Tommie, I will be putting Ruth King's letters on the rootsweb site. She and her brother, Malcolm Shannon are descended from Isaac Shannon, hopefully this might help others in this line. I had just finished sorting out my old Shannon letters & putting them in manila folders for future reference. I had forgotten how many wonderful relatives I had come to know back then! The address is: [email protected] Mike

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Is this "on-line?" > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 7:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SHANNON-L] West VA cemetery readings 1941 > > > WEST VIRGINIA CEMETERY READINGS, 1941 > > Granted statehood in 1863, West Virginia has been home to thousands of > residents > since it was first settled in the eighteenth century. Prepared under the > direction of the Works Project Administration in 1939, this database is a > collection of cemetery inscriptions from the state. > > info included: District, Cemetery, Name, Birthdate, Death Date, Rel, & Kin > > Fairmont, Woodlawn, SHANNON W. Lancaster, 1862, 9 Jan 1920, v, World War, > Pvt. W.Va. Med. Corp. >

Connie, go here & read: <A HREF="http://data.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=westvacem&gs=Shannon&Databas eID=4266&Title=West+Virginia+Cemetery+Readings%2C+1941&DatabaseName=westvacem& SearchEngine=sse.dll&Server=data&Type=F&query=Shannon&submit=Submit+Query">Anc estry.com - Individual Database Search Results</A> you can also click on the cemetery to learn more about it. good luck, Joyce

WEST VIRGINIA CEMETERY READINGS, 1941 Granted statehood in 1863, West Virginia has been home to thousands of residents since it was first settled in the eighteenth century. Prepared under the direction of the Works Project Administration in 1939, this database is a collection of cemetery inscriptions from the state. info included: District, Cemetery, Name, Birthdate, Death Date, Rel, & Kin Fairmont, Woodlawn, SHANNON W. Lancaster, 1862, 9 Jan 1920, v, World War, Pvt. W.Va. Med. Corp.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Clyde V. McKnight" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2000 5:57 AM Subject: McKnight family tree > Jimmy, > > I stumbled across your web site doing a search for our ancestors. > Your have a Robert McKnight listed who was born in 1732 and died in 1818 > in Tennessee. My great aunt has done quite a bit of research on the > family tree and has a picture of Robert's gravestone in Tennessee with > the dates. She also has listed 9 children for Robert (wife unknown) > with the names of the spouses of all, date of marriage of 5, and date of > death of 4. Mary McKnight is listed as married to George Shannon on May > 2, 1797. However, the only other child of Robert you have listed (Jane) > is not on her list of 9. Could Jane be a middle name or vice versa with > one on her list? > Other data I have not gotten into much suggests that the William > listed as a son of Robert (and married to Elizabeth Bell) was actually > the father of most of the other children in the above list, making them > grandchildren of Robert. There are oral records that a William > emigrated from Scotland in 1767. Connections here are unknown. > I get to look at geneology very little, but keep hoping that a > search on other childrens names will start tying to other peoples > geneologies and give a clue as to who was before Robert. It seems to be > a brick wall though. Would you be interested in the data that I have, > and would you be interested in helping to fill out our tree? I am > interested in geneology, but am still very much a novice at it. I have > letters the Shannons wrote in the early 1800's, letters of a Mrs. Dedman > to my great-aunt concerning records she had researched in Tenn., and a > lengthy paper of research done by Mr. Matthews on our and related family > trees. > > Looking forward to hearing from you, > > Clyde V. McKnight > 1694 Wild Rd. > Van Alstyne, TX 75495 > 903-546-6604 > > >

