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JOHN W. SHENK
SHENK, JOHN W., Attorney, Los Angeles, California, was born February 7, 1875, at Shelbourne, Vermont, the son of Rev. J. W. Shenk and of Susanna C. Shenk. He married Lenah R. Custer, June 19, 1907, at South Pasadena, California.
Mr. Shenk attended the common schools of Central City and Omaha, Nebraska, whither his parents moved in his childhood. He graduated from the Omaha High School in 1895. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated from that institution in 1900. He took his law course at the University of Michigan.
He learned the printer’s trade and was foreman of a print shop in Omaha. He went to Los Angeles in September, 1900, and was admitted to the California bar in October, 1903. He was chosen Deputy City Attorney in 1906, and elected City Attorney, August 10, 1910. He was re-elected City Attorney December 5, 1911.
He enlisted in the Spanish-American War, being a member of Company K, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was with General Nelson A. Miles in the invasion of Porto (sic) Rico. He belongs to the Union League Club of Los Angeles, San Gabriel County Club, is a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner.
Transcribed 7-23-09
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 320,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2009 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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