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John

M. Shannon

Birth Date:

March 23, 1840

Birth Location:

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Death Date:

April 2, 1862

Death Location:

Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee

Burial:

Jones Cemetery (Beaver Creek)
Rural Papineau, Illinois

Parents
Father
William Shannon
(1815-1889)
Mother
Cynthia Metzler
(1820-1892)
Siblings (in birth order)
1
John M.
Shannon

1840-1862
2
William H.
Shannon

1844-1918
3
Richard
Shannon
1848-?
4
Catherine
Shannon
1852-?
5
Francis
Shannon
1855-?
6
Matilda
Shannon
1860-?
7
Robert J.
Shannon

1864-1884
8
Alfred
Shannon
1867-?
               
Notes
Franklin elisted to serve in the Union Army on October 23, 1861.
He served in Company Battery E of the 1st Illinois Light Artillery Division (a.k.a. "Waterhouse's Battery").  He is believed to have died in Tennessee just prior to the Battle of Shiloh.

  

 

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