Leonard Shannon was born in 1764, in At Sea. He married Jane Walker on 3 January 1793, in Newville, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 5 January 1843, in Connoquenessing, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Prospect, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
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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.
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