Married Sarah McLaughlin in 1859 in Greene County, Tennessee.
Children: John A, Mary D, James V, George F.

Sarah was the daughter of Willis McLaughlin and Mary White McLaughin (see bio for her mother at memorial #55163955)

Married Elizabeth Caroline Prime Mathes November 9, 1876 in Scotland County, Missouri. Child: Marvin Scott.

Moses was one of twelve children of Nicholas and Rosannah Graham Shanks. Silas Carrick, John, Flora, James, Jane, Andrew, Susannah, Nancy, Mary, Rebecca and unknown sister.

He settled in Scotland County in 1840 and a was major landholder. His sisters Jane, Susannah, Nancy, Mary and Rebecca and his brother Andrew came with his from Tennessee.

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The 1877 History of Lewis, Clark, Knox and Scotland Counties.

Moses Shanks, an old and respected citizen of Miller Township, Scotland County, was born in Greene County, Tennessee...the son of Nicholas and Rosey (Graham) Shanks. The father was of English and Irish origin, and at the time of his death, which occurred in Greene County, Tennessee, in 1838, was in the prime of life. He was in the War of 1812, and participated in the battle of the Horseshoe.
The mother of our subject, it is supposed, was a native of Pennsylvania; she died in Green County, Tennessee in 1840, and was, at the time of her death a comparatively young woman. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Of the twelve children born to this union, our subject was the sixth. He and his sister, Susanah, are the only representatives of the family. He received a common-school education in Greene County, Tennessee and this has been greatly increased by study, observation and travel. While in Tennessee he followed agricultural pursuits on a farm given him by his father, and in 1840 he moved to Missouri and settled on his present location.
He at first owned 320 acres of land, and since that time he has been buying and selling, and now owns 520 acres of as good land as is to be found in the county.
In 1859, he married Miss Sarah McLaughlin, a native of Greene County, Tennessee, She died in Fulton, Missouri in 1872 leaving four children, three sons and one daughter: John A, Mary D. James V. and George.
In 1876 our subject married Elizabeth Mathes, widow of Washington Mathes, and a daughter of Henry Prime. She was born in Schuyler County, Missouri about 1847...they had one son, Marvin S. Our subject is a decided Democrat. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
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His monument is the tallest in the cemetery.
Large words on the base read SHANKS.
On the side of the stone: Sarah, wife of M Shanks born November 9, 1822, died August 1, 1871. Laid to rest in the Fulton, Missouri cemetery.