Myrlie A. Routh and William Shands

WILLIAM SHANDS, son of ANNIE TAYLOR SMITH and WILLIAM SHANDS, was born May 5, 1879 in Harrisburg, Rockingham, Virginia,^{97, 8923} and died July 20, 1944 in Bourbon County, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶ He is buried in Hiattville Cemetery, Bourbon County, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶

He married MYRLIE A. ROUTH on February 28, 1916 in St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri.³⁸⁷³ She was born in August, 1886 in Kansas, and died in 1948 in Bourbon County, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Hiattville Cemetery, Bourbon County, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of William Shands)

Newspaper Articles

Fort Scott Semi-Weekly Tribune Monitor, January 5, 1915⁸⁹²⁴

Mr. Wm. Shands, of Portland, Ore., arrived Tuesday to spend a few days with I. P. Routh's family. His wife, who was formerly Myrtle Routh, having already been here some time.

Iola Daily Register, September 16, 1933²⁵⁸⁰

Mr. and Mrs. C. Earl Willams and their son Floyd, will go to Hiattville Sunday to attend a dinner given in honor of the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Routh at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Will Shands.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 10, 1880720	Rockingham County, Virginia	William Shands Annie Taylor Smith William Shands Martha Jane Smith Sarah Rives Shands Elverton A. Shands Martha Bower Mary E. Smith
June 11, 19002345	Richmond, Virginia	William Shands
May 2, 1910729	Tacoma, Pierce, Washington	William Shands Myrlie A. Routh
January 27, 1920293	Brooking, Jackson, Missouri	William Shands Myrlie A. Routh
April, 1930728	Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas	William Shands Myrlie A. Routh
April 22, 19402581	Hiattville, Bourbon, Kansas	William Shands Myrlie A. Routh