Ann Dayton Shannon

Birth	March 9, 1829 in Middletown, Vermont
Death:	October 19, 1890 in Plessis, New York
Sex:	Female
Father:	Joel Dayton Jr. b. September 22,1807 in Middletown Springs, Vermont
Mother:	Pervilla Parker b. July 8, 1803 in Middletown Springs, Vermont
Burial:	Plessis Cemetary

Spouses & Children

Husband: William E. Shannon	b. September 1829
Marriage:	1845
Children: Gilbert C. Shannon	b. April 24, 1851
Derinda M. Shannon	b. 1853

Husband: Thomas Hunter	b. December 29, 1824 in Jefferson County
Marriage:	1860-1861?
Children: Minnie E. Hunter	b. February 11, 1864 in Plessis, NY
Alvaro J. Hunter	b. October 10, 1865 in Plessis, NY

Notes

Individual:

4/18/2000 Visit to Town of Alexandria Historical Office

March 1854 William Shannon dies and is buried in the Plessis Cemetery with Shannon Family
1860 Ann listed as widow and 30 years old
1864 Minnie Hunter born to Thomas and Ann
1865 Ann and Thomas together - Minnie is 4/12 years old.

Listing of Plessis Methodist Church shows members:
Andrew J. Shannon
Ann Shannon
Gilbert Shannon
Betsey Shannon - widow 1856

1850 Fed census town of Alexandria
William Shannon age 21 born in NY real estate value $1200
Ann Shannon age 21 born Vermont
Jane Spalsbury age 26
M. C____ Spalsbury age 7 female
Sarah H. Spalsbury age 5

living near them on a farm was the Walrath family

also on the same census page was Ann s parents
Joel Dayton age 42, wife Pervilla age 46, sister Emily age 18 and brother Egbert F. age 12

Nina Hunter remembers:

Ann Dayton Shannon had two children and then her husband died. She owned her farm and it was paid for. Then she married Grandpa Hunter (Thomas).

Ann was a pusher; Thomas wasn t. According to Ida Hunter his farm was not out of debt yet when they married. They had two more children, Minnie and Alvaro J. When each of her children married, Ann had enough money to buy a farm for each one of them. She gave Gilbert her Shannon Farm on Hunter Road. When Derinda married Al Giltz (Hill?), Anne gave her money to buy a farm in Hammond. Derinda left her husband for being unfaithful. Alvaro and Ida moved into the Hunter Farm on the hill. When Minnie married James Bacon (the Bacons were very poor) Ann had enough money to buy them the farm where Walter lived.

Thomas was not living alone up on the Hunter Farm when he married Ann. Thomas added on to the house. The old part of the house had a cheese cellar. The barns were built by Thomas also. He only milked 7 or 8 cows and when Ann moved up on the hill, she brought some of her cattle with her. She told Thomas to Get rid of that one. Thomas said, Oh, but we ve raised her since she was a little calf. She s a nice little cow. Ann told him, She isn t making you any money. Ann straigtened the dairy out.

Ida said Ann was a whirlwind for work and was a very good caretaker. In those days they pickled their meat in barrels and when the barrels were empty, Ann would take them out in the yard and scour them with sand and water and dry them properly.