John, well, this may take awhile to get all the data I promised, but will start with Col. Alexander May Shannon's Bible records. The Latta Letter establishes his older sister's date of death. Anyway, here are his records; Colonel Alexander May Shannon b.5/7/1839 Ark. d. 10/27/1906 Galveston,Tx parents: Granville Billingsly Shannon, son of Joseph & Mary Shannon. Unity W. Williams, daughter of George Williams. He married 2/21/1872 at "Bayview",(near Lynchberg,Tx.) Clara May Scott b.8/3/1847 Clarke Co.,Ala. d.9/8/1919 Galveston,Tx. Clara May was the daughter of Maj. Wm Bibb Scott & Bettie Hunter Murphy, Granddaughter of General John Baytop Scott, co-founder of Montgomery,Ala. and Gov. John H. Murphy, Gov. of Ala. their children: Clara May b.3/7/1872 m. 4/29/1897 to Allison Templeton both died suddenly and left three boys David Allison m Pauline, was a judge & D.A. in Ft.Worth(?) Alexander Shannon m. Ruby Mae Mitchell & had Alexander Shannon, Mitchell Allison & Sharon Lee. Alexander M. Shannon Jr. b.7/23/1874 d. m.1.Helen Vidor 2. Holdsinger Bettie Scott b.5/18/1878 d. 8/24/1927 m. Hudson P. Ellis Laura Johnston b.11/11/1879 d. m.Gen. Dallas J. Matthews & had Clara May, Dallas J. Matthews,Jr. James Alfred b.3/21/1885 d.6/2/1969 m.7/22/1913 to H. Dana Sproule & had James Alfred Jr. and Dana Gertrude Granville Scott b.8/28/1881 d. m. Julia Lillo B. (girl) b.8/14/1883 died as child Conway McLean b. 8/8/1893 d. 8/26/1963 m. Idabell all the children of Alex. M. & Clara May, were born in Galveston, Texas, of these, Bettie and Conway, are buried in the Shannon plot in Oleander Cemetery in Galveston. Granville Scott and James Alfred are buried in Houston.

John, It will be my intent to send you whatever I have that will fill in the gaps from Granville, to the present day. Mike Preston, Texas June 4th 1859 Mr & Mrs Shannon I have taken my seat to try to write you a few lines on a subject that I am at a loss to know how to comence. I will try to write a few lines as the mail leaves this morning for McKiney. We have been looking for some of you for several days, but we learned from Mr Brown that you had never reciv our letters. I also sent word by him for you both to come as soon as posible as Mary was very low and wish to see you very much, but alas it is to late now. She lies a corpes. She left us on yesterday evening about 3 oclock. She was in hir right mind until about one hour before hir death. Please excuse me for the present as my mind is not in a situation to write on any thing else but try to come down as I wish to see you, this is one of the most trying times I have ever met with. the babes and the rest of the little ones are well do come soon Yours Truly John S Latta page 2 We recvd 2 letters from Alvarado by the last mail which Mary was able to read before she was taken so bad the others she could not read It is strange that you have never recvd my letters from John Stewart Latta who married Mary Jane , Granville Shannon's eldest dau.

WOW.....that sure makes my dirt poor farmers show up dull....... Joyce

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Tommie, When I went over to give George Shannon his history and meet his family, he told me a story he had heard. It had to do with a Lady who took a carriage with a pair of fine horses, and raced to San Diego, Tx. to get there in time for a hanging. She ruined the horses doing so. I just had to look and gape! I filled in the rest of the story for him. A brother of George's greatgrandfather was Lillo B. Shannon. I have two family letters relating to this incident. Lillo & his nephew were down there seeing to a herd of sheep, their Mexican shepherds told them to go ahead, and they would catch up with them. They did, and the shepherds them in the back, and robbed them. This was relayed to Colonel Shannon in Galveston, he sent word to post a $500 reward & said he was on his way. He found the shepherds, and brought them back across the border to San Diego. In their possession were Lillo's saddle and pistols. He took a rope and strung them up. he presented his case, said he intended to see justice done, and anyone who felt likewise, could lend a hand on the rope. The woman who ran her horses down to get there, made it in time. The shepherds were the same men who had raped her daughter, sewed her lips shut with huisache thorns, and threw her down a well killing her. Kind of a gory tale. You never know what you'll run into. Mike

