Shanklin - Thomas C.
Source: Beckwith, H.W. History of Montgomery County, Indiana. Chicago: HH Hill, 1881 p 436
SHANKLIN, T.C., farmer, merchant and preacher, Linden, is one
of Montgomery County's early native pioneers. His parents,
Johnson and Elizabeth Shanklin, settled in Wayne Twp. previous to
1830, where the subject of this memoir was b. in 1831. His
parents were natives of Ky, and prior to their settlement in this
County they lived in Laurence (sic) Co, this state. His maternal
grandfather was killed in the Indian War of the NW. His paternal
grandfather was a prominent member of the Presbyterian Church at
Crawfordsville, and took a very active part in behalf of the
Wabash College while it was in its infancy.
Mr. Shanklin was married in
1854 to Mary HAYES, daughter of Edgar & Unas Hayes, both of
whom were natives of NY; the former was the first to enter the
land in Laurence Co, this state. By this union he has one child,
John A, now married and lives on his father's farm of 117 acres
and a fraction, located one mi. W. of Linden. Mr. Shanklin, like most
boys reared in this country in the first half of the present
century, enjoyed but few educational advantages, but being of a
literary turn of mind he prosecuted these advantages so far as
circumstances would permit, and as a result acquired a fair book
education. He and his wife are leading members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Linden, and since 1858 he has been local
preacher in the Church. His political views are purely
republican.
During the war he was a member of the Home Guards,
and did service in repelling Morgan from Indiana. He is at
present sec. of the IOOF [Independent Order of Odd Fellows] at Linden. Mr. S. is a man who has risen
by his own exertion, a citizen in whom all have explicit
confidence. No one is more ready to give aid to that which will
benefit present or future society by inculcating a more strict
regard for the principles of mortality and moral teaching.
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Source: Atlas of Montgomery County. (Chicago: Beers, 1878) p 51
SHANKLIN, Thomas C (Rev), the subject of this sketch is the
son of John and Elizabeth Shanklin, natives of Kentucky, who
located in Wayne Township in 1828, and now resides on Sec. 9 of
Wayne. His father's family was composed of 8 children, five are
now living: Andrew S; John W; Thomas C; Elizabeth M; now Mrs. F.
M. SUTTON ; Susan M, now Mrs. James SANDERS ; Nancy A, died April
1855; aged 26; James H, died in 1872 aged 40; Sarah E, died May
1848 aged 13 years. Thomas C. was born June 21, 1831; his boyhood
days were spent in Summer helping on the farm and in Winter
attending the district school. Thus, his life passed, until he
became nearly 21 years of age, when his father gave him the
privilege of working for himself; for the next two years he
labored in harvesting, attending school and teaching; April 13,
1854, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary HAYES, daughter of
Elijah and Eunice Hayes of Wayne Township; the result of this
union was the birth of one child John A, born Jan 27, 1855. After
his marriage, Mr. Shanklin followed farming, first renting and
finally purchasing a farm in Wayne Township, upon which he lived
until the Fall of 1866, when he located in Linden, his present
home, and engaged in general merchandising, in company with
George H. ALEXANDER ; at the end of one year, Mr. Shanklin bought
the whole stock and continued in the sale of good, save at
intervals, until in August 1875. Having purchased a farm about
one mile W. of Linden, he has, in connection with his son John,
been turning his attention to farming and stock raising for the
last two years. In religion, Mr. Shanklin is a Methodist, he
having been converted at the age of 19, at Asbury Chapel, on
Newtown Circuit, under the pastoral charge of Rev. DOUD. In 1857,
Mr. John Shanklin was licensed as an exhorter, and one year later
as a local preacher, which position he has held ever since with
credit to himself and the cause he represents. For about two
years he traveled as a regular supply in the conference work.