Harvey Alex Shannon (c. 1831—May 14, 1906) was an American medical doctor, state legislator, and newspaper publisher in Vicksburg, Mississippi.[1]
Biography
editHarvey Shannon was born in about 1831 near Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.[2] Shannon served as a senior first lieutenant in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War (and commanding during Swett's Mississippi Battery).[3][4][5]
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.[2]
The 52 acres (21 ha) of land for the Beulah Cemetery in Vicksburg, the first Black cemetery in the city, was purchased in 1884 by Shannon and his wife.[6] The cemetery was associated with the fraternal organization Vicksburg Tabernacle No. 19 Independent Order of Brothers and Sisters of Love and Charity.[6]
His brother Fountain E. Pitts Shannon (or F.E.P. Shannon) died of Yellow fever in 1883.[7] Harvey Shannon died on May 14, 1906 in Nashville.[2]
References
edit- ^ Davis, Jefferson (15 November 2008). The Papers of Jefferson Davis: June 1865--December 1870. ISBN 9780807158944.
- ^ a b c History of the McDowells and Connections. 1918. p. 282. ISBN 9780598579379.
- ^ Spruill, Matt (2018-09-11). Guide to the Battle of Chickamauga: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded. University Press of Kansas. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-7006-2694-6.
- ^ Powell, David A. (2014-06-19). The Chickamauga Campaign: A Mad Irregular Battle: From the Crossing of Tennessee River Through the Second Day, August 22–September 19, 1863. Savas Beatie. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-61121-175-7.
- ^ "Swett's Battery". The Vicksburg Herald. 1885-08-26. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Beulah Cemetery". National Park Service. October 23, 1992. Archived from the original on 2023-12-14.
- ^ "Transactions of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama". 1884. p. 206.