (William Shore's father), John Shore in 1861.

The 1880 census shows William T. Shore no longer holding the land he owned in 1870.

Note:  The 1880 census image is hard to read.  W. T. Shore is on line 38.

In the 1880 census, William Shore's second wife, Iantha (Talbott) Shore, does not appear.  Iantha had died on 1 Feb 1880, five months before the 1880 census was taken.  She was 23 years old.  In the census, her two sons are now living with their grandmother and aunt.

In addition to the 1880 census images, a transcript shows the family living in the three households:  Baker, Williams, and Winn.

Iantha Talbott:

The 1860 US Federal Census (Nodaway County, Missouri) shows Iantha Talbott as a four-year-old child.  She is living at home with her father and mother, Perry Talbott and Belle (McFarland) Talbott.  The census is shown below.

The 1870 US Federal Census (Nodaway County, Missouri) shows Iantha Talbott now as a 14-year old girl, at home with her parents.  The census is shown below.

Note:  The 1870 census is not very readable.  The Talbott family appears on lines 28 through 38.  Iantha is on line 31.

The town of Arkoe has a 'Talbott' Cemetery, and has two streets named 'Talbot' and 'Belle'.

The 1880 US Federal Census (Stark County, Illinois) shows Iantha's 19-year-old sister, Alice Talbott, living as a Housekeeper at a neighbor's house in La Fayette Village, Illinois.  Alice, like Iantha, was born in Nodaway County, Missouri.  Perhaps she had come the 300 miles to La Fayette Village to be with Iantha before she died.  Alice Talbott's entry in the 1880 census is shown below.  (Alice was living in the McClenahan house; later, she married George McClenahan.)

Other documents:

Numerous documents in the family's heritage have survived by being preserved and passed down by William and Iantha Shore's son, Jesse Perry Shore (1877-1950).

A photograph shows William's parents John and Mary Ann Shore, with William as a small child.  The photograph dates from about 1850.  It is shown below.

Another photograph shows William Thomas Shore in his uniform of the 112th Illinois Volunteer Infantry.  It dates from about 1863-64.  It is shown below.

No photographs have been found so far showing Iantha Talbott or her family, and none has been found so far showing William and Iantha (Talbott) Shore together with their family.

A receipt bears the signature "William Thomas Shore" for two purchases of a hundred pounds of flour -- at $3.50 per 100 lbs., "paid 2 dollars".  The purchases are dated 25 Jul and 29 Jul 1859.  At that time he was 13 years of age.  It is shown below.

Land Deeds:

A land deed dated 21 Feb 1874 grants Iantha Shore a plot of land in Nodaway County, Missouri.  The land is given to her by her parents Perry Talbott and Belle Talbott "to her sole and separate use free from the interference or control of her present or any future husband during her natural life time and at her death to her heirs and their assigns forever."  It is shown below.

A quit-claim deed and correspondence in 1907 between William and Iantha Shore's son Jesse Shore and a Missouri attorney shows that Iantha's land covered 80 acres, and in 1907 a part of that land was being occupied by a person who is not in the family.  The attorney advises Jesse Shore that Jesse has "no interest in the land that you could enforce in the Court of Law or Equity" and offers him the sum of $10 to relinquish the family's claims to the land.  (The deed itself mentions $5 reimbursement.)  These documents are shown below.

Military records:

William Shore's military records are shown below.  He enlisted on 15 Feb 1863.  He was then 16 years and 10 months of age.  He was wounded on 14 May 1864, one month after his 18th birthday.  After twelve months in hospitals, he was discharged at Knoxville, Tennessee on 13 May 1865.

William's father (John Shore) had died on 7 Mar 1861, five weeks before William's 15th birthday.  That left his mother with William and his two sisters (another sister had died in infancy).  His mother remarried on 1 Jan 1862.

One can imagine how the family may have felt -- in discussions and prayers -- about the 16-year-old William going off to war.  If letters were written, so far none has been found.

After William's wound at the Resaca battlefield he spent twelve months in two hospitals in Tennessee, so letters might have been written in the family then.  If any letters have survived, they have not yet been found.

He was slightly wounded at the Battle of Resaca, Georgia on 14 May 1864.  Maps and reports of the battle are shown below.

A map shows the area where his unit was engaged against the Confederate lines.  Today Interstate highway 75 runs directly through that area.

