Shanks
Researcher/Source/Decendants:
Alice Shanks-Swanner, Jenny Swanner-Terry, Shanks Family Bible
Wills, Family Group Sheets, Census records, Death Records/Obits., Cemetery
Records, SSN, LDS
Jack Clopper, Schenk/Shank Researcher,
Harrison Funeral Home Records, Distant Crossroads, Conversations w/Eddie Terry,
Laura Goodrum Bailey & Ralph and Etta Shanks of Hawkins Co. TN Jody Hamabata, Catherine Shanks & William
Williams, Shanks DOB/Marriage info from Haynes Alvis
Mother
Alice Elizabeth Shanks --living--
Fath:
Jacob Charles "Charley" Shanks Moth: Lydia Frances Becraft
Marr:
James Ray Swanner --living-
Children:
a..Virginia
Frances "Jenny" Swanner --living-- no children
.Marr:
1st
Terry Brown (Div in 1987) Sarasota FL
2nd
Robert Hardy "Bob" TERRY --living--
s/o
Duane Richard TERRY III of PA & Mary Loudon STENNIS
of MS
b..Dianna
Kaye Swanner b. --living--
c..James
Ray "Jim" Swanner Jr. b. 3/28/62 Dayton OH d. 5/20/97 Sarasota FL
d..Alistra
Faye "Tootie" Swanner b. 11/7/1964 Dayton, OH d. 4/4/1998
Sarasota FL
Grandfather
Jacob Charles "Charlie" Shanks, b. 9/29/1882 Hawkins TN d.
1/23/54 Dayton OH
....bur. Glen Haven Memorial Gardens Donnellsville OH
....lived in KS, WA, MI and OH... in 1910 Hawkins Co Census Rec.
....Fath: Harvey Hamilton Shanks; Moth: Julia Elizabeth Cannon
....Marr:
....1st Anna Emily HILTON m. @1902 Hawkins Co. TN b. 10/13/1884 Green
Co. TN d. 7/9/1942 Detroit MI bur. White Chapel Mem.
........d/o of George Sheperd "Shep" HILTON
and Mary Elizabeth COOTER of Green Co. TN
....Children:
........a. Bessie Lee Shanks b. 1903 Hawkins Co. TN d. 1904 Riverhill Cem,
Green Co. TN
........b. Bonnie Shanks b. 3/11/05 Hawkins Co. TN d. 2/3/1981 Mt Clemens MI
...........marr: Vance Elliot HARTLEY b. 10/1/1901 WV d. 12/1980 Mt.
Clemens MI
....................s/o John Samuel Hartley and Georgia Florence WIDNER
...........b1. Vance "Sonny" Shanks Jr.
...........b2. Virginia Shanks
m. Brad Thompson
...........b3. William Shanks
........c. Ralph Jackson Shanks b. 3/25/06 Cle Elam WA d. 6/22/90 Tawas MI
(mother: Bessie HILTON)
........d. Harry b. 6/21/07 Cle Elam WA d. 1/7/1980 Vandalia, Dayton OH bur.
Donnellsvile OH (Glen Haven Mem.)
...........marr: Mildred COFFEE on 6/3/1946
....................d/o COFFEE and SHANKS
........e. Helen Shanks b. 5/17/09 Hawkins Co. TN d. 5/9/1914 Green TN bur.
Riverhill
........f. Charles Wayland Shanks b. 5/30/11 d. 11/11/1982 Santa Barb. CA
...........marr:
1st. Dorothy
BROWN
...........2nd wife Lennie Esther PEEK on 9/11/1943 Angola IN b.
2/11/1915 d. 2/25/1998 Santa Barbara CA
........g. Glenn Watterson Shanks b. 9/7/1913 d. 12/1972 Santa Barbara, CA
(bur. Green TN)
...........marr:
...........1st. Lillian BATEMAN b. 3/10/1915 d. 10/13/1995
...........Children
...........g1. Joyce Shanks m. Norman WEIDER
g2.
Virginia Shanks
2nd Pauline DAVIDSON
no children
...........3rd Dorothy TAYES
...........g3. Glenna Dee Shanks
.........h. Louise A Shanks b. 9/2/1915 Green Co. TN
............m. John Howard HARTLEY b. 11/3/1913 WV d. 2/1984 Green Co.
