General Information

Birth
30 SEP 1889
West Fork, Washiington County, Arkansas
Death
7 MAY 1969
Brea, Orange County, California

Notes

Robert was born with the name of John Milton Shanks. Sometime in the 1900's he began to go by Bob or Robert. In the 1900 census for Washington Co., AR, he is shown living with his parents and listed as John M. In 1910 he is shown living in two households, his father's where he is listed as John M and with a brother where he is listed as Bob. At his marriage to Mattie Hanna in 1912, he used the name Bob, but in his WWI draft record he used John Milton Shanks. Starting with the 1920 census, he used only Robert or Bob for the rest of his life.

Parents

John Wesley Shanks
- Father
1858 - 1943
Birth
28 JUL 1858
Sullivan County, Tennessee
Death
1 MAR 1943
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
Sarah Elizabeth Loftin
- Mother
1865 - 1949
Birth
26 DEC 1865
West Fork, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
12 APR 1949
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
14 APR 1949
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas