I tried e-mailing you, but it came back to me. There is info. on those families in the History of Henderson County, 1882. If you do not have this, let me know.

Anna

Mary Ann Amelia (Gittings) Shanks b. 1819 Union Co. Ky. d.
about 1846 in Henderson Co. Il. m. 1837 at St. Vincents Union Co Ky. need death certificate to prove her parents are
William Henson Gittings & Eleanor Mudd. These families moved to Henderson Co. shortly after 1837.

Mary Ann Amelia found in Bible record, d/o Albion Gittings (William Kinsey, Benjamin, John, Philip, John) and Mary Elizabeth Herbert, d/o Jeremiah Herbert and Mary Elizabeth Hill (descended from Miles family). I have the Henderson Bio of William Henson Gittings(he is bro of Albion). Thanks

You sure are a hard lady to get ahold of I have left messages for you all
over the place. Yes, my gggrandfather was George Woodward Shanks, that is
where I am very curious about you saying George Walter Shanks. In Carmen
Cemtary there are three George W. Shanks' buried. One is my gggrandfather
and one his son. I am not sure who the third one is, but clues lead me to
believe he was in the Navy during the Civil War, because of what it says on
the headstone. I found the information on the head stone of all the GW
Shanks, in book on Henderson Co by Ross and? I don't have the information
right in front of me, Mick and I just returned from Vacation so I will pull
it all out in next couple of days and send to you. Reason I know for sure
mine is named George Woodward, is on his son James's death notice out of
the paper it says parents named George Woodward Shanks and Catherine
Caldwell. I have to assume the family wanted to be specific as to which
George Shanks. On the death notice it did not mention your Grandmother as a
child, I believe she would have been mentioned if she were a child, I think
anyway. I have a photo of a Shanks Reunion that was held sometime around
1927-29, in Carmen Illinois, it would not have a picture of either George
that we are speaking of but there are about 50 or more people in the photo,
and most of the faces are easily seen, I will attach to this and send.
Somehow I feel that these two Georges were together alot, because I even
found two marriages in Ky. several days apart of George W. Shanks. Anyway I
do have alot of information of George down to my children, but I think we
need to share our information and figure out who is who. It sure is good to
finally be in contact with you, I will put everything I have together and
together maybe we can figure out who is who. Oh, yes I sent for death
certificate on the George born in Nov. of 1819 and there is none, just a
record entry on Henderson Co. books. Anyway please let me hear from you,
somehow something tells me we are family.

Thanks for contacting me. Linda Shanks Tate
PS... on yes I have alot of connections to Henderson Co. and alot of names
that appear there in its history.

Linda My 4th great grandmother Caroline Shanks was the sister of your George Woodward Shanks. Her duaghter Harriett Amanda Buckman was my 2nd great grandmother and her daughter Sarah Caroline Bruce was my great grandmother. I would like to share information with you. You can contact me directly through my e-mail at pmsbetty1@aol.com.or through ancestry. Thanks Betty Rogers Phillips