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Submitted: 6/8/15 • Approved: 6/20/15 • Last Updated: 12/15/22 • R1966-G0
Birth: Nov. 15, 1849, Palmyra, Lowndes, Alabama
Death: Feb. 6, 1927, Forest Home, Butler, Alabama
Parents:
William M. Shanks (1818 - 1869)
Margaret Ulma Bowman Crum Shanks (1825 - 1864)
Spouse:
Olivia Moorer Snow Shanks (1851 - 1904)
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)
Sibling:
Jacob Asberry Shanks (1844 - 1854)
Contributed on 6/8/15
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Record #: 1966