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mstallah/cemeteries/joneschappelMB.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~mstallah/cemeteries/owens.html Good Luck--Helen

Tommie, Well, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one! I feel like such a klutz sometime trying to work this thing! I am going to take some time tonight, and make you some copies of data we discussed. There is a little story I don't think I ever told you; When I first got started in my genealogy, I phoned every Shannon in our phone book to see who was possibly kin. One elderly gentleman told me he knew he was kin to Conway Shannon in Galveston, but that was about all he knew. It seems his maternal grandmother broke up his parent's marriage, his mother and he went to live with her, and the Shannon name was never mentioned again. I told him we were definitly related, and when I could tie it together I would get back to him(Conway was my grandfather's brother & my Granduncle. He was sheriff of Galveston), I finally did tie it all together, and was able to hand George Shannon and his sons all the family history they never had; family tree letters etc. George was related through my Grandfather's uncle, Joseph Franklin Shannon.Joseph Franklin had a son Alvan, who had George's father Edwin Carroll Shannon. Shortly thereafter, George passed on. I was so glad that I could give them all I did. I haven't looked at that material in some time, but I think the Shannons in the Richmond-Rosenberg area tie in here. Later I'll write you another tale George told me, but now it's time for Wheel of Fortune, gotta go! Mike

Kevin Thanks, I appreciate the help. Ann

thanks for the reply Joyce. Ann

Hi Ann, It opens super compressed files that come as "mim. files." You'll see them as information passes through the genealogy lists. That's why I need one. My old computer committed hara-kiri and no I'm without and I cannot for the life of me recall where I downloaded the first one. I hope that helps. Good luck. Kevin O'Brien Laguna Hills, CA

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from Ancestry database: DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS Lying on the east bank of the Hudson River in New York, Dutchess County was one of the original counties created by the British in 1683. This database is a collection of cemetery inscription records from the county prior to 1914. Each record may provide the decedent's name, birth date, death date, and age. Additionally, other persons listed on the stone are listed along with any relationship details. Information regarding the cemetery is also included, such as name, location, and brief history. Surname: ROTHERY Given Name: Joanna Middle Name/Initial/Maiden: SHANNON Death Month: Jan Death Day: 24 Death Year: 1878 Age Years : 34 Relationships Inscribed on Stone: wife of Henry Cemetery Name: St. Luke's Churchyard, Matteawan Type of Cemetery: Churchyard Location of Cemetery: St. Luke's Church (Protestant Episcopal), Beacon (Matteawan) Condition of Cemetery in the Early 1900s: Well cared for. # of Inscriptions in 1914: 707 Remarks on Cemetery: Copied October 18 and 26, 1914, by J. W. Poucher MD, Mrs. Poucher, Miss Mabel Cooley, Miss Cleona Glass. St. Anna's Church (Protestant Episcopal) of Matteawan, organized in 1833, erected a building in the center f the village, west of the N.D.&C. railroad station, and also opened a small cemetery in the valley east of the railroad. The Presbyterian Church of Matteawan (also organized in 1833) soon after opened a burial ground adjoining St. Anna's. In 1868 twelve acres of land, immediately south and west of these two cemeteries, were given to St. Anna's. The church in the village was then razed, the present church built on the new site and the name of the parish changed to St. Luke's. The division fence has been taken down between St. Luke's property and the Presbyterian lot and the whole forms and exceptionally beautiful spot, the care of which is proportionally shared in by the two churches. Township of Cemetery: Fishkill

seems like some time back, some of the mail lists in the digest mode were being as a mime. Something to do with puters I believe. Anyway, if I remember correctly, if you get one of these, you have to save the email on your hard drive to a whatever folder, then highlite it, click file, click rename & rename the file ending with .txt. Was that it Jimmy? Joyce

Kevin What is a Mime Decoder? Ann