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Note: Fagan, History of Benton County, Oregon
SHANNON, Milton--was born in Henry county, Indiana, 27 April 1823, and there resided until the year 1836 when he accompanied his parents to Knox county, Illinois, where he engaged in agriculture until 1851. In the spring of that year he sailed for Oregon via the Isthmus of Panama, and in April settled in Salem, there residing until the spring of 1867, and being elected the first County Judge of Marion county after the admission of the state into the Union. Mr. SHANNON also served as Sheriff of the county during the regime of the Territorial Government. In 1867 he came to Benton county, and until the spring of 1877 was engaged at Monroe in mercantile pursuits, since when he has retired from the active affairs of life. He has also held the office of Justice of the Peace for Monroe precinct for 2 terms.
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Benton County Almanac for 1874.
Monroe is a pleasant village seventeen miles south of Corvallis on the west bank of the Long Tom, surrounded by wealthy settlements and in the heart of a rich agricultural district. We find here three stores kept by W. C. WOODCOCK and Co., M. SHANNON, and THOMPSON (or Thomas) HINTON; one blacksmith shop, Harrison BOWEN; one flouring mill, Thomas READER, proprietor; one harness and saddle shop, Charles HIDES (HODES?); one hotel, Mrs. Sarah HOWARD; One boot and shoe shop, John WEBBER; three physicians, Cal. M. BOSWELL, L. F. SHIPLEY, and Wm. MAHON; One saloon, George LANDERKIN; one public school, M. Clay STARR, Teacher; two carpenters, Wm. J. KELLY and J. M. LAFFERTY; one lodge each of Masons, Odd-Fellows, and Champions of the Red Cross; and post office.
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