Shanklin, John H
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Nov. 2, 1824, in Monroe county, W. Va. For many years he was engaged in educational work; judge of Grundy county, and since 1851 has practiced law Trenton, Mo. He served in the Mexican war; and in 1861 commissioned was division in inspector, with the rank of colonel. He served in the twenty-third regiment Missouri volunteer infantry; subsequently mustered in two battalions of Missouri militia, and in 1862 helped to organize the third regiment Missouri state militia. He was commissioned lieutenant-colonel; and subsequently organized the thirtieth regiment enrolled militia of Missouri; and was commissioned as colonel of the same. He was a member of the constitutional convention which framed the existing constitution of Missouri. In 1869-71 he was president of the Chillicothe and Des Moines City Railroad company. He is president of the Grundy County Coal company; president of the Trenton Handle Manufacturing company; and for many years was president of the Trenton Gas and Electric Light company.