Harry Eugene Shannon 1895 - 1979

SHANNON, RUMMELLS, HECHTNER, COYNER

Posted By: Mike Appleby (email)
Date: 7/31/2008 at 13:12:11

Harry Eugene Shannon was born 14 Dec 1895, in Nichols, Muscatine, Iowa to Robert Thomas and Caroline (Hechtner) Shannon. He married Amanda Emma Rummells on 29 Oct 1919 in Nichols, Muscatine, Iowa, , daughter of Josiah Walker "Silas" and Della Mae (Coyner) Rummells, Jr.

He attended school in Nichols and was a member of the Nichols Band. He attended the University of Iowa, in pre-med, but left school to join the U.S. Navy during WW I. He returned home in 1918, when his father, Robert Thomas Shannon, died of the Spanish Flu and he had to help support the family.

Harry and Amanda had two daughters - Virginia Norine (19 Mar 1921, Nichols) and Evelyn Elaine (10 Mar 1922, Nichols).

He owned Duratile of Waterloo, a commercial and retail flooring company, from 1948 until retiring in 1965.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church and a 32nd degree member of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.

He was my maternal grandfather.