Biographical Sketch of

Edward Shanahan

Transcribed by Robert Schieber

Source: Memorial and Biographical Record and Illustrated Compendium of Biography of Citizens of Columbia, 
Sauk and Adams Counties, Wisconsin, published 1901 by G. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1901, Page 537


Edward Shanahan, a worthy representative of the agricultural interests of Adams county, Wisconsin, now owns and operates 
a fine farm in Dell Prairie township, and is successfully engaged in his chosen occupation.  He was born in Edwardsburg, 
Cass county, Michigan, March 25, 1852, and is the ninth son of Hon. Edward Shanahan.  He acquired his literary education 
in the common, graded and high schools near his boyhood home, and until he attained his majority he worked on his father's 
large farm, where he secured an excellent knowledge of agricultural pursuits.  At the age of twenty-one he began farming 
on his own account upon one of his father's farms, and throughout his active business life has successfully followed that 
vocation.  He raises principally corn and hogs, making specialty of the Poland China breed.  On the 1st of April, 1884, 
he removed to Dell Prairie township, Adams county, where he now owns one hundred and fifty-six acres of land on section 
31, one hundred of which are under a high state of cultivation and well improved.  He has a beautiful home, surrounded 
by lovely grounds, and everything about the place testifies to the skill and enterprise of the owner. 

On the 15th of September, 1880, Mr. Shanahan wedded Miss Mary H. Hanley, who was also born in Edwarsburg, Michigan, 
October 4, 1858, and educated in the common schools of the state.  Her parents, Patrick and Mary Hanley, were natives 
of county Limerick, Ireland, and emigrated to America at an early day, the mother being only a child when she crossed 
the Atlantic.  They located in Michigan.

The Republican party finds in Mr. Shanahan a stanch supporter of its principles, but he has never cared for the honors 
or emoluments of public office, preferring to devote his entire time and attention to his business interests.  As an 
honest, upright and industrious man, he is highly esteemed by his neighbors and friends.  


Transcribed by Robert Schieber






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