TN (resided in MI)
................s/o John Samuel Hartley and Georgia Florence WIDENER
.........i. Loraine Shanks b. 7/1/1919 Detroit MI
............marr:
............1st. Chester RAVARD
Child: Lorraine Ravard
............2nd. William KOHNKE
......2nd Wife:
Lydia Frances Becraft b. 6/30/1909 Winchester
KY d. 12/31/1989 Xenia OH
......Children:
........j. Theodore James Shanks b. 1/10/38 Dayton OH d. 7/30/88 Dayton OH
...........Marr: Dorothy Jane Lewis
..................d/o Elmer Elsworth LEWIS and Berneta Jane Jones
...........Children:
..............i1. Berneta Jane
..............i2. Julia Ann
..............i3. Katrina DeMaris
........k. Alice Elizabeth Shanks
...........Marr: James Ray Swanner Sr
Great
Grandfather
Harvey Hamilton Shanks, b. 10/20/1852 Hawkins Co. TN d. 2/10/1897
Hawkins Co. TN (Shanks Cem.)
.....Fath: Henry Shanks Moth: Jane Lawson
.....Marr: Julia Elizabeth Cannon on 9/18/1879
by S. Price
...............in home of Henderson Cannon in pres. of Ted Gray, Miss Alice
Shanks
.....Children:
.........a. Laura Ann Shanks b. 3/12/1881 Hawkins Co. TN d. 4/30/1882
Rogersville TN (buried Shanks Cemetery)
.........b. Jacob Charles Shanks "Charley" b. 9/29/1882 Hawkins TN d.
1/23/1954 Dayton OH (buried Donnellsville OH)
.............marr:
.............1st. Annie HILTON
.............2nd Lydia Frances BECRAFT
.........c. Walter Christian Shanks b. 9/15/1884 Hawkins Co. TN d. 8/2/1962
Wichita, Sedgwick KS
.............marr: Rosella GILLARD b. 5/11/1889 Wichita, Sedgwick KS d.
1/1971 Sedgwick KS
.............Child: Evelyn Shanks m. John ALTER
.........d. Everett (Evert) Jones Shanks b. 8/24/1886 Hawkins Co. TN d.
9/28/1972 Daytona Bch FL
.............marr: Bessie Lee HILTON b. ? Green Co. TN bur. River Hill
TN
.............Children:
.................d1. Evelyn Shanks
.................d2. Louis Shanks
.................d3. Everette Shanks Jr.
.........e. Nancy Alice Shanks b. 9/20/1888 Hawkins Co. TN d. 11/24/1955
Greenville TN
............marr: Theodore GRAY 12/25/1906 b. 4/13/1880 d. 2/15/1931
......................M. in the home of Rev. Archie C. Shanks
.........f. Lawrence Cane Shanks b. 11/12/1890 Green Co. TN d. 12/23/1967
Greeneville TN
............resided in MI for some time
............marr: Kitty E. MORGAN
............Son: Tommy Shanks
.........g. Gaines Henry Shanks b. 7/15/1892 Hawkins Co. TN d. 1/18/1974
Dayton, OH (in FL)
............marr:
............1st. Agnes KINKADE b. Rutherford Co. TN
............Children:
..............g1. Gaines H.(Hamilton) (Shanks) Gray (adopted by "Aunt
Alice" Nancy Alice Shanks-Gray)
............2nd. Lillian m. 1st RICHARDSON
............. one daughtger of this
union: Connie Richardson m. Omar LOWMAN
............2nd. Lillian GRAY b. 7/21/1896 d. 3/1985 San Bernadino CA
.........h. Margaret Jane Shanks "Aunt Jane" b. 10/10/1895 Green Co
.TN d. 7/14/1982 Greeneville (never married)
.............Margaret and siblings moved out of Hawkins Co. @1898 to Greenville
2nd Great
Grandfather
Henry Shanks, b. 8/8/1820 Hawkins TN; d. 3/31/1871 in Hawkins TN
.....Noted as "running the best government still in Hawkins Co." in
Shanks familyBible/notes
....Fath: Christian Shanks; Moth: Mary "Polly" PEARSON
....Marr: Jane LAWSON Hawkins Co. TN b.
