Margaret Ellen Shanks was born January 7, 1832. Professed religion in
October 1849, and joined the Methodist Church about the close of the Civil
War. She was married to Thomas Jefferson Evans June 22, 1850, being in her
18th year. They lived happily together 12 years and 11 months; six children
being born to them, five girls and one boy. Her husband enlisted in the War
in Oct. 1861, and lived only until the 17th of the following April, he
having taken sick in camps at Tullahoma, TN where he died and was buried.
Thus she was left to battle through life alone with five little children to
support, the oldest being only nine years old, and the baby being not a year
old. One little girl died just before the father's death. Margaret died May
22, 1920, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Carr, three miles below
Boma, her three surviving children, Simon Obadiah "Bud" Evans, Mrs. Carr,
and Mrs. W. E. Jared, being with her. She was in her 89th year, and leaves a
great number of descendents, over 200 in number, besides many other
relatives, who will miss her friendly counsel and her lifelong example of
industry and thrift.
Her remains were laid to rest Sunday in the lot that she had selected in the
beautiful Smellage Cemetery near Boma, a vast concours of people having
assembled to pay their last respects to this grand old lady, the funeral
being conducted by three of her grandsons, Revs. D.A., S.M., and John O.
Ensor, assisted by Rev. J.A. Harris.
d/o William Simon Shanks, VA & Margaret "Peggy" Maddux, VA
DC# Vol. 44, pg. 366, 11th Civil Dist., Putnam Co., TN. Cause of Death: Died
of Catarrh of Bowels. No doctor in attendance. Age: 88 yrs., 4 months, 15
days. States her parents as: Margret Horton Maddux, VA & Simon Shanks, VA.
Informant: William Carr, Silver Point, TN. Undertaker: Joseph Carr. Burial
23 May 1920.
October 1849, and joined the Methodist Church about the close of the Civil
War. She was married to Thomas Jefferson Evans June 22, 1850, being in her
18th year. They lived happily together 12 years and 11 months; six children
being born to them, five girls and one boy. Her husband enlisted in the War
in Oct. 1861, and lived only until the 17th of the following April, he
having taken sick in camps at Tullahoma, TN where he died and was buried.
Thus she was left to battle through life alone with five little children to
support, the oldest being only nine years old, and the baby being not a year
old. One little girl died just before the father's death. Margaret died May
22, 1920, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Carr, three miles below
Boma, her three surviving children, Simon Obadiah "Bud" Evans, Mrs. Carr,
and Mrs. W. E. Jared, being with her. She was in her 89th year, and leaves a
great number of descendents, over 200 in number, besides many other
relatives, who will miss her friendly counsel and her lifelong example of
industry and thrift.
Her remains were laid to rest Sunday in the lot that she had selected in the
beautiful Smellage Cemetery near Boma, a vast concours of people having
assembled to pay their last respects to this grand old lady, the funeral
being conducted by three of her grandsons, Revs. D.A., S.M., and John O.
Ensor, assisted by Rev. J.A. Harris.
d/o William Simon Shanks, VA & Margaret "Peggy" Maddux, VA
DC# Vol. 44, pg. 366, 11th Civil Dist., Putnam Co., TN. Cause of Death: Died
of Catarrh of Bowels. No doctor in attendance. Age: 88 yrs., 4 months, 15
days. States her parents as: Margret Horton Maddux, VA & Simon Shanks, VA.
Informant: William Carr, Silver Point, TN. Undertaker: Joseph Carr. Burial
23 May 1920.
Margaret Ellen Shanks was born January 7, 1832. Professed religion in
October 1849, and joined the Methodist Church about the close of the Civil
War. She was married to Thomas Jefferson Evans June 22, 1850, being in her
18th year. They lived happily together 12 years and 11 months; six children
being born to them, five girls and one boy. Her husband enlisted in the War
in Oct. 1861, and lived only until the 17th of the following April, he
having taken sick in camps at Tullahoma, TN where he died and was buried.
Thus she was left to battle through life alone with five little children to
support, the oldest being only nine years old, and the baby being not a year
old. One little girl died just before the father's death. Margaret died May
22, 1920, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Carr, three miles below
Boma, her three surviving children, Simon Obadiah "Bud" Evans, Mrs. Carr,
and Mrs. W. E. Jared, being with her. She was in her 89th year, and leaves a
great number of descendents, over 200 in number, besides many other
relatives, who will miss her friendly counsel and her lifelong example of
industry and thrift.
Her remains were laid to rest Sunday in the lot that she had selected in the
beautiful Smellage Cemetery near Boma, a vast concours of people having
assembled to pay their last respects to this grand old lady, the funeral
being conducted by three of her grandsons, Revs. D.A., S.M., and John O.
Ensor, assisted by Rev. J.A. Harris.
d/o William Simon Shanks, VA & Margaret "Peggy" Maddux, VA
DC# Vol. 44, pg. 366, 11th Civil Dist., Putnam Co., TN. Cause of Death: Died
of Catarrh of Bowels. No doctor in attendance. Age: 88 yrs., 4 months, 15
days. States her parents as: Margret Horton Maddux, VA & Simon Shanks, VA.
Informant: William Carr, Silver Point, TN. Undertaker: Joseph Carr. Burial
23 May 1920.
October 1849, and joined the Methodist Church about the close of the Civil
War. She was married to Thomas Jefferson Evans June 22, 1850, being in her
18th year. They lived happily together 12 years and 11 months; six children
being born to them, five girls and one boy. Her husband enlisted in the War
in Oct. 1861, and lived only until the 17th of the following April, he
having taken sick in camps at Tullahoma, TN where he died and was buried.
Thus she was left to battle through life alone with five little children to
support, the oldest being only nine years old, and the baby being not a year
old. One little girl died just before the father's death. Margaret died May
22, 1920, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Carr, three miles below
Boma, her three surviving children, Simon Obadiah "Bud" Evans, Mrs. Carr,
and Mrs. W. E. Jared, being with her. She was in her 89th year, and leaves a
great number of descendents, over 200 in number, besides many other
relatives, who will miss her friendly counsel and her lifelong example of
industry and thrift.
Her remains were laid to rest Sunday in the lot that she had selected in the
beautiful Smellage Cemetery near Boma, a vast concours of people having
assembled to pay their last respects to this grand old lady, the funeral
being conducted by three of her grandsons, Revs. D.A., S.M., and John O.
Ensor, assisted by Rev. J.A. Harris.
d/o William Simon Shanks, VA & Margaret "Peggy" Maddux, VA
DC# Vol. 44, pg. 366, 11th Civil Dist., Putnam Co., TN. Cause of Death: Died
of Catarrh of Bowels. No doctor in attendance. Age: 88 yrs., 4 months, 15
days. States her parents as: Margret Horton Maddux, VA & Simon Shanks, VA.
Informant: William Carr, Silver Point, TN. Undertaker: Joseph Carr. Burial
23 May 1920.
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