Parsons, Col. William and Shiach, W. S.  "An Illustrated History of Umatilla
County and of Morrow County." Spokane, WA: W. H. Lever, 1902. p. 471.
 
WILLIAM H. SHANNON

     Among the young farmers whose strong hands are taking up the work laid down
by that worthy class of pioneers now passing away, none will be found to surpass
in skill, industry and real intrinsic worth the stanch product of the occident
whose name appears above. Born on May 16, 1881, in Walla Walla. Washington, to
Patrick H. and Julia ( Bartol) Shannon, he knows no home but the west, and is a
son of whom the west may justly be proud. His father came from New York state to
the Willamette valley early in the sixties and engaged in the cattle business as
a stock buyer. Later he came to Umatilla, and from there he went to Walla Walla,
Washington, all the time buying and selling cattle. After living in this last
place for several years he came again to Umatilla county and bought the place
where our subject now lives. Here he continued to reside until April 18, 1898,
when he was called to pass the river of death to the scenes of eternity. Upon
the old home place, which he inherited from his father, William H. Shannon has
continued to reside, and has farmed it in a manner becoming to a skilled
husbandman, as the fine returns of thirty bushels per acre annually of number
one wheat testify. He owns four hundred and sixty acres of excellent wheat land,
but his energy pushes to greater fields and he rents as much more. The farm is
embellished with all tasty and substantial improvements commensurate with its
fertility and extent, such as a fine two-story residence, good, large barns,
orchards and all outbuildings, etc.
     On January 20, 1901, Mr. Shannon and Miss Audrey L. Smith, daughter of
Lawrence M. and Mary A. (Mulkey) Smith, were united in the holy bonds of
matrimony. In the social world our subject is as popular as elsewhere, being a
member of the Woodmen of the World and the Maccabees. Among the many worthy
young citizens of Umatilla county there are none with brighter prospects than
Mr. Shannon, whose natural talent, supplemented by a good education obtained in
his home county, and whose real integrity, coupled with industry and good
judgment, are sure to win no small success in the field of operations where he
is so wisely bestowing them.
 


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in December 2010 by Diana Smith.
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above.