STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1901

JOHN R. SHANK, 27 Feb 1819 - 09 Jan 1901

   John R. Shank was born in Lancaster county, Pa., Feb. 27, 1819, 
and died at his home in Angola, Indiana, January 9, 1901, aged 81 
years, 10 months and 9 days.
   Mr. Shank came to Indiana about 1846, and June 11, 1848, in Wayne 
county, this state, was united in marriage with Polly Lizear, who 
survives him.  To them four children were born, of whom two are 
still living, Daniel and Henry A. Shank, both of our community.  The 
bereaved have the loving thought and sympathy of a wide circle of 
friends who hold Father Shank in kindest memory.  Funeral occurred 
at the home in Angola, Indiana, Friday, Jan. 11, Elder C. S. 
Medbury, officiating.  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   John R. Shank, 27 Feb 1819 - 09 Jan 1901, married Mary (Lizar) 
Shank (Polly Lizear in the obituary), 10 Aug 1832 - 24 Apr 1913. 

CHILDREN:

   Daniel Jacob Shank, 19 Apr 1849 - 31 Jan 1938, married Malinda C. 
(Dague) Shank, 10 Mar 1853 - 18 Jan 1918.
   Maria A. (Shank) Straw, 05 Jun 1850 - 28 Jan 1871, 1st wife of 
George W. Straw, 10 Nov 1841 - 07 Nov 1915.
   Henry A. Shank, 1853 - 1935, married Ida V. (Wilson) Shank, 1859 
- 1937.
All of the above are buried at Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Steuben 
county, Indiana, except Maria and George Straw who are buried at 
Fremont Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. II, pages 1622, 1623, 1624, 1767, 1768.
Steuben Republican, "City of the Dead" article, 23 Sep 1893.

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net