Benjamin Shanks (1802 - 1845)

Born 1802 in OH, Montgomery Co

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca Ennis — married 2 Dec 1826 in OH, Montgomery Co

Died Dec 1845 at about age 43 in IL, Rock Island Co--Moline

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1802

SDATE 1 JUL 1802

Place: OH, Montgomery Co

Note: Bamks claims Benjamin was 6th child and 4th son of Joseph and Mary.

Death

Death:

Date: DEC 1845

SDATE 15 DEC 1845

Place: IL, Rock Island Co--Moline

User ID

User ID: 83A377C88D0BD811B70D0002E324AC0564F7

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 31 OCT 2003

Prior to import, this record was last changed 31 OCT 2003.

Note

Note: The earliest Shanks in IN public land records are Benjamin "of Montgomery Co, OH" in Sept of 1827 and Joseph "of Wabash Co, IN" both with land in Fountain Co. I haven't finished my search of residency (found only on the document itself) the Shanks but just a quick glance shows John Shanks' earliest date in 1831 in Carroll Co. There are many other entries for John Shanks during the 1830s and 40s in Parke, Carroll, Daviess counties. Don't know if these are all same man... helps to look at actual document for residency. Other Shanks listed were Abner (land in Carroll Co), Mathew (land in Greene Co) and Peter (land in Delaware.)

Sue Zobbe: Joseph and Benjamin Shanks were John Shanks' brothers. John Shanks actually entered the Carroll Co land in Oct 1829 and evidently went back to Miami Co, then the family probably moved in the summer or fall of 1830 after the census was taken.

Sources

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sara Patton for creating WikiTree profile Shanks-441 through the import of lenon-shanks-gerard.ged on Nov 19, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Sara and others.