Background
Shanks, William Franklin Gore was born on April 20, 1837 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Sanders and Maria (Gore) Shanks.
Shanks, William Franklin Gore was born on April 20, 1837 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Sanders and Maria (Gore) Shanks.
Educated Louisville, Kentucky.
War correspondent New York Herald, 1861-1865. Editorial writer same, 1865-1867. Managing editor Harper’s Weekly, 1867-1869.
City editor New York Times, 1869.
Foreign editor, 1870-1871, and city editor, 1871-1880, New York Tribune. Editor Daily Star, New York, 1889-1890.
In 1885 organized the National Press Intelligence Company (clipping bureau), of which he is president In 1891 established The Daily and Weekly Bond Buyer, which he owns and edits
Author: Personal Recollections of Distinguished Generals.
A Noble Treason (tragedy). The Ring Master (a novel). Was during war volunteer aide-de-camp (without pay) on staffs of Generals Rousseau and Thomas.
Wounded at battle of Chickamauga.
Home: Brooklyn, New New York
Married Mary R. Lynn, June 24, 1863.