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Ella Cruise Shannon was the last of a generation. She was the great-granddaughter of Irish immigrants who worked in the mills of the small industrial town of Lambertville, New Jersey which have since faded from memory. In her later years Ella was a school teacher and principal in northern New Jersey. As a younger woman, she served in the American Red Cross in England and Korea during the second World War. But aside from her distinguished professional careers, she held a special place in her family.