This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HANKS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZMB.2ACI/1897 Message Board Post: Research question: Did Franklin Buford and Emily (nee Lewis) HANKS (born in Maury Co. Tennessee and fled to Illinois in 1863) leave Jackson Co. IL in mid-1880's and settle in Christian Co. MO where Franklin's father, Thomas Pembiny Hanks and his 2nd wife (Sarah A. Brown Hanks), and their children were living at the time? (Thomas P. Hanks family left TN in 1857 and settled in what became Christian Co. MO.) Seeking living descendants of Thos. P. Hanks who might be able to assist with the above question and/or provide additional information on Thomas P. Hanks families.