John Peter Cleaver Shanks
Born: June 17, 1826
Birthplace: Martinsburg, Virginia (West Virginia)
Father: Michael Shanks 1782 – 1867
(Buried: Green Park Cemetery, Portland, Indiana)
Mother: Martha Beeson Cleaver 1800 – 1879
1st Wife: Deborah Wilson – 1852
2nd Wife: Hulda Hearn 1832 – 1885
3rd Wife: Magdelena M. Oswalt 1851 – 1933
(Buried: Green Park Cemetery, Portland, Indiana)
Children:
John C. M. Shanks 1857 – 1917
Cassius Marcellus Clay Shanks 1860 – 1922
Topin Shanks 1890 – 1919
(Buried: Green Park Cemetery, Portland, Indiana)
Political Party: Republican Party
Occupation before War:
1849 – 1850: Attorney in Portland, Indiana
1850 – 1851: Jay County, Indiana Prosecuting Attorney
1851 – 1861: Attorney in Portland, Indiana
1855: Indiana State Representative
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: United States Congressman from Indiana
1861 – 1863: Member of House Agriculture Committee
1861 – 1863: Member of House Private Land Claims Committee
1861 – 1862: Colonel and Aide to Major General John C. Fremont
1862 – 1863: Colonel and Aide in United States Army
1862: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress
1863 – 1864: Colonel of 7th Indiana Cavalry Regiment
1864: Appointed Brevet Brigadier General by President Lincoln
1864 – 1865: Brigade Commander Department of Mississippi
1865: United States Confirmed him Brevet Brigadier General
1865: Mustered out of the Union Army on September 19th
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1867: Attorney in Portland, Indiana
1867 – 1875: United States Congressman from Indiana
1867 – 1869: Member of House Indian Affairs Committee
1867 – 1869: Member of House Militia Committee
1868: Voted in support of Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
1869 – 1871: Chairman of House Militia Committee
1869 – 1871: Member of House Freedmen’s Bureau Committee
1869 – 1871: Member of House Indian Affairs Committee
1871 – 1875: Chairman of House Indian Affairs Committee
1875 – 1901: Attorney in Portland, Indiana
1879: Indiana State Representative
Died: January 23, 1901
Place of Death: Portland, Indiana
Age at time of Death: 74 years old
Burial Place: Green Park Cemetery, Portland, Indiana
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