House  1893-94  (District 31)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Hennepin
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            7/4/1856
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Duncan Falls, Ohio
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Muskingum
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            ??/??/1918 (uncertain)
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Presbyterian
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
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                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Minneapolis
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Practicing Law
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Muskingum County Common Schools, Ohio; Elementary School; 
Muskingum College, Ohio; College Graduate; Classical Course, 1876
Michigan University, Law Department; Law Degree; 1882
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                            
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Frances V. Shellabarger (married on October 30, 1884)
                                    Children: 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He was of English ancestry.
He was born on a farm near Duncan Falls, Ohio.
He came to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1883.
He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Religion provided by Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897.