Mary Elizabeth Doering and Frank Rives Shands

FRANK RIVES SHANDS, son of MARTHA JANE SMITH and ELVERTON ADOLPHUS SHANDS, was born August 15, 1851 in Harrisonburg, Virginia,⁷⁰⁶ and died February 15, 1923 in Lincoln, Jasper, Missouri.⁷⁰⁶ He is buried in Fasken Cemetery, Carthage, Jasper, Missouri.⁷⁰⁶

He married MARY ELIZABETH DOERING on February 1, 1878 in Grundy Center, Grundy, Iowa.⁴⁶ She was born February 17, 1858 in Lake County, Indiana,⁷⁰⁶ and died January 25, 1934 in McDonald Township, Jasper, Missouri.⁷⁰⁶ She is buried in Fasken Cemetery, Carthage, Jasper, Missouri.⁷⁰⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frank R. Shands)

Children of MARY ELIZABETH DOERING and FRANK RIVES SHANDS:

1. EDNA PEARL SHANDS, b. September 18, 1880, Grundy County, Iowa;^{83, 46, 1386} m. ORTIZ D. FELLERS on October 7, 1908 in Carthage, Jasper, Missouri^{19, 940, 1386}; d. May 31, 1940, Halls Summit, Coffey, Kansas.^{46, 4398}
2. ELVERTON A. SHANDS, b. August 8, 1881, Kingsley, Plymouth, Iowa;⁴⁶⁹¹ m. AMANDA BELLE GOFF on August 26, 1908 in Missoula, Missoula, Montana¹⁸²⁵; d. June 5, 1961, Payette, Payette, Idaho.^{36, 4691}
3. MARTHA SHANDS, b. July 13, 1885, Woodbury County, Iowa;^{735, 46} m. HENRY LEE JOHNSON on October 5, 1904 in Carthage, Jasper, Missouri^{738, 940}; d. October 1, 1960, Carthage, Jasper, Missouri.^{46, 1828}
4. WILLIAM SHANDS, b. May 20, 1888, Kingsley, Plymouth, Iowa;⁸ m. MILDRED MAY LOGSDON on March 29, 1911 in Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas³²⁰⁰; d. May 10, 1924, McDonald Township, Jasper, Missouri.⁷⁰⁶
5. BABY GIRL SHANDS, b. December 31, 1890, Woodbury County, Iowa;⁴⁶ d. January 31, 1891.⁴⁶
6. HENRY CARLTON SHANDS, b. September 24, 1895, Woodbury County, Iowa;⁴⁶ d. January 4, 1897.⁴⁶
7. BESSIE ELIZABETH SHANDS, b. November 14, 1897, Jasper County, Missouri;⁴⁶ m. (1) ELZIE FRANKLIN COPHER on November 16, 1914 in Neosho, Newton, Missouri⁹⁴⁰, m. (2) MACK SAMUEL PHELPS on October 15, 1927 in Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas¹⁸⁵⁵; d. July 28, 1975.^{56, 1858}

Personal Information

• Mary Elizabeth Doering was a member of the Methodist Church. ¹⁸²⁷

Obituaries

Joplin Globe, February 16, 1923¹⁸²⁶

Maple Grove Farmer Dies.

Carthage, Mo., Feb. 15.—Frank R. Shands, 71 years old, died at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon at his home, two mile northeast of Maple Grove. Death resulted from paralysis from which he had been suffering for several weeks.

Mr. Shands was born in Harrisonburg, Va., Aug. 5, 1851. He had resided in this county about fifty years. The family formerly resided in Carthage. His wife and five children survive. The children are Mrs. O. D. Fellers of Lebo, Kan.; Mrs. Lee Johnson of Avilla, Mrs. Elva Cofer of Arkansas City, Kan.; Buzz Shands of Seattle, Wash., and William Shands, who resides at his parents' home.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Joplin Globe, January 27, 1934¹⁸²⁷

PLANS ARE INCOMPLETE FOR SHANDS FUNERAL

Carthage, Mo., Jan. 28—Funeral plans are incomplete for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Shands, 75 years old, a resident of this vicinity fifteen years, who died at 11 o'clock last night at the home of a daugher, Mrs. Lee Johnson, living twelve miles northeast of Carthage on Reeds route 1.

Mrs. Shands was stricken suddenly last night and died as a physician arrived. She had been in good health. She was born February 17, 1858, in Lake county, Indiana. She was the widow of Frank Shands, who died in 1923. She was a member of the Methodist church.

Surviving, beside the daughter at whose home she died, are two other daughters, Mrs. Edna Sellers of Lebo, Kan., and Mrs. M. S. Phelps of Alva, Okla.; a son, E. A. Shands of New Plymouth, Ida., a halfsister, Mrs. George Bainbridge of Kingsley, Ia., and thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 6, 1860718	Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia	Elverton Adolphus Shands Martha Jane Smith Elverton A. Shands Mary Scott Shands Sarah Rives Shands William Shands Frank Rives Shands
September 20, 1870721	Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia	Martha Jane Smith Sarah Rives Shands Frank Rives Shands Elverton A. Shands William Shands
June 14, 1880733	Clay Twp, Grundy, Iowa	Frank Rives Shands Mary Elizabeth Doering
188583	Rutland, Woodbury, Iowa	Frank Rives Shands Mary Elizabeth Doering Edna Pearl Shands Elverton A. Shands
June 14, 1900722	Sheridan, Jasper, Missouri	Frank Rives Shands Mary Elizabeth Doering Edna Pearl Shands Elverton A. Shands Martha Shands William Shands Bessie Elizabeth Shands
August 21, 1910734	Carthage, Jasper, Missouri	Frank Rives Shands Mary Elizabeth Doering Bessie Elizabeth Shands William Shands
January 19, 1920705	McDonald Township, Jasper, Missouri	Frank Rives Shands Mary Elizabeth Doering
April 5, 1930704	McDonald Township, Jasper, Missouri	Henry Lee Johnson Martha Shands Hugh Lee Johnson Elizabeth P. Johnson Fern Irene Johnson Mark D. Johnson Ollie Marie Johnson Martha Lee Johnson Glenn D. Johnson Daughter Mary Elizabeth Doering