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Mary “Grandma” Shelton Hanks

Birth
Gallatin County, Kentucky, USA
Death
30 Nov 1918 (aged 86)
Macon County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Locust Hill, Knox County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Married Samuel B. Felts on 24 FEB 1852 in Knox County, Missouri. Married Wesley Hanks on 31 MAR 1859 in Knox County, Missouri.

MO d/c 40769

Grandma Hanks Dies
Grandma Hanks, an aged and highly respected citizen of Adair county, died Monday at the home of her son, Warner Hanks, near Wilsontown.
La Plata Home Press, La Plata, Missouri, 05 Dec 1918, Page 1, Col. 1

"Grandma" Hanks Died Sunday
"Grandma" Hanks, an aged and highly respected Adair county citizen, died Sunday at the home of her son, Warner Hanks, in Wilson township. She was one of the early settlers in that county and for the past few years has been making her home with her daughter near Tullvania and with her son.
La Plata Republican, La Plata, Missouri, 08 Dec 1918, Page 1, Col. 5

Mrs. Mary Shelton Hanks passed away at the home of her daughter. Mrs. John Elliott, of near Tullvania, on Monday, Dec. 2. She was buried on the old home place in Knox county, the farm her father. Medley Shelton, entered in 1840, and moved with his family to it in 1842, from Kentucky, when Mrs. Hanks was 10 years old. When he moved to this country there were six girls in the family and Mrs. Hanks is the last one to pass away. She was 86 years, 5 months and 15 days old at the time of her death.—xxx
La Plata Home Press, La Plata, Missouri, 19 Dec 1918, Page 1, Col. 5
Married Samuel B. Felts on 24 FEB 1852 in Knox County, Missouri. Married Wesley Hanks on 31 MAR 1859 in Knox County, Missouri.

MO d/c 40769

Grandma Hanks Dies
Grandma Hanks, an aged and highly respected citizen of Adair county, died Monday at the home of her son, Warner Hanks, near Wilsontown.
La Plata Home Press, La Plata, Missouri, 05 Dec 1918, Page 1, Col. 1

"Grandma" Hanks Died Sunday
"Grandma" Hanks, an aged and highly respected Adair county citizen, died Sunday at the home of her son, Warner Hanks, in Wilson township. She was one of the early settlers in that county and for the past few years has been making her home with her daughter near Tullvania and with her son.
La Plata Republican, La Plata, Missouri, 08 Dec 1918, Page 1, Col. 5

Mrs. Mary Shelton Hanks passed away at the home of her daughter. Mrs. John Elliott, of near Tullvania, on Monday, Dec. 2. She was buried on the old home place in Knox county, the farm her father. Medley Shelton, entered in 1840, and moved with his family to it in 1842, from Kentucky, when Mrs. Hanks was 10 years old. When he moved to this country there were six girls in the family and Mrs. Hanks is the last one to pass away. She was 86 years, 5 months and 15 days old at the time of her death.—xxx
La Plata Home Press, La Plata, Missouri, 19 Dec 1918, Page 1, Col. 5


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  • Created by: Pam Witherow
  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143929995/mary-hanks: accessed ), memorial page for Mary “Grandma” Shelton Hanks (15 Jun 1832–30 Nov 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 143929995, citing Shelton Cemetery, Locust Hill, Knox County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Pam Witherow (contributor 47364463).