Henry Shank
Henry Shank, deceased.
On the 29th day of July, 1811, in Frederick County, Maryland, Mr. Shank was born. In 1825 he, in company with his father, Christian Shank, migrated to Ohio and located in Montgomery County, where the subject of this sketch married Miss Catharine Woolet March 8, 1832, daughter of Philip and Mary Woolet. Miss Woolet was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1808, and migrated to Montgomery County, Ohio, with her brother in 1826. Mr. and Mrs. Shank settled in Montgomery County, remained until 1856, when they came to Shelby County, purchased and moved on the farm in section 4, Green Township, now owned by his widow, Mrs. Shank, and their two sons, Joseph M. and Henry M., where Mr. Shank died September 3, 1881.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883