William A Shannon

1815 - 1898

• Name	William A Shannon
  Born	5 Aug 1815	Livingston Co., NY
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Dec 1898	Augusta, Butler Co., KS   [1]
  Person ID	I362	Seaver-Bilyeu-Lowell
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Samuel Shannon,   b. 9 Apr 1791, Northumberland, Northumberland Co., PA ,   d. 28 May 1849, Dansville, Livingston Co., NY
  Mother	Sarah Sloam Beigel / Pickell,   b. 16 Sep 1795, York, York Co., PA ,   d. 1 Jul 1880, Dansville, Livingston Co., NY
  Married	14 Feb 1814	Muncy, Northumberland Co., PA
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Hannah Mary Miner,   b. 3 Jul 1813, North Stonington, New London Co., CT ,   d. Abt 25 Mar 1894, Augusta, Butler Co., KS
  Married	25 Mar 1840	Hamburg, Calhoun Co., IL   [2]
  Children	> 1. Francis Elnora Shannon,   b. 1848, IL ,   d. 1 Jan 1935 > 2. Samuel Asher Shannon,   b. Abt 1845, IL   3. Frank H Shannon,   b. Abt 1858, KS
  Family ID	F121	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Aug 1815 - Livingston Co., NY Married - 25 Mar 1840 - Hamburg, Calhoun Co., IL Died - 26 Dec 1898 - Augusta, Butler Co., KS  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  From William G. Cutler's "History of the State of Kansas" (Butler Co) online at http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/ CAPT. W. A. SHANNON is a native of New York, and was born in Livingston County, August 5, 1816. When twenty years of age he came West, and engaged in steamboating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, eventually settling at Hamburg, Ills., where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1851, when he removed to St. Louis, carrying on business in that city up to 1855, when he became identified with the interests of Leavenworth, Kan., five years. He came down to Breckenridge, now Lyon County, and engaged in farming on Dow Creek. Here he was set upon by the noted Quantrell in one of his raids, and deprived of all his available effects. Mr. S. immediately went to Fort Scott, and entered the United States service, being appointed Deputy Property Clerk in the Quartermaster's department, and commissioned Captain of the employees in this department, who were regularly organized and drilled. In this capacity he served until the close of the war. He settled at Fort Scott, and was elected Clerk of the District Court, holding the office two terms. In 1870 he was appointed by President Grant, Receiver of Public Money for the Arkansas Land District, and that year came to Augusta, where the land office was established. When the land office was removed to Wichita two years latter, Mr. S. resigned, and since that time has held the office of Justice of the Peace in connection with operating a large tract of land. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders. Of the latter he has been P. G., R. S. G. in U. S. For the past ten years he has been secretary of the Masonic lodge in Augusta. In the I. O. O. F. he was prominently connected with establishing the order in Kansas, and had the honor of calling to order the first lodge in the State, which is known as Leavenworth No. 2, of Leavenworth, Kan. In organizing lodges in Northeastern Kansas in those primitive days, Mr. S. traveled by team from town to town, and did as much in establishing lodges as any man in the State. He is a member of the G. A. R. and Quartermaster of the I. E. King Post No. 105. He was married in Hamburg, Ill., to Miss H. Mary Miner. By this union they have three children, now living.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5408] IOOF Death Notice, Western Star Lodge no. 81 (Augusta, KS), 26 Dec 1898. From Kansas State Historical Society online database of Death Notices of Members of Fraternal Orders. [S5406] Calhoun Co., IL, marriage records.