Benjamin Shanks
Abt 1806 - 1846 (~ 40 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Benjamin Shanks was born about 1806 in Montgomery County, OH; was christened in in Moline, Rock Island County, IL (son of Joseph Shanks, Sr. and Mary Clawson); died in Dec 1846 in Moline, Rock Island County, IL. Benjamin married Rebecca J. Ennis on 2 Dec 1826 in Montgomery County, OH. Rebecca (daughter of John Enos Ennis and Elizabeth Armstrong) was born on 24 Dec 1811 in Sugar Creek Township, Greene County, OH; died on 5 Oct 1876 in Adams, Gage County, NE; was buried in Adams, Gage County, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Benjamin Franklin Shanks was born on 16 Jul 1846 in Moline, Rock Island County, IL; was christened in in Comstock, Custer County, NE; died on 23 Jul 1907 in Comstock, Custer County, NE.
2. Joseph Shanks, Sr. was born on 26 Oct 1760 in Kent County, DE; died on 5 Oct 1855 in Muncie, Delaware County, IN. Joseph married Mary Clawson about 1786 in Pennsylvania. Mary (daughter of Garrett Clawson and Mary (Mrs. Clawson)) was born about 1762 in Pennsylvania; died about 1805 in Washington Township, Montgomery County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary Clawson was born about 1762 in Pennsylvania (daughter of Garrett Clawson and Mary (Mrs. Clawson)); died about 1805 in Washington Township, Montgomery County, OH. Children:
- Eleanor Shanks was born about 1784 in Pennsylvania; died before 1852.
- John Shanks was born in 1789 in Pennsylvania; died on 4 Sep 1871 in Lathrop, Clinton County, MO.
- Joseph Shanks, Jr. was born in 1794 in Ohio; died after 1855 in Rock Island County, IL.
- Peter Shanks was born on 15 Aug 1795 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH; died on 11 Apr 1887 in Miami, Union County, OH.
- Elizabeth Shanks was born in 1799 in Hamilton County, OH; died after 1855 in Delaware County, OH.
- Mary Shanks was born about 1803 in Hamilton County, OH; died before 1842 in Fountain County, IN.
- Esther Hester Shanks was born about 1804 in Montgomery County, OH; died after 1855.
- 1. Benjamin Shanks was born about 1806 in Montgomery County, OH; was christened in in Moline, Rock Island County, IL; died in Dec 1846 in Moline, Rock Island County, IL.
Generation: 3
6. Garrett Clawson Garrett married Mary (Mrs. Clawson). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Mary (Mrs. Clawson) Children:
- 3. Mary Clawson was born about 1762 in Pennsylvania; died about 1805 in Washington Township, Montgomery County, OH.