Shanks, John Peter Cleaver

Life Span
to
    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 Siblings
    7
    No. of Spouses
    3
    No. of Children
    4
    Family

    Michael Hall Shanks (father), Martha Beeson Cleaver Shanks (mother), Deborah Jane Wilson (first wife, died 1852 - one child), Hulda Hearn (second wife, died 1885 - two children), Magdelene Oswalt (third wife - one child).

    Occupation
    Politician
    Military
    Attorney or Judge
    Other
    Other Occupation
    Carpenter
    Political Parties
    Republican
    Government
    US House of Representatives
    State legislature
    Local government
    Military
    Union Army
    How to Cite This Page: "Shanks, John Peter Cleaver," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/46982.