3/3/1834 d. 1/6/1923
....Children:
........a. Mack Shanks b. 9/26/1857 d. 12/11/1936 Rogersville TN
...........noted as being one of the wealthiest bacherlors in Hawkins Co.
........b. Harvey Hamilton Shanks b. 10/20/1852 d. 2/10/1897 (see G grandfather
above)
........c. Charles Shanks b. ? Hawkins Co. TN
........d. Gaines Shanks b. 4/1869 d. 7/1928 Rogersville TN never married
(Highland cemetery, Rogersville TN)
........e. Nancy Shanks b. 12/8/1854 Hawkins Co. TN d. 2/3/1939 Hawkins Co. TN
...........Marr: John PYNE
...........Children:
..............e1 Henry Pyne
...................Children:
...................e1.1 Ray Pyne
...................e1.2 Bill (William?)
..............e2 Harvey Pyne m. Bessie WILLIAMS d/o William Monroe
Williams & Mary Ann WEBB
..............e3 Jim Pyne m. Emma WILLIAMS no children d/o William
Monroe Williams & Mary Ann WEBB
3rd Great
Grandfather
Christian Shanks b. 10/11/1783 in Greenbriar VA (now WV); d. 12/16/1858
Hawkins TN (Shanks cem. #306)
....Fath: Michael Shanks Moth: Elizabeth MILLER
....Marr: Mary "Polly" Elizabeth PEARSON
...............(b. 4/15/1777 d. 7/16/1863) (Shanks Cem.)
....Children:
.......a. Michael b. 10/23/1801 d. 9/18/1871 Hawkins Co. TN
..........marr: Leah MONEYHUN b. 10/1/1809 d. 11/27/1880
..........Children:
..............a1. Senter Shanks
..............a2. Doctor Franklin Shanks
....................m. Sarah Sally HOUNSELL on 9/3/1874 Hawkins Co. TN
....................a2.1
....................a2.2 Nancy Shanks
....................a2.3. Henry Clay Shanks b. 9/3/1876 Hawkins Co. TN d. TX ?
.............................m. Alberta HAWKINS
.............................Children:
.............................Arthur Ray Shanks b. 6/1/1909 Hobs TX
....................a2.4. Vaga Shanks
....................a2.5. Stephen Franklin Shanks b. 6/11/1879
..............a3. Harriet Shanks b. 11/11/1833 d. 10/31/1894
....................m. Harvey DAVIS 3/21/1862 Hawkins Co. TN b.
10/16/1833 d. 6/26/1885
..............a4. M. Jane Shanks b. 5/27/1834 d. 10/11/1912
...................m. John Greenberry JONESb. 6/20/1829 d. 6/14/1904
....................Children:
....................a4.1 Henry Jones
....................a4.2 Michael Jones
....................a4.3 Christopher Jones d. 12/7/1928
....................a4.4. Elizabeth Betty Jones
....................a4.5 Leah Jones
....................a4.6 Katherine Jane Jones
..............a5. William Shanks
....................m. 1st. Mary WEBB 2nd. Susan KLEPPER
..............a6. Christian E. Shanks b. 12/1836 d. 6/29/1928(Christopher per
Harrison Funderal Home Records)
....................marr. 1st. Nancy WILLIAMS
.............................2nd. Cordelia HENARD/HOWARD b 7/19/1870 d.
8/26/1958
...........................Children:
...........................a6.1 Infant B. Shanks & d. 10/1/1900
...........................a6.2 Mack C. Shanks b. 5/8/1903 d. 12/7/1938 bur.
Choptack Baptist Chur. Cem.
...................................Ralph m. Etta SNYDER
...........................a6.3 Noca Jane Shanks b. 8/28/1906 d. 9/8/1907
...........................a6.4 Ida Catherine Shanks
...................................m. Everett HUMBERT
...................................Children: (5)
...................................Christine (twin), Kathleen (twin), Everett,
Larry, and Jo
..............a7. Henry Shanks
....................m. Susannah SENSABAUGH 10/21/1869
..............a8. Michael "Mack" Shanks b. 1/8/1845 Hawkins Co. TN d.
