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Submitted: 6/8/15 • Approved: 10/22/23 • Last Updated: 10/22/23 • R1961-G1961
Birth: Nov. 2, 1851, Lowndes County, Alabama
Death: Nov. 29, 1904, Forest Home, Butler, Alabama
Parents:
Elijah Hamilton Snow (1827 - 1894)
Orinda R. Moorer Snow (1829 - 1910)
Spouse:
William Henry Shanks (1849 - 1927)
Married March 3, 1872 in Lowndes County, AL
Children:
William Hamilton Shanks (1871 - 1881)
Rufus George Shanks MD-DDS (1875 - 1949)
Maud Ulma Shanks Merritt (1879 - 1952)
Hugh McComb Shanks (1880 - 1882)
Infant Daughter & Son Shanks (1882 - 1882)
Sammie Clayton Shanks (1883 - 1889)
Anna Belle Shanks (1886 - 1886)
Infant Son Shanks (1887 - 1887)
Winnie Davis Shanks Stewart (1888 - 1930)
Infant Son Shanks (1889 - 1889)
Siblings:
Margaret Hamilton Snow Dilburn (1850 - 1889)
Elijah Hamilton Snow (1854 - 1855)
Frances Elvira Snow (1854 - 1858)
Violet Maude Snow Davis (1858 - 1928)
Carrie Snow Crum (1861 - 1904)
Stephen Decatur Snow (1861 - 1943)
Samuel Nathaniel Snow (1864 - 1909)
Contributed on 6/8/15
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Record #: 1961