Shanks Memorial Cemetery

Freestone County, Cemeteries of Texas

Submitted by Jimmy Epperson

Information added by Zandra Beeman Devereux

Cemeteries of Texas coordinator: Dolores I. Bishop

Directions: 3 miles south of Kirvin, on 950 just east of FM 80.

 Historical Marker

Matthew and Robert Shanks of Alabama settled here with their families in 1859. A small farming community developed, and in 1870 a school was built on a one-acre site donated by R.C. Murray. Land beside the schoolyard became a public burial ground, known as Shanks Cemetery after Shanks Postal Office opened in 1896. The earliest recorded burial was Burgess A. Whatley (1854 – 1892). In 1893 G.W Bell deeded another half acre east of the graveyard. The school building was torn down in 1917. Shanks Cemetery Association has maintained the site since 1935.

Typist Note: There are no plot or grave markers for this survey. I have taken the liberty of numbering the listing in order listed to aide in determining the relationship of one grave to another

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Last Name

First Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Comments

- Ausley Eunice King Feb 13 1895 Nov 16 1904 great Aunt of Zandra Beeman Devereux
- Beeman Helen 1880 1971 w/o Robert L. grandparents/o Zandra Beeman Devereux
- Beeman Robert L. 1873 1946 h/o Helen- - grandparents/o Zandra Beeman Devereux
35 Clark Ophelia J. 1909 1999 -
34 Clark Vernon 1904 1989 -
8 Day John Mitchel Jun 10 1848 Jan 10 1940 H/o Mattie Whitten
9 Day Mattie Whitten Dec 19 1852 Feb 10 1920 -
7 Day Ola E. May 30 1888 Sep 23 1968 W/o Wiley Warren
6 Day Wiley Warren Jan 18 1884 Feb 28 1972 H/o Ola
12 Dickens N.E. Jr - Jun 04 1986 Buried with honors from the Veteran’s Administration
30 Emmons Mary Zue Jun 21 1911 Sep 16 1959 -
29 Emmons Richard Raymond Sr Jul 22 1909 Jan 22 2003 H/o Mary Zue Keys
28 Foote Cora Edna Feb 05 1881 May 16 1957 -
5 Jett Robert J. Feb 14 1904 Nov 23 1962 -
27 Keys James Henry Jan 09 1879 Apr 11 1945 -
- King Babe Nov 16 1905 Nov 16 1905 first cousin once removed /o Zandra Beeman Devereux- - Child of R.L. and M.L. King-
- King Elmore Mar 15 1916 Jul 25 1918 first cousin, once removed /o Zandra Beeman Devereux
- King Eula Nov 14 1904 May 04 1922 first cousin, once-removed Zandra Beeman Devereux
- King John Apr 18 1854 Feb 071944 h/o Permelia E. Great grandparents of- Zandra Beeman Devereux
- King Otis C. Oct 18 1894 Sep 16 1976 great uncle /o Zandra Beeman Devereux
- King Permelia E. Nov 19 1860 Apr 05 1930 great grandparents/o Zandra Beeman Devereux
11 King Robert 1883 1951 -
3 Marshall I. Jeff Dec –- 1878 Jan –- 1944 H/o Lucy
4 Marshall Lucy C. Jul 01 1882 - W/o I Jeff
- Moore Arkansas Brooks ND ND great grandparents/o Zandra Beeman Devereux
- Moore Samuel William ND ND great grandparents/o Zandra Beeman Devereux
40 Pierce John W. 1864 1942 -
42 Pierce William M. 1902 1975 -
26 Powell Dora Day Oct –- 1862 Mar 17 1958 -
13 Quarles John T. 1851 1912 -
14 Quarles Martha E. 1855 1940 -
16 Rouse Grace H. Oct 13 1913 Feb 14 1994 -
15 Rouse John I. Jun 24 1909 - -
41 Roy Helen V. 1880 1964 -
18 Sharp Alma I. Mar 05 1909 Jan 06 1981 -
21 Sharp Benjamin F. Sep 13 1860 May 13 1940 -
17 Sharp Claude B. Aug 30 1904 Nov 01 1980 -
24 Sharp Fred Jan 20 1908 Feb 09 1908 -
19 Sharp Haroldean Feb 08 1929 Sep 18 2000 S/o Claude B & Alma I
25 Sharp Henrietta Nov 12 1864 Jun 07 1899 -
10 Sharp Joe Lincoln Feb 06 1906 Dec 13 1982 -
22 Sharp Loucinda C. Mar 10 1873 Jan 24 1912 -
20 Sharp Shirley J. Oct 09 1935 Jan 26 1982 -
23 Sharp Velma May 25 1903 Sep 25 1903 -
1 Simmons Andrew H. - 1940 H/o Fannie
- Smith Estelle Beeman 1902 1980 Aunt/o Zandra Beeman Devereux
- Smith John P. 1889 1967 uncle /o Zandra Beeman Devereux
37 Weaver Elizabeth 1912 1998 -
38 Weaver Elmer L. 1937 1937 -
2 Simmons Fannie - 1935 W/o Andrew
32 Weaver Henryetta 1873 1966 -
39 Weaver Walter E. 1939 1956 -
33 Weaver Walter J. 1901 1943 -
31 Weaver Walter R. 1869 1941 -
36 Weaver William E. 1912 1997 -
43 Whatley Burgess A. 1854 1892 -