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Life Summary
Full name
John Peter Cleaver Shanks
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
3
No. of Children
3
Friends
Family
Michael Hall Shanks (father), Martha Beeson Cleaver Shanks (mother), Huldah Hearn (first wife - died 1852), Deborah Jane Wilson (second wife), Magdalene Oswalt (third wife)
Occupation
Politician
Military
Attorney or Judge
Businessman
Journalist
Political Parties
Republican
Government
US House of Representatives
State legislature
Other state government
Military
Union Army