11/1/1900 Hawkins Co. TN Young Cem
......................m. Rachel Ann WEBB
7/12/1865 b. 9/18/1848 d. 3/3/1918 Hawkins Co. TN Young Cem.
...........................d/o Gabriel WEBB & Phobe Ann YOUNG
......................Children:
......................a8.1 C.T. Shanks b. 1/26/1867 d. 9/14/1891 Young Cem.
......................a8.2 Laura Jo Shanks b. 6/9/1872 Hawkins Co. TN d.
2/1/1896 bur Young Cem.
..............a9. Thomas Jefferson Shanks b. 2/8/1847 Hawkins Co. TN d.
2/2/1928 Hawkins Co. TN
................... marr: Elizabeth "Betty" PRICE on 1/2/1869
(b. 4/15/1842 d. 5/10/1923)
.............................d/o Isaac PRICE & Martha WEBB
....................Children:
....................a9.1 Mattie Jane Shanks b. 4/18/1880 Hawkins Co. TN d. 1968
Hawkins Co. TN
bur. New Salem Bap. Church Cem.
.............................m. Charles TERRY b. 7/14/1878 d. 12/31/1961
............a10. Sarah "Sally" m. Joseph HOWERTAN
.......b. John b. 9/3/1809 Hawkins Co. TN d. 5/10/1893
...........marr: Edith DANNER on 4/8/1844 (b. 10/1812 d. 12/12/1893)
...........Children:
..............b1. Clinton b. 12/11/1850 Hawkins Co. TN d/ 12/5/1924
....................m. Lucinda LAWSON b. 3/21/1853 d/ 6/23/1930
.........................(d/o McClellan Lawson of Hawkins Co. TN &
Martisha ?)
..............b2. Authur b. 1847 Hawkins Co. TN d 1928
...................m. Phoebe KLEPPER b. 1845 d. 1907
....................Child: Clinton Shanks m. ?
...............................Child: Jeanne Shanks
..............b3. Riley b. HawkinsCo. TN
..................1st Mary Jane MILLER b. 1/1/1850 d. 6/5/1875
..................2nd Sallie WEBB on 11/7/1875
d/o Gabriel WEBBb & Phoebe Ann YOUNG
..............b4. Hiram HawkinsCo. TN
....................m. Lydia Frances CLAMMON b. 1854 d. 1926
...........................Lydia m. 2nd Joseph R. WEBB (his 2nd mar.)
...........................s/o Gabriel WEBB & Phoebe Ann YOUNG
..............b5. Rachel b. 2/17/1841 Hawkins Co. Tn d. 5/6/1917 Hawkins Co. TN
...................m. Isaac PRICE on 10/23/1861
...................Children:
...................Nancy m. Dr. Davis on 12/5/1891 (SEE END OF THIS PAGE)
..............b6. Nebecancy b. Hawkins Co. TN
.......c. Elizabeth "Betsy" Jane b. @1811 Hawkins Co. TN d. 1887
...........marr: Wiley/Willie Blount KENNER in 1827 b.1799 d. 1862
..................Also see Kenner/Shanks Connection
...........Children:
..............c1. Polly Ann b. ? d.
..................marr: David WEBB in bef. 11/13/1858
.........................s/o of Theo. WEBB &
Catherine MADDOX (Webb Family)
..............c2. Lucinda
..............c3. James b. 1836 d 1860
..............c4. William b. 1837 d. 1860
..............c5. Markham H.
..............c6. Howson b. 1841 d. 1888
..............c7. Willie B. b. 1845 d. 1860
..............c8. Doctor Jasper "Dock" b. 1849 d. 1908
..............c9. Newton b. 1852 d. 1860
.......d. William b. 9/27/1813 Hawkins Co. TN d. 1/31/1862
..........marr: Catherine COLE b. 2/8/1811 d. 9/10/1887
..........children:
..............d1 Louisiana b. 1838
...................marr: John C. HAWKINS
..............d2 Martin V. b.1840
..............d3 Eliza Ruth b.1843 d. 10/5/1920
..............d4 Cynna/Czarina G. b. 5/5/1844 d. 3/1/1922
...................m. George PRICE Jr. on 7/1/1865
..............d5 Amanda b. 1846 d. 1925
...................m. Edley MOONEY
..............d6 Henrietta Hannah b.11/11/1833 Hawkins Co. TN d. 10/31/1894
Hawkins Co .TN
..................marr: Larkin DAVIS lic. applied for 12/25/1865 Hawkins
Co. TN
..................Children:
......................d6.1 Thomas Jefferson DAVIS b. 10/15/1846 Hawkins
Co. TN d. 10/1930 Edison TN
..............d7 Mary .b. ? m. James EMMERT
..............d8 Roxannah (Roxena) T. b. 10/2/1854 d. 6/21/1900 Hawkins Co. TN
...................m. Leonardus PRICE 11/12/1873
..............d9 Margaret b. 12/15/1832 d. 6/19/1856 Hawkins Co. TN
...................m. James Jefferson EMMERTT on 10/18/1872 Hawkins Co.
