Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Mother M. Francis SHANAHAN, Joliet; Superior of the Convent of the Sisters of St. Francis; 
is a native of County Limerick, Ireland; when quite young, she came to this country with 
her parents, who settled in New York State, residing in Cold Spring and Hudson, and afterward 
removed to Chicago; she was educated in St. Patrick's School, in Chicago, completing her 
studies there when about 17 years of age; she remained with her parents until she entered 
into religion at the age of 24; after completing her novitiate, she was made Directress 
of the school of St. Boniface in Chicago; one year later, she was transferred to Freeport, 
Ill., returning thence to Chicago, from which city she went to Mansfield, Ohio, as 
Directress of St. Peter's School,.and in June, 1877, came to Joliet as Superior of the 
Convent here; this is the mother house of the order in this portion of the country, 
having twenty-one missions in Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Nebraska and. Missouri ; there 
are eight teachers in the home institution, five of whom are engaged in teaching in the 
academy, and three in Father Gerardus' Parochial School.