His commander's official report describes how the men advanced with bayonets on a 200-yard wide front across an open farm field, while the Confederate artillery opened on them from left and right and the Confederate infantry, dug into trenches on the hillside ahead, fired directly upon them.

The Confederate report describes William's unit advancing toward them across the open field as a "harvest" for their rifles.

An 1864 photograph shows the position where William's unit began their advance.

   1864 Resaca Battlefield

The Confederate lines were entrenched on the high ground in the distance.  William's unit's orders were to advance across the open field and take the high ground.

The limbs stripped from the trees show the intensity of the Confederate artillery barrage against the Union infantry's advance.

Here is an account of the battle from a Regimental history.  William was in Reilly's brigade, the unit leading the advance.

   Resaca Battle Account

An officer's letter from the battlefield describes the scene and mentions William as one who was slightly wounded.  (He is shown with his middle name 'Thomas Shore' in the letter.)

   Resaca Letter

Here is a newspaper article published a week after the battle.  The paragraph "GEN. COX'S DIVISION", about halfway down the page, describes the charge by William's unit.

   Newspaper Article

The newspaper article describes how "A cheer went up from his boys, and resounded through the hills as his serried line advanced upon the enemy's works, which they carried at the point of the bayonet in splendid style; but not without the loss of many brave men."

Mary Bickerdyke was a volunteer nurse for the Union army.  Known as "Mother Bickerdyke" to the troops, she arrived at Resaca at the peak of the battle and cared for the wounded.  She might have dressed William Shore's wounds before he was evacuated to Knoxville.

Here is a later photograph of her, with an account of her arrival upon the Resaca battlefield.

   Mary Bickerdyke at Resaca

The battlefield map and battle reports are shown below.

Also, a newspaper column about the battle, written 50 years later, is shown below.

The infantry badge shown below is from William Shore.  He served in Company F, 112th Illinois Regiment, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps.

The badge measures about 4-1/8 inches across.  The insignia has an eagle and a "23" shield on a pair of crossed rifles.

The back has two screw posts for mounting.  It might have been mounted on a piece of equipment, perhaps on a ceremonial piece.  The badge was kept wrapped in a piece of white silk, which was then wrapped in the piece of camouflage cloth shown in the photos.  It was kept this way by William's son Jesse Shore, then given to Jesse's grandson Joseph Roberts.  The camouflage cloth appears to be modern.

The military sword shown below is complete with its scabbard.

The sword is about 36 inches long.  Its blade is inscribed with the initials "U.S".  Its hilt has an emblem of a U.S. Army shield with crossed flags.  It also has the insignias of crossed swords (Cavalry), cannons (Artillery), and rifles (Infantry).  The handle and hilt has a built-in whistle.  The sword was kept by William's son Jesse Shore, then given to Jesse's grandson Joseph Roberts.  The sword's purpose, whether used in action or ceremonial, is not known.  Its original owner also is not known.

Photos are shown below of a 1990 visit to the Resaca battlefield and to the Confederate Cemetery at Resaca.

One of the signposts is near the area where William Shore's unit was posted before their advance.

More photos and a map are shown below, taken on a 2005 visit.

Several of the 2005 photos are panoramas.  They show the field where William Shore's unit advanced and took the Confederate positions.  More photos show the field as it was seen from the Confederate high ground.  They show some of the Confederate trenches, which are still there.

William T. Shore's military pension and medical records are shown below.

On 27 Jun 1890, the Congress passed an Act allowing war veterans to apply for an "Invalid Pension" as a result of a war-inflicted wound or disease.  On 26 Jul 1890, William applied for a partial pension, owing partly to his wound but mostly to an increasing sickness which he had contracted during the war.

He had spent one month in hospital at Chattanooga, and eleven months in hospital in Knoxville, before his discharge from service.  Doctors' reports describe him as "emaciated and prematurely aged", with his weight declining to 117 pounds one year before his death.

He received a partial disability pension of 6 dollars per month in 1892.  In 1897 he was approved for a full disability pension (of 8 dollars per month), but died in 1898 before receiving it.

All of these medical and pension records are shown below.

According to his pension records, from 1890 William was living at Tarkio, Atchison County, Missouri.  That is about 30 miles from Iantha's birthplace in White Cloud, Nodaway County.  Also, William and Iantha were married in Nodaway County.