TN
.......e. George b. 1815 Hawkins Co. TN d. 6/1882
......... marr: Lucinda WEBB in 1837 (b. @1821)
....................d/o Theo. Webb & Catherine Maddox
......... Children:
..............e1 William b. 1838
...................marr: Mary LOVIN Hawkins Co TN
..............e2 Catherine (never married) b. 4/8/1844 d. 3/12/1914
..............e3 Wiley b. 3/4/1842 d. 4/27/1902
..............e4 Mary m. ? EMMERT
..............e5 Minivera m. ? James C. SNIDER
..............e6 John W. b. @1853 d. @1913
..................marr: 1st. Rebecca MOONEY on 8/4/1880 2nd. Anna BEAN
on 8/3/1913
..............e7 Rachel
.......f. Catherine "Katy" b. 12/5/1816 Hawkins Co. TN d. 12/25/1877
..........marr: William WILLIAMS b. 7/10/1809 d. 9/29/1897
...................Also see: Williams/Shanks,
Descendant Jody Hamabata
.......g. Christian b. @1819 Hawkins Co. TN (never married)
.......h. Henry b. 8/8/1820 Hawkins Co. TN d. 3/13/1871
.......... marr: Jane LAWSON b. 3/3/1834 Lee Valley TN d. 1/6/1923
Hawkins TN
...................(See Lawson family)
4th Great
Grandfather
Michael Shanks b. @1745-50 PA/VA d. 6/6/1836 in Hawkins TN (DAR #530031,
#559408
...................lived in Rockingham/Greenbriar VA during R.W.
.....................Military Warrant 6/27/1781 VA (now WV), signed by Beverly
Randolph, Gov. of VA
...................I believe Michael came to Hawkins Co. @1803 Hwk Co. DB 82
& DB 3, pg 83
....Fath: ? b. 1721 PA? Moth: ?
....Marr: Elizabeth MILLER ( b. @1755-60 d. Hawkins Co. TN )
.............(d/o of John Miller of Lancaster PA ?????)
....Abstract of
Michael's will dtd 5/16/1833: My wife Elizabeth the use of the lease of tract
or parcel of land that I got from
....Absolom KYLE and James P McCARTY. At my wife's death land to be sold and
divided among my sons & daughters.
....My son, Christian Shanks to be my executor. Wit: A. Kyle, James Nugent, Wm.
