Abijah was born in 1858. He was the son of William Shanks and Martha Bacon Shanks. He married Mary Ann Pickering in 1878. They had eight children together. He passed away in 192, at the age of 62, from tuberculosis.
Sources
US Census 1870, 1900,
Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959;
Find a Grave memorial # 67680169
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Charles by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Charles: