Full name: Benjamin Daniel Ransom "BDR" Shinn (the older BDR)

Father: Silas Benjamin Shinn
Buried in the Cold Water Lutheran Cemetery, Cold Water, Cabarrus County, North Carolina FAG 5075695

Mother: Elizabeth Little (buried in Oakland Cemetery in Russellville)

Married Martha Tucker in 1820 in Stanly County, North Carolina

Children of BDR and Martha:

John Erwin Shinn married Dora Malinda Harkey - both buried in Ball Hill Cemetery

Jacob Lawson Shinn married Martha Battenfield - both buried in Oakland Cemetery, Russellville

William Columbus Shinn born August 19, 1835 in North Carolina - died in 1832 (probably North Carolina)

Daisy (or Dicey) Magdaline Shinn married Dr. John Thomas Walker

Cyrena Shinn Smith married Travis C. Smith - both buried in Ball Hill Cemetery

Calvin Ransom Shinn married (1) Mary A. E. Cagle; married (2) Angeline Eubanks - Calvin & Mary buried in Ball Hill Cemetery

Louisa Shinn married Albert Zachry -

Thomas Jefferson Shinn buried in Ball Hill Cemetery - killed by accident at his father's mill

Elizabeth Shinn Darnul married Coke Berry Darnul - both buried in Peoples Cemetery, San Andreas, Calaversa County, California

Martha Shinn Coulter married Charles B. Coulter - both buried in Peoples Cemetery, Calaveras County, California

Easter Pauline Shinn Pruitt married John W. Pruitt - Dr. John W. Pruitt, Sr. He was married four times. Easter is buried in Ball Hill Cemetery. John is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Russellville

Buena Vista Shinn

Benjamin was a farmer in North Carolina until 1837, when his family along with many other family members and friends began a great migration from North Carolina to Arkansas. For many weeks they traveled over mountains and through dense forests, until at last they set down in Pope County, Arkansas, where they settled and remained. Benjamin resumed farming and started a lumber mill in 1840, one of the first circular sawmills ever operated in Pope County. He ran the saw mill until his death.

Benjamin was a Democrat and a member of the Christian Church.

Source: "The History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America"