c. Kyle (Pgs 442-443)
....Children:
....a. John Shanks b. @1776 Greenbriar VA d. aft. 1855
.......marr: Susanah MILLER on 5/8/1797 Greenbriar VAby Rev. Josiah
Osborn (Rec 1-A, pg 136)
.......children:
.........a1 Elizabeth Shanks b. 9/13/1800 Hawkins Co. TN d. 1/21/1881 Maumee,
Jackson Co. IN
...............marr: Richard Mitchell STARNES b. @1800 VA or TN d. IN
...........................Also see Diane Drogich
.................Children:
.................a1.a John M.Starnes, b. 1828, m MargaretRIDER
.................a2.b Pleasant Henry Starnes, b. ca. 1830, m Melinda HUNTER
.................a1.c Polly Ann Starnes, b. ca. 1833
.................a1.d Eliza Starnes, b. ca. 1835
.................a1.e George W.Starnes, b. ca. 1838, m Ellen MITCHENER
.................a1.f William Ira Starnes
.................a1.g Riley Starnes, b. ca. 1845, m Sewelda RAMSEY
.........a2 Michael Shanks b. @1803 d. 10/6/1865
...........marr: Hannah CAIRY on 12/23/1826
.........a3 Nancy Shanks b. 1805
.............marr: Thomas DAVIS
.........a4 David Shanks b. 1813 d. 1859
............marr. Nancy HARTLEY b. 1819
............Children:
...............a4.1. Jacob Shanks b. 1839
...............a4.2 James Shanks b. 1840
...............a4.3 Jane Shanks b. 1842
...............a4.4 Susan Shanks b. 1844
...............a4.5 Emaline Shanks b. 1849
...............a4.6 Floyd Hartley Shanks b. 1856
...............a4.7 Henry Shanks b. 1857
...............a4.8 George Shanks b. 1858
...............a4.9 Sarah Shanks b. 1859
.........a5 Andrew J. b. 1815 d. 1890-91
............marr: Rachel MILES in 7/17/1865
.........a6 Jacob M. Shanks b. @1818 Hawkins Co. TN d. 6/25/1894
............marr:
............1st. Matilda GROSS on 1/16/1848 Hawkins Co. TN (b.
1/23/1827) (d/o Thomas GROSS & Isabell ?)
............Children:
................a6.1 William M. Shanks (Corneilus) b. 8/24/1857 Fisher's Creek,
Hawkins Co. TN d. 2/1/1932 Hawkins Co. TN
........................marr: Joanna BROWN
................a6.2 Mickie F. Shanks m. William LOONEY
................a6.3 Jacob J Shanks
................a6.4 John G. Shanks b. 9/12/1866 d. 6/3/1903
.......................m. Effie Marcett PRICE
................a6.5 Tude Shanks b. @1867
................a6.6 Richard J "Dock" Shanks b. @1869
................a6.7 Andrew Jackson Shanks b. 2/17/1849 d. 5/3/1923
......................m. Martha E. SIMMONS/SUMMERS ????
................a6.8 Mary F Shanks b. @1851
............2nd. Martha GROSS 1/25/1866 Hawkins Co. TN
.........a7 Daniel Shanks b. 10/13/1820 Hawkins Co. TN d. 6/25/1894
............marr: Martha MILLER 10/27/1853 Hawkins Co. TN b. 7/31/1835
d. 5/12/1887
...................d/o Oliver C. MILLER
............children:
...............a7.1 Matilda Narcissa Shanks. b. 2/10/1855 d. 8/14/1938
.......................m. John T. SHELTON b. 6/23/1846 d. 12/17/1915
(Harrison Funeral Home Records)
...............a7.2 Oliver Miller Shanks b. 9/12/1857 Hawkins CO. TN d.
3/22/1943 Hawkins Co. TN
........................m. 1st. Ella Virginia HOWERY b. 4/28/1861 d. 4/7/1884)
.............................2nd. Mary Emeline PAYNE
.............................3rd. Nancy Jane Price WEBB on 7/17/1902 Hawkins
Co.
.........a8 Polly Shanks b. Hawkins Co. TN
.........a9 Neal F. Shanks b. Hawkins Co. TN
............marr. Sallie HOUSHALL in 1874
........a10. John Shanks Jr.
...b. Christian Shanks b. 10/11/1783 Greenbriar VA d. 12/16/1858 Hawkins Co. TN
.......(see 3rd G. Grandfather above for marriage and children)
...c Adam Shanks b. 1785 VA d. ?
.......marr: Elizabeth ?
...d. Nancy Shanks b. 1786 d. @1851
.......marr. David SENSABAUGH (his 2nd marriage) b. 1755 VA
.......Children: (not in order)
.........d1. John
.........d2. Henry
.........d3. Jacob
.........d4. Christian G. m. Catherine SCHENK (Shanks)
.........d5. Richard
.........d6. David
.........d7. Michael
.........d8. Nancy
.........d9. Elizabeth m. James BOWMAN
........d10. Susan m. James AMIS
........d11. Joseph ?
....e. daughter
Tennessee the
Volunteer State 1769–1923: Volume 3
CHARLES WESLEY DAVIS.
Will of Christian ShanksWill
of William ShanksWill of John Shanks
Will of David ShanksWill
of David Sensabaugh (Nancy Shanks)
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