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Shallenberger, William S

soldier, merchant, legislator, was born Nov. 24, 1839, in Mt. Pleasant, Pa. He received his education in the Mt. Pleasant academy and the Bucknell university. During the war he served with distinction as adjutant in the one hundred and fortieth regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, and subsequently until 1876 He was was a elected representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican. successful merchant. a as a Since 1883 he has been in the banking business; and has been treasurer of various corporations; and was appointed by Governor Beaver of Pennsylvania as a member of the Lake Erie and Ohio river ship canal. He was a director of the chamber of commerce of Pittsburg; vice-president of the National Association of Manufacturers for Pennsylvania for the first years and president of the Pennsylvania Baptist Mission society for several years. SHANAHAN, JEREMIAH FRANCIS, bishop, was born July 17, 1834, in Silver Lake, Pa. He became an eminent bishop of the Roman catholic church in Pennsylvania. He died Sept. 24, 1886, in Harrisburg, Pa.