This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shannon/Galligan/Barrett/Scales/Miller/Muellur/Hedges Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GW.2ADE/1698 Message Board Post: Charles Morton Shannon b: 1857 Cass Co IOWA lived in Fresno , Wickenburg AZ and then Needles Ca. He was Mayor of Wickenburg for abt 10 years then Mayor of Needles for 8 years before his death. All 6 of his children were born in Fresno. Clara Alice Miller (Mueller) Shannon b: 1866 Michigan D: 1954 Needles Ca, married to Charles. She was adopted by a Skylar Miller George Shannon b: 1829 OHIO came over by oxen cart for the gold rush. Lived Stanislaus Ca and then onto Kingsburg Fresno CA where he died in 1902 in Fresno and is buried there. 4 of his children were b: fresno. Melinda Hedges Shannon wife of George was b: Kentucky d: Fresno 1904 on Christmas Day. See Shannon message boards for more information and photos