William Lester Canniff (1862 - 1911)

Born 23 May 1862 in Berea, OH

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Husband of Mary A. Minut — married 20 Jun 1883 in Cleveland, OH

Died 29 Aug 1911 at age 49 in High Falls, NY

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WILLIAM LESTER CANNIFF

William Lester Canniff(5) (son Ellen(4), daughter William(3), son Margaret(2), daughter John Shepherd(1)) was born in Berea May 23, 1862. On the death of his mother he was taken into the family of his grandfather, William Engle. He attended school in Middleburgh and Berea. He was married in Cleveland on June 20, 1883, to Miss Mary A. Minut, who was born in Rockport, Ohio, July 20, 1863. Mr. Canniff writes: "I am mechanical superintendent for the T. A. Gillespie Company and at present am located at High Falls, N. Y. I havefollowed the contracting business most of my life and have been largely employed on tunnel construction, having helped build the Cleveland Water Works Tunnel, the Cincinnati Water Works Tunnel, the Belmont Tunnel in New York City and the New York Aqueduct Tunnel at High Falls, N. Y. "I have made several inventions of tunnel appliance machinery. In May, 1907, I was elected a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. "My son, Roy, is an auditor, employed by the Degnon Contracting Company of New York. My son, William, is an investigator for the Travelers' Insurance Company." Mr. Canniff died August 29, 1911, at High Falls, N. Y., and is buried at Berea, Ohio, in Woodvale. CHILDREN. Roy Lester, b. Dec. 30, 1884. William Earl, b. June 5, 1888. HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE John Shepherd Family COMPILED BY R. N. HODGMAN CLEVELAND, OHIO: 1913 https://archive.org/details/historygenealogy00hodg