James W and Ellen Shanks
Information comes from various sources, newspapers, census, marriage and burial records.
William Shanks was born in 1793 in Maryland and was in Campbell County as early as 1819 where he married Sally Whaley on 10 Feb 1819. Sarah Whaley was born 1795 in Kentucky. In the 1860 census William and Sarah were living with their son John in Indian Springs (now Ross). It is believed they died there before 1870.
Children of William Shanks and Sarah Whaley
1. John Shanks b-1820 in Campbell Co; m-Eliza
Jane Parker 29 Nov 1851 in Alexandria
2. James William Shanks b-June 1829 in Campbell Co; m-Ellen Fuller 5 Feb 1853
in Alexandria. William Fuller was the bond. James and Ellen died after the
1900 census.
3. Wesley Shanks b-1831 in Campbell Co
3. Francis Shanks b-1833 in Campbell Co
4. Nancy J Shanks b-1834 in Campbell Co
5. Mary E Shanks b-1836 in Campbell Co
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Children of John Shanks and Eliza Jane Parker
1. George Shanks b-1853 in Indian Springs
2. Mary M Shanks b-4 June 1854 in Indian Springs
3. Orin Shanks b-1858 in Indian Springs
4. James Shanks b-1860 in Indian Springs
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Children of James William Shanks and Ellen Fuller
1. Theodore Shanks b-15 Sep 1854 in Alexandria;
d-after 1930 m-Harriet Elizabeth Guy in 16 Sep 1880 in Alexandria
2. Cora E Shanks b-1859 in Alexandria
3. William Fuller Shanks b-18 Dec 1861 in Alexandria; d-1 Mar 1943 in Silver
Grove; br-Alexandria Cemetery; m-Augusta Clift; no children
4. Sarah Ellen Shanks b-6 Apr 1864 in Alexandria; d-17 Oct 1925 in; br-Alexandria
Cemetery; m-Thomas J Abbott in 1887
5. John Wesley Shanks b-1867 in Alexandria; d-1 Sep 1932 in Lexington; br-Alexandria
Cemetery; m (1) Addie B Crupper in 1896; (2) Ida Mae
6. James P Shanks b-Sep 1869 in Alexandria; d-2 Mar 1949 in Lexington; br-Alexandria
Cemetery; m-Augusta E Sporing 2 Oct 1895 in Alexandria
7. Robert E Shanks b-Mar 1871 in Alexandria; d-13 Feb 1960; br-Alexandria
Cemetery; m-Estella King Henderson 2 Oct 1895 in Alexandria
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Children of Theodore Shanks and Hattie E Guy
1. Edgar Raymond Shanks b-2 Dec 1887 in Carthage;
d-19 June 1956 in California Ky. br-Alexandria Cemetery
2. Harold Guy Shanks b-19 Nov 1894 in Carthage; d-5 Aug 1916; br-Alexandria
Cemetery
3. Theodore Ray Shanks b-15 Mar 1897 in Carthage; d-5 May 1970 in Ft Thomas
4. Ellen Shanks b-1907 in Carthage; m-Millard Vanhook
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Children of Sarah Ellen Shanks and Thomas J Abbott
1. Frank Thomas Abbott b-9 Nov 1888 in
Carthage; d-2 Nov 1962; br-Alexandria Cemetery
2. Mabel Abbott b-5 July 1890 in Carthage; d-12 Jan 1979; br-Alexandria
Cemetery; m-Albert Willard
3. Walter James Abbott b-9 June 1892 in Carthage; d-10 Feb 1971 in Cincinnati;
br-Alexandria Cemetery
4. Ethel G Abbott b-Feb 1896 in
Carthage; d-24 Jan 1970; br-Alexandria Cemetery; never married
5. Gwendolyn B Abbott b-July 1897 in Carthage; m-___ Parker
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Children of John Wesley Shanks and Addie B Crupper
1.
Preston D Shanks b-16 Aug 1894 in Carthage; d-1 May 1900; br-Alexandria Cemetery
2. Vachel Weldon Shanks b-18 July 1897 in Carthage; d-26 Jan 1996 in Montgomery
Oh; m-Nellie Mae Stover 1 Nov 1919 in Cincinnati
3. Clifford Shanks b-27 Oct 1899 Carthage; d-27 Mar 1918 in Norwood Oh; br-Alexandria
Cemetery
4. George F Shanks b-14 Oct 1902 in Carthage; d-2 Nov 1933 in Cincinnati; br-Alexandria
Cemetery
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Child of James P Shanks and Augusta E Sporing
1. Gilbert L Shanks
b-June 1896
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Children of Robert E Shanks and Estella King Henderson
1. Lorena J Shanks b-26
Mar 1897 in Carthage; d-4 Jan 1974
2. Cora B Shanks b-1901 in Carthage
3. Clayton Shanks b-28 Aug 1904 in Carthage; d-14 Feb 1985 in Carthage