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Anna <I>Shank</I> Mays

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Anna Shank Mays

Birth
Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Death
31 Dec 1925 (aged 83)
Arcanum, Darke County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Abbottsville, Darke County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Section 4/11
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Father: Jeremiah Shank of Montgomery County Ohio

Mother: Artemisia Chambers of Montgomery County Ohio; later known as Mrs. George Funderburgh, moved in with Anna in April 1897.

Married: Henry B. Mays 8.25.1863, minister was Abraham Dietrich

Son: John Mays, later of Columbus Ohio

Granddaughter: Mary Mays Coler (or Cler) of Dayton Ohio

Anna Shank Mays was a member of Rebecca Lodge No. 255 in Arcanum Ohio. She was an active member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, a member of the Methodist Church, a great reader, & did much writing later in life. There was an attic fire in Anna's home in November 1916. Anna had uterine cancer.

Enjoy Anna's Folk Art painting depicting a U.S. Sanitary Commission Hospital during the Civil War. It is purported that Anna was in the U.S. Sanitary Commission during the Civil War (more research needed)

A huge Thank You to Carolyn Fisher from the Genealogy Department of the Greenville Ohio Public Library for all the research documents.

Father: Jeremiah Shank of Montgomery County Ohio

Mother: Artemisia Chambers of Montgomery County Ohio; later known as Mrs. George Funderburgh, moved in with Anna in April 1897.

Married: Henry B. Mays 8.25.1863, minister was Abraham Dietrich

Son: John Mays, later of Columbus Ohio

Granddaughter: Mary Mays Coler (or Cler) of Dayton Ohio

Anna Shank Mays was a member of Rebecca Lodge No. 255 in Arcanum Ohio. She was an active member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, a member of the Methodist Church, a great reader, & did much writing later in life. There was an attic fire in Anna's home in November 1916. Anna had uterine cancer.

Enjoy Anna's Folk Art painting depicting a U.S. Sanitary Commission Hospital during the Civil War. It is purported that Anna was in the U.S. Sanitary Commission during the Civil War (more research needed)

A huge Thank You to Carolyn Fisher from the Genealogy Department of the Greenville Ohio Public Library for all the research documents.

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  • Created by: Mike Dearbaugh
  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112304305/anna-mays: accessed ), memorial page for Anna Shank Mays (23 May 1842–31 Dec 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 112304305, citing Abbottsville Cemetery, Abbottsville, Darke County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Mike Dearbaugh (contributor 919).