Carroll-Cass County IN Archives Biographies.....Shanks, James Q. (or O.) 1872 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JAMES Q. [sic] SHANKS.

   In a brief sketch, it is impossible to give more than a faint outline of the
history of James O. Shanks, a representative citizen of Carroll county.

   James O. Shanks, farmer, Camden, Washington township, Carroll county, was
born August 27, 1872, in Deer Creek township, Cass county, Indiana, and is a son
of Henry and Mary (Blue) Shanks. He was reared in Carroll county and attended
the district schools of Washington township. At the age of twenty-one years, he
started out on his own responsibility, buying a farm of forty acres at Deer
Creek, to which he later added forty acres more, and has continued to prosper
until he now owns a fine tract of one hundred and twenty acres. Mr. Shanks has
always voted the Democratic ticket, but has never taken an active part in
politics, his time and attention being devoted entirely to his general farming
interests and his stock, of which he keeps only the best grades of the different
kinds. His farm has been improved with, a good class of buildings, and is well
drained. Mr. Shanks, with the assistance of his wife and family, has made the
most of what he now owns.

   Henry Shanks was born in Butler county, Ohio, and is a son of John Shanks.
His wife was Mary (Blue) Shanks. Mr. Shanks was an active supporter of
Democratic principles, and an earnest member of the Baptist church, to which he
contributed liberally. This union was blest with eleven children: L. P., a
farmer, residing in Washington township; Margaret, who became the wife of
William Snider, and is now deceased; Anna was married to Jasper Fouts, and lives
at Deer Creek, Indiana; John U., is president of the Farmers State Bank at
Camden, Indiana; Sarah J. Shanks became the wife of Charles Snider, and lives in
Carroll county; William H. follows agriculture in Jackson township; Mary F. was
married to William McCluskey and lives in Cass county, Indiana; James O., the
subject; Melvina died young; Nora B. became the wife of John Hummell, of Cass
county, Indiana, and David, a farmer in Jackson township.

   John Shanks, the paternal grandfather, settled in Carroll county as early as
1830, locating near Delphi, Indiana, and entered land in Jackson township, near
Camden. He was a public-spirited man, and was for several years superintendent
of the Carroll county infirmary. His land was situated half a mile east of Deer
Creek, and while living on this farm, Mr. Shanks met with the loss of his wife,
after which he went to Missouri to live with his son, where he died and was
buried. He was the father of a large family of children, only one of whom was
living in 1915, Robert Shanks, who now resides in Missouri. Mr. Shanks was a
Democrat, and gave liberally to the Baptist church, of which he was a member.

   James O. Shanks was united in marriage, September 1, 1897, with Miss
Charlotte Yerkes, daughter of Henry and Mary Yerkes. She was born May 28, 1876,
in Washington township, where she was reared, educated and married. They have
three living children: Coy C., a graduate of the public schools; Ione, who
graduated from the public school in 1915, and Lowell C., aged nine years. Mrs.
Shanks is an earnest member of the Presbyterian church at Deer Creek, Indiana.

   Mr. Shanks enjoys the sincere regard of all who know him, and is considered
an upright and earnest worker for the best interests of his community. His
attractive home farm, located on route number 2, Camden, Indiana, is known as
the "Black Mud Farm," and is one of the profit-making farms of the township.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

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