Edgar Co. IL Biographies - D. H. Shank
Surname: Shank, Steel, Hawkins

Submitter: Tracy Smith
EMAIL: tjpblshr@phnx.uswest.net
DATE: Jun 29 2000


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From the book, "History of Edgar County, Illinois, 1879":


D. H. SHANK, farmer; P. O. Paris; is the son of George H. and Rebecca
(Hawkins) Shank; he was born in Greene Co., Ohio, Sept. 22, 1844; here he
was raised and received his education, graduating at the Miami Commercial
College in 1863. During the late war, he went as a soldier in the service of
his country. He was married Sept. 29, 1864, to miss Mary J. Steel. In 1866,
he came to Edgar Co. and began farming and manufacturing tile; he
manufactured the first tile of the county; he has a nice little farm of
eighty acres, well cultivated and improved. Their family consisting of five
children, named as follows--Carrie E., John A., Jessie S., Nellie M. and
Nettie E.