Born about in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jeremiah Shores
and Rachel (Williams) Shores
Sister of
James A Shores and William Shores
Wife of
Albert Marks
— married
19 Aug 1886 in Broken Bow, Custer, Nebraska, United States
Mother of
Verna A Marks and Paul Jeremiah Marks
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Oct 2020
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Minerva (Shores) Marks is a part of US Black heritage.
Biography
Minerva was born about 1859. She is the daughter of Jerry Shores and Rachel Williams.
Minerva appears in this photograph of the Shores family taken in 1887 near Westerville, Custer County, Nebraska. The photograph is held by the The Library of Congress.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3YL-M18 : accessed 12 October 2020), Minerva Pricila Marks in household of Jeremiah Shore, Westerville Township, Custer, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 75, sheet 1A, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,921.
- Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1855-1908. State Library and Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska. Library and Archives of the Nebraska State Historical Society; Lincoln, Nebraska. Ancestry.com. Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908. Custer, 1878-1889, image 1393 of 2000.
- "The Shores family near Westerville, Custer County, Nebraska". Butcher, Solomon D. (Solomon Devore), 1856-1927. Photograph from 1887, Nebraska State Historical Society, nbhips 10527. [1] [2]
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