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Catherine Thomas Adams Shanks

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
19 Mar 1880 (aged 76)
Knoxville, Ray County, Missouri, USA
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Buried in Christian Church Cemetery in Ray County, Missouri
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Catherine was a daughter of Jacob Thomas and his wife, Catherine. Catherine married twice. Her first husband was Pleasant James Adams, Sr. They were married in 1824 in North Carolina. Catherine and P. James had ten known children. Nine of their children were:
A John Quincy (their eldest child)
b: 1824 North Carolina
m: circa 1848 to Elizabeth Foster
d: 1856 Randolph County, Missouri
B Martha Ann
b: 1825 North Carolina
m: Nathan Lipscome Smith
d: 1888 Villa Ridge (Franklin County), Missouri
C Samuel Madison
b: 1826 North Carolina
d: 1880
D Susannah
b: 1828
m: Mr. Smith
d: 1904
E Solomon
b: circa 1830 North Carolina
F Benjamin Franklin
b: 21 OCT 1839 Ray County, Missouri
m Lodusky Jane Cummins
d: 2 FEB 1929 Alameda County, California
G Cleopatra Anna
b: 27 AUG 1841 Missouri
m & d: Abram B. Powell
d: 25 MAR 1917 Caldwell County, Missouri
H Henry Clay
b: MAR 1843 Ray County, Missouri
m: 1st: 20 JAN 1863 to Martha Shanks
m: 2nd: 1880 to Margaret Varvel
d: 15 AUG 1933 McDonough County, Illinois
I George Washington (their youngest child)
b: 20 FEB 1847 Ray County, Missouri
m: 13 FEB 1867 to Susan Cates
d: 10 JUL 1920 Rayville (Ray County), Missouri

After James' death in 1846 Catherine married a second time. On May 16, 1854 she married Adam Shanks in Ray County, Missouri. Catherine was Adam's third wife. Adam Shanks was born in 1795 Virginia and died after June 1880 in Missouri.

FAMILY NOTE: In family records there is a daughter Bersheba/Barsheba Elizabeth Adams listed for P. James and his second wife, Catherine. Barsheba's birth year is circa 1835 and born in Virginia (?). She married a Mr. Mann (probably in Missouri). She was known by her middle name, Elizabeth.
Catherine was a daughter of Jacob Thomas and his wife, Catherine. Catherine married twice. Her first husband was Pleasant James Adams, Sr. They were married in 1824 in North Carolina. Catherine and P. James had ten known children. Nine of their children were:
A John Quincy (their eldest child)
b: 1824 North Carolina
m: circa 1848 to Elizabeth Foster
d: 1856 Randolph County, Missouri
B Martha Ann
b: 1825 North Carolina
m: Nathan Lipscome Smith
d: 1888 Villa Ridge (Franklin County), Missouri
C Samuel Madison
b: 1826 North Carolina
d: 1880
D Susannah
b: 1828
m: Mr. Smith
d: 1904
E Solomon
b: circa 1830 North Carolina
F Benjamin Franklin
b: 21 OCT 1839 Ray County, Missouri
m Lodusky Jane Cummins
d: 2 FEB 1929 Alameda County, California
G Cleopatra Anna
b: 27 AUG 1841 Missouri
m & d: Abram B. Powell
d: 25 MAR 1917 Caldwell County, Missouri
H Henry Clay
b: MAR 1843 Ray County, Missouri
m: 1st: 20 JAN 1863 to Martha Shanks
m: 2nd: 1880 to Margaret Varvel
d: 15 AUG 1933 McDonough County, Illinois
I George Washington (their youngest child)
b: 20 FEB 1847 Ray County, Missouri
m: 13 FEB 1867 to Susan Cates
d: 10 JUL 1920 Rayville (Ray County), Missouri

After James' death in 1846 Catherine married a second time. On May 16, 1854 she married Adam Shanks in Ray County, Missouri. Catherine was Adam's third wife. Adam Shanks was born in 1795 Virginia and died after June 1880 in Missouri.

FAMILY NOTE: In family records there is a daughter Bersheba/Barsheba Elizabeth Adams listed for P. James and his second wife, Catherine. Barsheba's birth year is circa 1835 and born in Virginia (?). She married a Mr. Mann (probably in Missouri). She was known by her middle name, Elizabeth.

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