According to Wikipedia, Paul Eugene Virgil Shannon was a bishop of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, elected in 1957. Birth and early life Shannon was born in Mountville, Pennsylvania, the fifth child of the Rev. Absalom Lincoln and Linnie Shannon. He was named for the Apostle Paul and for Eugene Field, whose writings his parents enjoyed. Fifteen years later, his mother added Virgil to his name. His parents hoped that Paul would become a minister in the Church they loved and served.
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