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William Pinkney Shahan

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William Pinkney Shahan

Birth
Attalla, Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Death
7 Jan 1914 (aged 68)
Burial
Ivalee, Etowah County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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h/o Shahan, Munetta J. Ewing

s/o John Shahan & Editha Frances Chandler

Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974: Name William Pinkney Shahan, Death Date 07 Jan 1914, Death Place Attalla, Etowah, Alabama, Gender Male, Age at Death 68y 3m 4d, Estimated Birth Date 1846, Father's Name John Shahan, Mother's Name Edith Shahan

William P. Shahan was born near Attalla October 3, 1845, and is the son of John and Editha (Chandler) Shahan. He was reared on a farm and educated at the common schools and at Atlanta College. When a young man he taught school some five or six years, and at the age of 25 turned mill-wright. In 1878 he engaged in mercantile business in the country seven miles west of Attalla, in partnership with J. Shahan, now a wholesale grocer at Birmingham; in 1881, associated with M. L. Foster, he engaged in business at Gadsden, and was there for two years. In April, 1886, he started in business at Attalla.
Mr. Shahan began life when a young man without money, but at this time he is rated all the way from $50,000 to $75,000, and is recognized as one of the most successful business men in Northeastern Alabama. He was married February 28, 1876, to Miss Minnie Ewing, of Gadsden, and the five children born to this union are named, respectively: Willie, Whitley, Arthur, Flora and Charley.
John Shahan moved from Georgia to Alabama in 1836, and spent the rest of his life at Chandler, this State He reared a family of four sons and five daughters. He died in 1856. Source: Northern Alabama - Historical and Biographical by Smith & De Land, Birmingham, Ala 1888 - Transcribed by Veneta McKinney
h/o Shahan, Munetta J. Ewing

s/o John Shahan & Editha Frances Chandler

Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974: Name William Pinkney Shahan, Death Date 07 Jan 1914, Death Place Attalla, Etowah, Alabama, Gender Male, Age at Death 68y 3m 4d, Estimated Birth Date 1846, Father's Name John Shahan, Mother's Name Edith Shahan

William P. Shahan was born near Attalla October 3, 1845, and is the son of John and Editha (Chandler) Shahan. He was reared on a farm and educated at the common schools and at Atlanta College. When a young man he taught school some five or six years, and at the age of 25 turned mill-wright. In 1878 he engaged in mercantile business in the country seven miles west of Attalla, in partnership with J. Shahan, now a wholesale grocer at Birmingham; in 1881, associated with M. L. Foster, he engaged in business at Gadsden, and was there for two years. In April, 1886, he started in business at Attalla.
Mr. Shahan began life when a young man without money, but at this time he is rated all the way from $50,000 to $75,000, and is recognized as one of the most successful business men in Northeastern Alabama. He was married February 28, 1876, to Miss Minnie Ewing, of Gadsden, and the five children born to this union are named, respectively: Willie, Whitley, Arthur, Flora and Charley.
John Shahan moved from Georgia to Alabama in 1836, and spent the rest of his life at Chandler, this State He reared a family of four sons and five daughters. He died in 1856. Source: Northern Alabama - Historical and Biographical by Smith & De Land, Birmingham, Ala 1888 - Transcribed by Veneta McKinney


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