Hi All, I have a lot of material on various lines that I'm going to start putting into roots web as I can. much of it will be from past years, but time should not influence it. So am going to start with a paper sent to me by Malcolm Shannon of Corona del Mar, Calif.; These Passing Years Of the early Shannons in Arkansas I will try to follow the life of Isaac Shannon and his descendants, as he was my Gr-Grandfather. According to Miss Clara B. Eno's "History of Crawford County" Isaac Shannon was a land owner and on the tax list as early as 1821. Other settlers coming later were the Paynes and the Blacks who settled in Lee's Creek township. Hugh Shannon and a few more families moved on into Washington County in 1826. Not much information is to be had because so much was lost when the courthouse at Van Buren was burned during the Civil War. Isaac married Jamima Black and to them four children were born, all in Crawford County, as far as I know: Margaret Jane b. 1827 d.1897 m. Ammon Payne James Huston b. 1/12/1829 d. 8/1/1864 m. 9/4/1851 to Lucinda Edna Edmiston William H.(grandfather) b. 3/1835 d.1/26/1878 m. 9/15/1859 Sarah E. Drake by Rev. N. Givens John L. b. 8/11/1837 d. 8/7/1912 m. 8/21/1860 Mary Joyce Records show that Isaac Shannon and family moved to Washington County, around 1845 and settled in the Vineyard area near Evansville. ( will continue Later)

In a message dated 01/04/2000, [email protected] writes: << How often does something like this happen, I wonder? >> Hi Mike.............more & more with the wonderful communication of the net. I now have 2 fingers crossed (always had 1) that someone will be looking for a long lost James SHANNON who married a Margaret GRIMLIER in the Mississippi Territory, then promply joined the MS Territory Militia to serve in the War of 1812. One of these days, someone is gonna connect to them......I JUST KNOW IT! ! ! LOL Joyce

Hi Kathy, Long ago, Louise Dedman told me that all Shannon s that were in Arkansas in the early 1800's were related. A note of interest, my Gr-Grandfather's brother Wm. Henry Shannon had been arrested & thrown in jail under Judge Isaac Parker's court. He is descended from Pegleg George Shannon. Wm. Henry was acquitted when it was established that it was self defense. He was mortally wounded in battle at Chickmauga. Ft. Smith is near Van Buren, and south of Washington co. Who was your Gr-Grandfather? Please realize that the Shannons ALL used the same set of names for their children. It makes it difficult to pin down exactly which one you're talking about, and is easy to get them mixed up. Mike

Hi Helen, I WISH I were more current on this, but I do recall that there was a family a David's I think, where the head of the family died in La., and the wife moved up to Missouri to be with her family, and other Shannon kin that was there, so there were some of that family born in La. This is all I can remember, if I find this info, will send it to you. Mike

Good Morning Lisa, Thanks for the reply.First, I am the Michael Shannon who transcribed the letters and put together the book,"Letters From Home". Second, apparently, I am the one who sent the material to your aunt. Third, we're cousins! How about them apples? My side of the family is your side of the family! Who was the aunt that I sent the data to? Where did you find the book of letters? It has been 15-20 yrs since I have been active with my research. The book I transcribed when I had surgery on my back. I had no excuse not to do it when I was at home for 2 months. This was in July of 1993. The photos in the book are probably the only ones I have that you would be interested in. I do have more, but they are strictly Col. Shannon & his family. Let me hear from you. Your cousin, Mike ps, How often does something like this happen, I wonder?

from the Ancestry free database: PAYNE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA CENSUS 1920 Located in central Oklahoma, about forty miles north of Oklahoma City, Payne County was created in 1890 from the Cherokee Outlet. This database is a collection of federal census records from the county in 1920. In addition to providing the individual's name, it contains information regarding race, sex, age, birthplace, and township of residence. In most entries, parent's birthplaces are also included. SHANNON, Williams Relation: INMATE Sex: MALE Race: WHITE Age: 55 Birth Place: GEORGIA Father Birth Place: Mother Birth Place: Township: HENRY TOWNSHIP

