John Findley Shannon and Bessie A. Rice

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Husband John Findley Shannon ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Dec 1854 - Connoquenessing Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: Matthew W. Shannon (1821-      ) 3 4 5
         Mother: Mary Stevenson (      -      ) 5

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       Marriage: 5 Jun 1884 1

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Wife Bessie A. Rice ¹

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         Father: Henry B. Rice (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Catherine [Unk] (      -      ) 6

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Children

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1 M Franklin W. Shannon ¹

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2 M Harry W. Shannon ¹

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3 M Orion F. Shannon ¹

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4 F Myrna M. Shannon ¹

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5 F Cleo B. Shannon ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John Findley Shannon

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He was born in Franklin Twp, Butler Co, PA. [TCHBC, 1112]
He received a good education and taught school for eight years. In 1882 he became a sales-man for W. H. Walters, was railroad agent and assistant postmaster, and sales-man for Thomas Marshall at Mars, and subsequently clerked for Frank Eichholtz, at Saxon Station. In 1888 he purchased the store of A. M. Beers, at Callery, where he carried on a mercantile business. In 1894 the firm became Shannon Brothers. He was appointed postmaster at Callery in 1888, and served until August 15, 1894.

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Notes: Marriage

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They were married June 24, 1884. [TCHBC, 1115]

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1151.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1082, 1112.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 187.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1151, 1183.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1082.

6 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1115.