HON. S. 0. SHATTUCK
                Lake Charles, Calcasieu Par., LA


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Source: Southwest Louisiana Historical and Biographical by William Henry Perrin
published in 1891; page 193.
Typed by Margaret Rentrop Moore


HON. S. 0. SHATTUCK, Lake Charles. - Hon. S. 0. Shattuck is a native of Miami
county, Ohio, born 1850. He is the son of Benjamin F. and Eleanor (Manson)
Shattuck. Before the war Benjamin F. Shattuck was a sugar planter, but since
that time until his death in 1884, he was engaged in the timber business at Lake
Charles. Mrs. Shattuck is still living. She is the sister of Gen.'Manson, of
Indiana, who was a distinguished Federal soldier, and later Lieutenant Governor
of Indiana.
The subject of this sketch received his education in New Orleans. At the age of
sixteen he left school and was engaged with his father in the timber business
until he had attained his majority. Subsequently he taught school at
Lake Charles and different places in Calcasieu parish; 1880-84 He was a member
of the parish school board. In 1884 he was elected a member of the legislature
from Calcasieu parish, and since that time has represented his parish in that
body. During his term of service he has at different times been a member of the
educational committee, committees on fish and fishery, and claims;  he is at
present chairman of the committee on corporations. He is also a member of five
other committees, among which is the committee on ways and means. Mr.
Shattuck's services in the Legislature have given him a State reputation. lie is
the originator of the measure providing for the rechartering of the Louisiana
State Lottery.
Mr. Shattuck married in 1872 Miss Huldah Rion of this parish. They are the
parents of five children, two sons and three daughters. Mr. Shattuck is a
prominent Mason and has been master of the lodge. He is C. C. of the K. of P.
lodge of this place. He is the the Dictator in the K. of H., and Past Master
Workman in the A. 0. U. W., also Vice Commander in the, American Legion of
Honor, and Past Chief Templar of the I. 0. G. T.