Samuel Shellabarger Jr.:
Born: December 10, 1817
Birthplace: Enon Ohio
Father: Samuel Shellabarger Jr. 1787 – 1850
(Buried: Mud Run Cemetery Clark County Ohio)
Mother: Bethany Ann McCurdy 1787 – 1872
(Buried: Mud Run Cemetery Clark County Ohio)
Wife: Elizabeth Brandriff 1820 – 1914
(Buried: Ferncliff Cemetery Springfield Ohio)
Children:
Anna A. Shellabarger 1853 – 1907
(Buried: Ferncliff Cemetery Springfield Ohio)
Robert Rodgers Shellabarger 1859 – 1889
(Buried: Ferncliff Cemetery Springfield Ohio)
Elizabeth "Libby" Shellabarger 1862 – 1889
(Buried: Ferncliff Cemetery Springfield Ohio)
Political Party: Republican Party
Education:
1841: Graduated Miami University (Ohio)
Occupation before War:
1846 – 1861: Attorney in Springfield Ohio
1852 – 1853: Ohio State Representative
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: United States Congressman from Ohio
1861 – 1863: Member House Interior Department Expenditures Committee
1861 – 1863: Member House Private Land Claims Committee
1862: Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress
1863 – 1865: Attorney in Springfield Ohio
1865 – 1869: United States Congressman from Ohio
1865 – 1867: Member of House Civil Service Committee
1865 – 1869: Member of House Elections Committee
1865 – 1867: Member of House State Department Expenditures Committee
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1869: United States Congressman from Ohio
1865 – 1867: Member of House Civil Service Committee
1865 – 1869: Member of House Elections Committee
1865 – 1867: Member of House State Department Expenditures Committee
1868: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress.
1869: United States Minister to Portugal
1871 – 1873: United States Congressman from Ohio
1871 – 1873: Chairman House Interstate an Foreign Commerce Committee
1874 – 1875: Member of United States Civil Service Commission
1875 – 1896: Attorney in Washington D.C.
Died: August 7, 1896
Place of Death: Washington D.C.
Age at time of Death: 78 years old
Burial Place: Ferncliff Cemetery Springfield Ohio
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