John A. Shannon

SHANNON, SMITH, DAILY, FISHER, BONWELL, HARDMAN

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/22/2004 at 21:03:02

John A. Shannon was born near Kingston, in the province of Ontario, in 1826. His parents, John and Samantha (Smith) Shannon, were natives of New York State. Mr. John Shannon was in the war of 1812, and moved to Canada after the close of that war, where he resided till his death. His wife is still living there. John A. Shannon resides on section 36. He purchased his farm of Andrew Daily, of Bremer county, in the spring of 1862, and settled here several years later. Mr. Shannon went to Michigan from Canada in 1852, and came to Butler county in 1856, settling in Clarksville.
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He is a carpenter by trade, and assisted in the construction of many of the older buildings of that village, building Peet’s Hotel and several of the principal residences there. He married Elizabeth Fisher, daughter of Jeremiah Fisher, an early settler of DeKalb county, Illinois. Mrs. Shannon is a native of Clinton county, New York. They have five children, to-wit: Eliza J., wife of William S. Bonwell; Tina, now Mrs. Schuyler Hardman; Bertha, now Mrs. Charles N. Bonwell; Clara and John L. Their farm contains 160 acres.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Pages 583-584