Brief Life History of Quincy Gilmore
When Quincy Gilmore Shannon was born on 4 April 1858, in Connoquenessing, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Leroy Shannon, was 39 and his mother, Margaret Cabel, was 33. He married Anna Julia Critchlow on 10 January 1888, in Slippery Rock Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Connoquenessing Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 10 September 1935, in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Quincy G Shannon in household of John L Shannon, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Quincy Gilmore Shannon - Individual or family possessions: birth: 12 April 1858; Connoquenessing Twp, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States
- Gilmore Q. Shannon, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Irish:
shortened form of Shanahan .
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Seanáin ‘descendant of Seanán’, a personal name based on a pet form of seán ‘old’. This Irish surname became established in Scotland in the 14th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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