Born in Carroll, Ohio, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Abner Shanks
and Anna (Lenon) Shanks
Sister of
Daniel Shanks, John Shanks, Joseph Bridger Shanks, Newton Jasper Shanks, Louisa Shanks, Henry Newport Shanks, Lavicy Jane Shanks and James Stuart Shanks
Wife of
Joseph Marion Hosier
— married
6 Apr 1864 in Panora, Guthrie, Iowa, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 94
in Mount Angel, Marion, Oregon, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Nov 2013
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Biography
Elizabeth was almost 12 yrs. old when her mother passed away. It was her duty to care for the younger children when not attending school for the few short months that school was held. She told of swinging the children on wild grape vines, and how one broke, dropping one of the smaller boys in the creek. She went to live with her Aunt Mary Shanks Lenon Cline until her father married again, and in the spring of 1853 the family loaded their wagons and headed farther west, finally settling in the sparsely settled community of Panora, Guthrie Co, Iowa. Here she grew to womanhood and became engaged to George Campbell but they quarreled and he joined the Union Army soon after the outset of the war.
Sources
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8815279/elizabeth-a-hosier : accessed 31 August 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth A Shanks Hosier (27 Aug 1841–1 Feb 1936), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8815279, citing Simmons Cemetery, Mount Angel, Marion County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8).
- Oregon State Library; Oregon Death Index 1931-1941; Reel Title: Oregon Death Index M-Z; Year Range: 1931-1941.
- Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Year: 1860; Census Place: Cass, Guthrie, Iowa; Page: 496.
- Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Year: 1870; Census Place: Sublimity, Marion, Oregon; Roll: M593_1287; Page: 104A.
- Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Year: 1880; Census Place: Abiqua, Marion, Oregon; Roll: 1082; Page: 100A; Enumeration District: 084.
- Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Year: 1900; Census Place: Monitor, Marion, Oregon; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0137; FHL microfilm: 1241349.
- Ellen Brzoska, The Cline Book: being descendants of Levi Cline & Elizabeth McClaskey of Carroll Co., Indiana, 1982.
- Robert & Carolyn Gerard, Garard/Garrard/Gerard/Gerrard/Girard, Descendants of Rev. John, Elias & William (Dunnellon, Florida), 1999.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Sara Patton for creating WikiTree profile Shanks-422 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.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
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~1.56%
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Categories: Simmons Cemetery, Mount Angel, Oregon
A member of a FaceBook group that I’m in recovered this picture of Elizabeth, along with one of her son, William (taken when he was a young man). She gave me permission to post it here on her profile. If you would like the originals, she would like for you to have them. Please send me a PM with your address and I will forward to her. (She’s not a WT member.)
Carole