Re: Copas/Shanks/Grooms - Adams Co. Ohio
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Re: Copas/Shanks/Grooms - Adams Co. Ohio
Clark Blake 8/23/99
Ah, but there was another 'Fanny' Shanks!My GG Grandmother was Elizabeth "Fanny" Shanks, born in Pike Co OH, married William Satterfield 04 Apr 1830.Her parents were John Shanks, b. 1780 and Rachael Copas, b. 1779 VA.John and Rachael were married 08 Aug 1805Adams Co OH.John died 1844 Sunfish Twp, Pike Co OH.John and Rachael had the following children:Harrison, b. 1822; Joseph, b. 1818; Jackson; Fanny ( Robert Smith); Dorcas ( James Smith); Elizabeth ( Wm. Satterfield); Polly [Mary], b. 1799 m. 1827 to Zachariah Grooms.I am told that the name Shanks is Scots in origin and that it means 'leg bone'.I have not been successful in finding John's parents.I am not even sure he was born in the US.