This is some Shannon Marriages:These are on the Tallahatchie Co Ms Web site--When I find more will put them up__ Also, can someone out there tell me how I can find where my Shannons came from in Louisiana. The census shows that my Grgrandmother was born in La and so were some of her sibelings, but just how does one find out where without going through every census in every Parish--Thanks Helen Arnold 335/Hinson, Huse /Shannon, Adeline/12-13-1877 464/Shannon, Wade Hampton/Driver, Cornelia/12-09-1871 564/Donihoo, J.M. /Shannon, Caroline/ 01-25-1891 550/Williams, W.E. /Shannon, Mollie/11-23-1890 480/Clolinger, Charley/Shannon, Etta/12-26-1900 196/Lavender, Robert/Shannon, Lillian /10-25-1918 163/Wells, Clinton C./Shannon, Monteze/06-10-1933 485/Deen, T.G./Shannon, Marguriete/05-26-1930 192/Hollingsworth, Lloy Wilburn/Shannon, Eunice Faye /09-18-1938 191/Pitts, Lewis Murry/Shannon, Ruby Florence /09-18-1938 376/Towns, James Armistead, III/Shannon, Carolyn Cook /01-16-1965

ounty Clerk's office Has wills(W) and administrations(A) as follows: Alexander Shannon (A) 1890 with papers to show his heirs James H. Shannon (A) 1866 with papers to show his heirs John L. Shannon (W) 1912 Mary A. Shannon (W) 1925 Mark DeWitt Shannon 1920 John L.& Mary were apparently husband & wife, but none of the papers show any heirs. Neither is there any evidence of heirs of Mark DeWitt except his wife Sarah. William H. Shannon (A) 1878 wife Sarah with a list of heirs. Journal of Mark Dewitt Shannon; this is excerpts pertaining stictly to Shannons and spouses. There is more, but this is only records of the immediate familys. This transcript is from the original journals in my possession. Family Record Maurice K. Shannon b. 6/27/1849 Mary E. (Goddard) Shannon b.10/30/1859 Children Arthur LeGrande Shannon b.12/9/1876 Ida Estelle Shannon b. 8/14/1878 Mark Dewitt Shannon b. 12/8/1880 George Edgar Shannon b.8/31/1883 Emma Elmira Shannon b. 12/5/1885 Alvin Wallace Shannon b. 4/23/1889 Annie Pearl Shannon b. 4/3/1891 Frank Leslie Shannon b. 1/16/1893 Gordon Ancil Shannon b. 9/7/1895 Mary Ola Shannon b. 3/26/1898 Berta Bell Shannon b. 8/28/1901 Thelma Euphama Shannon b. 8/7/1906 Marriages 1898 Leland Shannon & Temp Laramore m. 9/25/1898 1899 Fine Shannon & the widow Tatum m. 4/16/1899 Walter Shannon & Normie Broadie m.6/18/1899 1900 Arthur Shannon & Ret Bellamy m. 8/26/1900 1901 Ed Shannon &Mrs. Felia(Price) Stephens m.7/7/1901 1902 Alex Shannon & Miss Kelly m. 9/21/1902 Ol Hatchet & Maud Shannon m. 11/30/1902 1903 Minter White & Clara Shannon m. 3/1/1903 Dick Waters & Ethel Shannon m. 4/5/1903 Clint Huffman & Lulie Shannon m. 12/15/1903 1904 Geo. Shannon & Vera L. Williams m. 12/14/1904 1905 Will Shannon & Mary Key m. 3/15/1905 Emma Shannon & Tier m.11/21/1905 1907 Pearl Shannon & Tier m.3/1/1907 (after Emma's death) 1912 John Shannon & Nina Hughes m. 12/8/1912 Deaths Alex Shannon d. 2/16/1890 John Stewart Latta d.10/17/1898 Unity (Williams) Shannon d.4/26/1898 Alex Shannon baby d.7/7/1898 Alex Shannon infant d. 4/18/1899 Tom Shannon d. 11/13/1900 John Shannon's girl d. 7/13/1899 Cornie (Shannon) Patterson d.7/17/1899 May(Mary?) Shannon d.4/15/1902 Lillie(Longwith)Shannon d.3/24/1902 Arthur Shannon infant b.&d. 2/8/1905 Will Shannon's infant d.7/26/1906 Col.A.M. Shannon of Galveston,Tex. 10/27/1906 Mack Shannon infant b&d 11/9/1906 Capt. Will Shannon's widow d. 4/1907 F.M. Shannon(Finis) d.5/1/1907 James Laramore's wife d. 3/10/1909 Wm A. Shannon murdered Saturday about 1:30 p.m. 8/28/1909 Mother of little John Shannon d. 1/27/1910 Anna Lee Shannon d.6/13/1911 John L. Shannon d. 8/9/1912 Charlie Shannon d.10/24/1912 Maggie Shannon d . 1/6/1912 John Latta baby d.2/14/1915 Frank James the ex-outlaw d, 2/15/1915 (see the Shannon-Fisher feud) Cole Younger d. 3/22/1916 " " " " " F.F.Latta d. 8/7/1916 Cleve Shannon's wife d. 10/8/1918 Louis Bell d. 1/26/1918 Joe Bell d. 7/1/1919 in Cleburne,Tx. John H. Shannon d. 10/25/1936 Gordon Shannon d. 6/27/1936

