Abijah
Milburn
(Charles)
Shanks
Born in Tennessee
Ancestors 
Son of William Milburn Shanks
and Martha (Bacon) Shanks
Brother of
Willis Engle Shanks, Silas Carrick Shanks III, Sarah M Shanks [half], Carrie Alice (Shanks) McKay [half], Margaret Sarah (Shanks) Pickering [half], William Ruble Shanks [half], Thomas Elbert Shanks [half], Emma Lucinda Shanks [half], Gertrude Albertine (Shanks) Milburn [half], Nevada Ethel Shanks [half], Myrtle Iva (Shanks) Prater [half] and Nola Clara (Shanks) Justice [half]
Husband of
Mary Ann (Pickering) Shanks
— married
7 Mar 1878 in Greene, Tennessee
Died
at age 62
in Liberty Hill, Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 13 May 2015
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Biography
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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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:
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:
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~0.78%
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