Biographies
HUNTER W. S. SHANNON
Among those who have taken up their
residence in Sacramento in recent years is H. W. S. Shannon, who since 1907 has
been actively engaged in the real estate business in this city. His success may
be attributed not alone to his ability to rightly judge of land values and to a
foresight as to future development, but rather to his innate integrity and
unvarying straightforwardness in all of his relations with patrons. It has
always been a rule with him to make no assertion in favor of a property which
he cannot vouch for and he never advises a purchase in which he himself does
not see an honest value. These underlying principles of upright dealing have
brought Mr. Shannon the splendid reputation which he bears throughout the
Sacramento valley.
Mr. Shannon was born in Sydney, Australia,
November 17, 1876, and is the son of Thomas and Martha (Prentice) Shannon, both
natives of Australia, their parents being natives of England. The maternal
grandfather, who was a captain in the English army and participated in the
Crimean war, traced his family line back to the English Stuarts. Thomas Shannon
was a prominent and influential citizen in the colony in which he made his
home, and for many years was Alderman of Ulmarra, his
native town. He was also judge of the agricultural shows, a position which in
that country carries with it large honors. He is still a resident of that
country and is now shire councillor for Sherwood.
H. W. S. Shannon received good educational
advantages in the schools of Sydney, and after completing his schooling he was
associated in business with his father. Later he engaged in business
independently, dealing in livestock and land, continuing this until determining
to come to California. This he did in 1907, landing at San Francisco, and from
there he came the same year to Sacramento, which ever since has been the scene
of his real estate operations. Among the many properties which he has handled
may be mentioned the following: the Los Molinas
lands, the Patterson lands, the Oakley homestead and the Oakley tract, and he
is now engaged in subdividing the Kildonan Oaks
tract, on the line of the California Traction Company's Railroad, about
fourteen miles east of Sacramento.
In Sacramento Mr. Shannon was united in
marriage, August 23, 1910, with Miss Floretta
Woodward, a native of California, and they have one daughter, Lucile. As might
be expected of a man of Mr. Shannon's enterprise and public spirit he is a
member of the chamber of commerce, and is actively interested in any project
that has at heart the welfare of community, city or state. Fraternally he is
identified with the Odd Fellows, Mrs. Shannon being a member of the Eastern
Star, and both are members of the Episcopal Church.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento County,
California, Pages 940-941. Historic
Record Company,
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.