Why William returned about 300 miles to the vicinity of his marriage to Iantha, instead of remaining with the rest of his family in Illinois, is not known.  He might have returned there to be near his son Albertus Shore, who was then living at Tarkio.  Whether it was related to William's worsening medical condition and disability, is not known.

Currently nothing more is known about William and Iantha Shore's brief lifetime together.

Burial records:

William is buried at the Tarkio Home Cemetery, Section 23, Township 65, Range 40.  The cemetery is located on the south edge of the town of Tarkio, Atchison County, Missouri, east of U.S. 59 and south of U.S. 135.

Iantha is buried at the Talbott Family Cemetery.  It is located about a half mile northwest of the town of Arkoe, Nodaway County, Missouri.  A drawing of the cemetery appeared in the Nodaway Democrat newspaper of 28 Jul 1881, on the occasion of the burial of two Talbott sons.  The drawing shows the location of her grave.  It is reproduced below.

Today, everyone in our family comes from the brief lifetime William and Iantha shared, or is married to someone who came from them.

Perhaps we can find out more about who they were, and we can learn from how they lived through the powerful events in their lives.

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La Fayette, Illinois Aerial Photos 1  2	La Fayette, Illinois Area Map	1850 US Federal Census (Shore)	1870 US Federal Census (Shore)	1880 US Federal Census (Shore) Image Transcript
Arkoe, Missouri Aerial Photos 1  2  3	Arkoe, Missouri Town Map	1860 US Federal Census (Talbott)	1870 US Federal Census (Talbott)	1880 US Federal Census (Alice Talbott) Image Transcript
1850 John Shore, Mary Ann Shore, William T. Shore Outer	1850 John Shore, Mary Ann Shore, William T. Shore Inner	1850 John Shore, Mary Ann Shore, William T. Shore Photo	1850 John Shore, Mary Ann Shore, William T. Shore Zoom 1	1850 John Shore, Mary Ann Shore, William T. Shore Zoom 2
1863 William T. Shore Outer	1863 William T. Shore Inner	1863 William T. Shore Photo	1863 William T. Shore Zoom 1 Zoom 2	Abt. 1890 William T. Shore Front Back
1859 William (Age 13) Receipt for Flour	21 Feb 1874 Iantha Land Deed Page  1  2	12 Aug 1874 Iantha Land Deed Page  1  2	1 Oct 1907 Jesse Shore Letter from Attorney Page  1  2	Nov 1907 Jesse Shore Quit-Claim Deed Page  1  2  3
After 1904 Family Heritage Document by Jesse Shore Document	112th Illinois Volunteers Service Summary Complete History	Resaca Letter Battle Account	23rd Army Corps Infantry Badge Front  Back	Military Sword 1  2  3  4  5
Battle of Resaca Reports	1864 Resaca Battlefield	Newspaper column Battle of Resaca 50 yrs later	1990 Resaca 1  2  3  4 5  6  7	1990 Resaca 8  9  10 11  12
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  Albertus Arthur Shore  and  Sarah Susanna (Brady) Shore

Albertus Arthur Shore was born 28 Nov 1874 in La Fayette, Stark County, Illinois.  He was the son of William Thomas Shore  and  Iantha (Talbott) Shore.

Sarah Susanna Brady was born 29 Jan 1871 in Fillmore, Andrew County, Missouri.  She was a daughter of John and Sarah Martha (Cooper) Brady.

Sarah Susanna is listed in US Federal Census records as "Sarah", and in her burial record by her nickname "Sallie".

Her name is shown as "Sarah Susanna Shore" on the official Death Certificate for Albertus.

Albertus and Sarah's's date and place of marriage are currently not known.

They had one daughter, Edna Iantha Shore, born 15 Oct 1909.

Albertus is the brother of Jesse Perry Shore, from whom all of our family is descended.  Albertus and Jesse had no other brothers or sisters.

Albertus' and Jesse's mother Iantha Shore died on 1 Feb 1880 at age 23, leaving the two sons, ages 5 and 2.

On the mother's death, Albertus Shore was taken into the home of their grandmother, Mary Ann (Brandenburg) Shore-Baker.  He was 5 years of age.

Jesse Shore was taken into the home of their aunt, Louisa Cedelia (Shore) Winn.  He was 2 years and 10 months of age.

Their father William Thomas Shore died on 18 Oct 1898, at age 52.

