About Harvey Shannon
Lived 1831 – 1906 (aged 75). Harvey Shannon was an American physician and newspaper publisher.
Harvey Alex Shannon (c. 1831 – May 14, 1906) was an American medical doctor, state legislator, and newspaper publisher in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Biography Harvey Shannon was born in about 1831 near Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. Shannon served as a senior first lieutenant in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War (and commanding during Swett's Mississippi Battery).
He was co-publisher of The Vicksburg Times, established in 1866. He was married on June 4, 1868 to Lucy Vick Irwin of Carroll County, Mississippi.
His brother Fountain E. Pitts Shannon (or F.E.P. Shannon) died of Yellow fever in 1883. Harvey Shannon died on May 14, 1906 in Nashville.
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Who was Harvey Shannon?
American physician (1831–1906)
When was Harvey Shannon born?
Harvey Shannon was born on 18 January 1831 in Davidson County.
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Harvey Shannon died on 14 May 1906 in Nashville.
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Harvey Shannon was a physician and newspaper publisher.
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Harvey Shannon was American.
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