William T. Shannon

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Husband William T. Shannon ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1827 - County Down, Ireland
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         Father: Robert Shannon (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Essie Murry (      -      ) 2

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1 M Robert Shannon ¹

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2 M Dr. S. F. Shannon ¹

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General Notes: Husband - William T. Shannon

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He was educated in his native home, came to America in 1843, at the age of sixteen years, clerked in New Castle, Pennsylvania, till 1847, and then located in Pittsburgh. He clerked for Thomas White & Brothers, was next with Charles Arbuthnot for thirty-five years, five years as clerk and thirty years as partner, engaged in wholesale notions and dry goods. In 1882, after a successful career, they dissolved partnership, and his son Robert was taken into the business, the firm becoming W. T. Shannon & Son. Mr. Shannon resided in Pittsburgh till 1873, when he removed to Edgeworth.

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 737.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 554.