Albertus and Sarah 'Sallie' Shore are uncle and aunt to:

• Mary Louise (Shore) Green, 1907-1990
• Margaret Ann (Shore) Roberts, 1910-2004
• Jessie Kathryn (Shore) Kollenberg, 1912-2000

  ... and Albertus's and Sarah's daughter Edna Iantha Shore, 1909-1984, is their cousin.

Albertus Arthur Shore died 9 Aug 1928.

Sarah Susanna Shore died 24 May 1952.

Their daughter Edna I. Shore died 9 Mar 1984.  She might have been unmarried, as her burial record shows her maiden name.

The family is buried at High Creek Cemetery, Watson, Atchison County, Missouri.

  Documents

All of these Family Documents are shown below.

Census records:

US Federal Census records are shown here for Albertus amd Sarah ('Sallie') Shore, and their daughter Edna Iantha Shore.

The 1900 US Federal Census (Atchison County, Missouri) shows Albertus Shore unmarried, age 25, living at Tarkio.  He is shown as owning his home, free of any mortgage.  His profession is shown as Stationary Engineer.  The census is shown below, with Albertus on line 91.

The 1910 US Federal Census (Carroll County, Missouri) shows Albertus Shore and his family.  They are living at West Fourth Street, Egypt Township, Norborne Town, Missouri.  They are listed as "Bert" and Sallie", married two years.  Their daughter Edna is shown as "6/12" years (six months).  Albertus's profession is shown as Engineer at a Light Plant.  The census is shown below, with the family on line 27.

The 1920 US Federal Census (Carroll County, Missouri) shows Albertus Shore and his family.  They are living at 300 West Second Street, Egypt Township, Norborne Town, Missouri.  They are shown as renting the home.  The daughter Edna I. Shore is 10 years old.  Albertus's profession is shown as Electrician.  The census is shown below, with the family on line 40.

So far, the family has not been located in the 1930 census.  Albertus survived until 1928, his wife Sarah ('Sallie') to 1952, and their daughter Edna to 1984.

Other documents:

A record dated 12 September 1918 shows Albertus registering for the World War I draft.

A letter dated 29 September 1918 is written from Albertus to his brother Jesse Shore.  It mentions their father (William T. Shore, died 1898) saying that their grandfather (John Shore, died 1861) had said that other Shore family members had come to America.  It also mentions his wife and daughter visiting Sallie's mother.

Burial records:

Albertus survived until 1928, his wife Sarah ('Sallie') to 1952, and their daughter Edna to 1984.

Albertus's Death Certificate shows his father's name as "Thomas", and his mother's name as "Cora Talbot".  The mother's name is in error.  Cora (maiden name Dick) was William Thomas Shore's first wife, who died in 1871.  The widower William Thomas Shore then married Iantha Talbott in 1873 and she was Albertus's mother, giving birth to Albertus in 1874.

Albertus's father was William Thomas Shore (d. 1898); his mother was Iantha (Talbott) Shore (d. 1880).  Albertus was five years old when his mother Iantha died.

Albertus's death certificate (1928) shows his wife Sarah as the "Informant" of record on his death.  Probably in 1928 she was not completely familiar with the name of his mother, who had died in 1880 when Albertus was a child.

Albertus Shore, Sarah Susanna Shore, and their daughter Edna Iantha Shore are buried at:  High Creek Cemetery, Watson, Atchison County, Missouri.

Albertus, Sarah, and Edna are uncle, aunt and cousin to our parents and grandparents.

If more can be found about them, we might discover records and items from our family.  No heirs are known for Albertus and Sallie, other than their daughter Edna.  After Edna died in 1984, we do not know what became of records and items that were saved from earlier generations in our family.

In addition, William Thomas Shore, father of Albertus and Jesse, lived until his death in 1898 in Tarkio, Missouri, not far from his son Albertus and his family.  Most likely, his collection of the family's photos, letters, records, and other items went to Albertus and Sallie, and then to their daughter Edna Shore.

1900 US Federal Census (Albertus Shore)	1910 US Federal Census (Albertus Shore)	1920 US Federal Census (Albertus Shore)	Space available	Letter from Albertus to Jesse Shore 29 Sep 1918 Page  1  2  3 Text
John Brady	Sarah Martha (Cooper) Brady	High Creek Cemetery	High Creek Cemetery	1928 Albertus Death Certificate
John Brady	Sarah Martha (Cooper) Brady	Space available	Edna Shore	Sallie and Albertus Shore