My grandmother, Elizabeth Isabel Wishart, was born in Cadmus, Linn, KS. 25 Mar 1868. She died 7
January 1953 in Garnett, KS. I was there for her funeral. Her parents were married in Topeka, KS. August
26, 1862. Her father owned farm property in 1860 in Kansas,so her family lived in Kansas during the Civil
War which was a very dangerous place to live since the southerners wanted to overrun Kansas and
make it a southern state. Her family had come to the United States in the 1840’s and lived in Wisconsin
for many years. Several of her family members died fighting in the Civil War. She basically lived in that
part of Kansas all her life and that is where she met her husband, William Grant Shinkle. You can see by
the name they were in favor of the north and very anti‐ slavery. They never tried to own slaves.
Grandmother and Grandfather were married 26 Aug 1891 in Cadmus, KS. and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Garnett, Ks. She was the mother of seven children one of whom died several days after birth. There were four living sons and two living daughters who were all raised in that part of Kansas, including my father.
She lived in a very modest home and grew up where they grew all their own produce and had farm animals. She learned to do lots of canning and did that all her life including meat products and vegetables and some fruits.
You could tell by the sweet, kind children she had that she was a very kind and loving mother. They were all hard workers and very careful spenders which she taught them to be. In my early years I visited her several times and she was always very kind to me and interested in my life and stories.
As you know the Wishart name is a very important name historically since it was one of their ancestors that translated the Bible and made it accessible to the public. He was hung in Scotland for doing that.
Grandmother and Grandfather were married 26 Aug 1891 in Cadmus, KS. and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Garnett, Ks. She was the mother of seven children one of whom died several days after birth. There were four living sons and two living daughters who were all raised in that part of Kansas, including my father.
She lived in a very modest home and grew up where they grew all their own produce and had farm animals. She learned to do lots of canning and did that all her life including meat products and vegetables and some fruits.
You could tell by the sweet, kind children she had that she was a very kind and loving mother. They were all hard workers and very careful spenders which she taught them to be. In my early years I visited her several times and she was always very kind to me and interested in my life and stories.
As you know the Wishart name is a very important name historically since it was one of their ancestors that translated the Bible and made it accessible to the public. He was hung in Scotland for doing that.
