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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:
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Jones Cemetery (Beaver Creek)
Rural Papineau, Illinois |
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Parents |
Father
William Shannon
(1815-1889) |
Mother
Cynthia Metzler
(1820-1892) |
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Notes |
Franklin elisted to serve in the Union Army on
, 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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