Shanks, Sally A.^[1]

1845 -

• Name	Shanks, Sally A.
  Born	1845	, , Kentucky
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I14090	McClure-Harris
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2005

  
  

  Father	Shanks, Mentor Achilles,   b. 21 Oct 1800, , , Kentucky ,   d. 20 Jan 1870, , Crittenden, Kentucky  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Yeakey, Isabella,   b. 05 Aug 1808, , Barren, Kentucky ,   d. 21 Jul 1869, , Crittenden, Kentucky  (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	19 Nov 1829	, Meade, Kentucky
  Notes	This material was provided by Dianne Byers. CRITTENDEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY WILL BOOK 1 ABSTRACTS, PAGES 1 to 54. Page 53 Will of HENRY YEAKEY Date written: March 29, 1853 Date recorded: September 11, 1855 People named: wife, Caroline M. YEAKEY; son, Levy YEAKEY; son, Henry YEAKEY; daughter, Isabella SHANKS and her husband, Minter A. SHANKS; daughter, Alice COOK. Executor: friends, R. A. WALKER; Francis FORD. Witnesses: F. FORD; R. A. WALKER; S. M. ORR; Jno. MITCHELL. Clerk: Berry S. YOUNG
  Family ID	F3960	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Check for her burial in Hurricane Methodist Church Cemetery in Crittenden, Kentucky ==================== http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/crittenden/guess.jw.txt Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, Kniffin 2nd ed., 1885 Crittenden Co. J.W. Guess was born in Caldwell County, Kentucky, July 11, 1845, the son of John W. and Nancy Warren Guess. His parents were born in Orange County, N.C. They came to Kentucky in 1832 and settled in Caldwell County near Fredonia. In 1852, they moved to what is now Lyon County, Ky. J.W. was the youngest of six children and received his education in Lyon County. He enlisted in Co. E. 48th Ky Mounted Infantry US onJuly 3, 1863. He remained with that regiment for one year and was then transferred to the 17th Ky Cavalry, with which he remained until the end of the war. In 1868 he moved to Hurricane in Crittenden County where he farmed about 200 acres. He married January 23, 1868 to Miss Sarah W. Love, daughter of William and Rebecca Knight Love. Sarah was born in 1843 and died July 2, 1869. They had one child, Thomas T. J. W. married for a second time on April 13, 1870 to Rebecca Terry, the daughter of B.B. Terry. Rebecca died August 27, 18709. His third marriage was April 28, 1870 to Sallie A. Shanks, daughter of Mentor Shanks. J.W. was a member of the Episcopal Church. He started in the milling business at Hurricane in 1881 and continued until July 1884. He died October 7, 1904 and was buried in the Hurricane Cemetery near Irma in Crittenden County. References: Veteran's Graves Registration, Crittenden Co, Ky. Western Kentucky Journal, Vol. XI, No. 2, pg. 37

  
  

• Sources

  [S186] GEDCOM file imported on 14 Aug 2002., Shane Symes.