San Francisco County
Biographies
WILLIAM H.
HANNON
One of the most prominent native sons of San Francisco is William H. Hannon, who has been engaged in the stock and bond business in this city since 1902, and now has offices at 155 Montgomery street.
In San Francisco, September 3, 1864, William H. Hannon was born. He is a son of the late Michael and Catherine (Scully) Hannon, of whom the former was born in County Kerry, Ireland, and emigrated to the United States in 1852. In the same year, he came to San Francisco by the Cape Horn route. For many years he followed ranching, stock-raising, and dairying. He was a member of the old volunteer fire department; of the Ancient Order of United Workmen; and he was a devout communicant of the Roman Catholic Church. He died in 1914, at the age of eighty-seven years. In the St. Francisc Roman Catholic Church, he was married to Miss Catherine Scully, who was born in County Antrim, Ireland, came to the United States in 1860, and across the plains to San Francisco in 1862. By her marriage, she was the mother of two sons and three daughters, two of whom survive; William H.; and Katherine, who is the wife of James T. Clark of Oakland, California.
William H. Hannon received his education in the public schools of San Francisco, and when sixteen years old started to earn his own living. First he was an apprentice in the machinist’s trade, but this work did not appeal to his tastes, so he took up telegraphy. He later became a telegrapher and train dispatcher for the North Pacific Coast Railroad Company, and in the employ of this organization he remained twenty-three years, sixteen years of the time as train dispatcher. Then, in 1902, he entered the stock and bond business, having resigned from his railroad position, and he was duly elected a member of the San Francisco Stock Exchange, in which he is now vice president. His success has been marked, and it is a success which he well deserves. He has become known as an honest dealer in stocks and bonds; as one whose advice is sound and sincere, and based on wise and well informed viewpoint of financial and industrial affairs.
Mr. Hannon has always given his support to the republican party in national issues, but locally he has judged his vote by the character of the individual candidate. He has served four years as supervisor, and six years as mayor of the city of Sausalito, California, where he makes his residence. He is a communicant of the Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church of that community, and belongs to the Knights of Columbus, the Native Sons of the Golden West, and the Foresters of America. Fishing, yachting, and motor-boating have been his favorite diversion for years.
Mr. Hannon has become interested in a number of mining properties during his life, and he is now a director in each of the following: the Apollo Gold Mining Company; the Potosi Gold Mining Company; the Savage Gold Mining Company; the Bullion Gold & Silver Mining Company; and the Best & Belcher Mining Company. He has been extremely loyal to the civic interests of San Francisco, and his cooperation has been readily obtainable in all movements of meritorious nature. He may be well satisfied with the record he has made and the reputation he holds.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Byington, Lewis Francis, “History of
San Francisco 3 Vols”, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.,
Chicago, 1931. Vol. 2 Pages 383-385.
© 2007 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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