John Shannon and Jane [Unk]

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Husband John Shannon ¹

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           Born: Abt 1787 - Maryland
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           Died: 22 Oct 1872 - ? Venango Co, PA 1
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Wife Jane [Unk] ¹

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           Born: Abt 1787 - Maryland
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           Died: 11 Jan 1852 1
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Children

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1 M William M. Shannon ¹

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           Died: Bef 1890
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2 M John Shannon ¹

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3 M Alexander Shannon ¹

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4 F Jane Shannon ¹

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           Born: 30 Apr 1811
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           Died: 12 Nov 1904
         Buried:  - Brandon Cemetery, Cranberry, Venango Co, PA 2

         Spouse: James H. Borland (1820-1878) 3 4

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5 M Maurice Baker Shannon ^{1 5}

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           Born: 3 Feb 1818 - Venango Co, PA 1
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           Died: 8 Jan 1904
         Buried:  - Zion Union Cemetery (Old Zion), Mariasville, Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

         Spouse: Sarah Ann Borland (Abt 1823-1846) 1 5
           Marr: 15 Dec 1842 1 7

         Spouse: Mary C. Singleton (1830-1876) 1
           Marr: 6 Aug 1847 1

         Spouse: Sarah J. Campbell (1836-1913) 1
           Marr: 6 Dec 1877 1

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6 M James Shannon ¹

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7 F Elizabeth Shannon ¹

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8 F Sarah Shannon ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John Shannon

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He came to Venango County, Pennsylvania, in 1817, from Centre County. He was a shoemaker during his early manhood, but followed farming while in Venango County. He cleared up a farm of one hundred acres, and served in the war of 1812. His father was a Revolutionary soldier.

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1112.

2 Kipp Melat, Brandon Cemetery, Cranberry Township, Venango County, PA (Seneca, PA: Self-published, 1979).

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1112, 1141.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 826.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 370.

6 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 4, Richland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1996), Pg 79.

7 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 219.