Carroll-Cass County IN Archives Biographies.....Shanks, Vivaldy A. 1858 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

VIVALDY A. SHANKS.

   There is more room for profit-making on a farm than any other line to which
the average man could direct his attention, all things considered. One does not
enter upon any business enterprise with any expectation of satisfactory results,
unless he has a sound basis, either financially or the demands of the
surrounding territory, and in most instances the continued daily expenses are
far greater accordingly than those on a farm.

   Vivaldy A. Shanks, farmer, on route No. 1, Flora, Indiana, and the proprietor
of the "Locust Grove Farm," consisting of one hundred and sixty-four acres, was
born on February 17, 1858, in Cass county, Indiana, and is a son of Moses and
Emily (Blue) Shanks. He grew to young manhood in Carrollton township, where he
attended the district schools. He was married at the age of thirty-two years,
and started out in life with some money in his own name. His present productive
farm is located five miles east and one mile north of Flora. Mr. Shanks has
always been a stanch Democrat, and has taken an active part in local politics,
as well as in the politics of the county. Fraternally, he is a member of Flora
Lodge No. 605, Free and Accepted Masons.

   Moses Shanks, father of our subject was born in Ohio, and came to Indiana as
a young man, and settled in Cass county. He had no funds when he began farming
for himself, but soon saved enough to venture upon the purchase of one hundred
and sixty acres, which he paid for unaided. Politically, he was a Democrat, and
his religious sympathies were with the Hard-shell Baptists, of which church he
was a liberal supporter. To Moses and Emily (Blue) Shanks were born eight
children, seven of whom were living in 1915, Hezekiah, a retired farmer living
at Camden, Indiana; Minerva, who became the wife of Hamilton Ogleson, and lives
in Washington township; Wilson Shanks, a farmer of Washington township; Lambert,
who also follows fanning, and lives in Rock Creek township; V. A. Shanks; Delia,
who became the wife of Hiram Wallace, and lives in Jackson township, and Artemus
Shanks, a farmer in Jackson township.

   Vivaldy A. Shanks was united in marriage, February 19, 1899, to Minnie
Mabbitt, daughter of John M. and Margaret (Martin) Mabbitt. She was born on
April 7, 1864, at Logansport, Indiana. The children born to this union are: Ona
M., a graduate of both the public and high schools, and is now the wife of Harry
Spitler; June, a graduate of the high school, is single and lives at home; Ray
is also a high school graduate, and is assisting his father on the farm; Bright
is a graduate of the Flora high school, and is at present a student in primary
work at Indianapolis, Indiana.

   Mr. and Mrs. Shanks are living a life of quiet simplicity on their farm, away
from the noise and bustle of city activity, and fully appreciate their privilege
in being thus circumstanced.


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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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