Sanks, James

Sanks, James, A minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Anne Arundel County, Md., June 12, 1806, and early removed to Virginia. In 1828 he was received on trial in the Baltimore Conference, where he labored until 1858. when he was transferred to the East Baltimore Conference and placed in charge of the Bellefonte district. In 1862 he was appointed to York, Pa., but soon sank under the influence of disease, and died in the borough of York, Pa., June 4, 1862. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1863, p. 11.