JAMES FRANKLIN SHINN.
(Twenty-third District.—Counties: Anson, Davidson, Stanly, and Union. Two Senators.)
James Franklin Shinn, Democrat, of Stanly County, Senator from Twenty-third District, was born in Cabarrus County, N. C, 1867. Son of Thomas Jefferson and Mary Charlotte (Smith) Shinn. Was educated at Union Institute, 1889. Monroe High School, 1890-1891. B.A. of Trinity College, 1893. Manager manufacturing plant. Superintendent Concord Graded School, 1893-1897. Chairman Stanly Board of Education since 1906. Jr. O. U. A. M.; Knight of Pythias; Mason. Methodist. Married Miss Annette Corinne Harris, 1898. Four children. Address: Norwood, N. C.
(Source: North Carolina Manual. 1919. Published by the North Carolina Historical Commission.