ounty Clerk's office Has wills(W) and administrations(A) as follows: Alexander Shannon (A) 1890 with papers to show his heirs James H. Shannon (A) 1866 with papers to show his heirs John L. Shannon (W) 1912 Mary A. Shannon (W) 1925 Mark DeWitt Shannon 1920 John L.& Mary were apparently husband & wife, but none of the papers show any heirs. Neither is there any evidence of heirs of Mark DeWitt except his wife Sarah. William H. Shannon (A) 1878 wife Sarah with a list of heirs. Journal of Mark Dewitt Shannon; this is excerpts pertaining stictly to Shannons and spouses. There is more, but this is only records of the immediate familys. This transcript is from the original journals in my possession. Family Record Maurice K. Shannon b. 6/27/1849 Mary E. (Goddard) Shannon b.10/30/1859 Children Arthur LeGrande Shannon b.12/9/1876 Ida Estelle Shannon b. 8/14/1878 Mark Dewitt Shannon b. 12/8/1880 George Edgar Shannon b.8/31/1883 Emma Elmira Shannon b. 12/5/1885 Alvin Wallace Shannon b. 4/23/1889 Annie Pearl Shannon b. 4/3/1891 Frank Leslie Shannon b. 1/16/1893 Gordon Ancil Shannon b. 9/7/1895 Mary Ola Shannon b. 3/26/1898 Berta Bell Shannon b. 8/28/1901 Thelma Euphama Shannon b. 8/7/1906 Marriages 1898 Leland Shannon & Temp Laramore m. 9/25/1898 1899 Fine Shannon & the widow Tatum m. 4/16/1899 Walter Shannon & Normie Broadie m.6/18/1899 1900 Arthur Shannon & Ret Bellamy m. 8/26/1900 1901 Ed Shannon &Mrs. Felia(Price) Stephens m.7/7/1901 1902 Alex Shannon & Miss Kelly m. 9/21/1902 Ol Hatchet & Maud Shannon m. 11/30/1902 1903 Minter White & Clara Shannon m. 3/1/1903 Dick Waters & Ethel Shannon m. 4/5/1903 Clint Huffman & Lulie Shannon m. 12/15/1903 1904 Geo. Shannon & Vera L. Williams m. 12/14/1904 1905 Will Shannon & Mary Key m. 3/15/1905 Emma Shannon & Tier m.11/21/1905 1907 Pearl Shannon & Tier m.3/1/1907 (after Emma's death) 1912 John Shannon & Nina Hughes m. 12/8/1912 Deaths Alex Shannon d. 2/16/1890 John Stewart Latta d.10/17/1898 Unity (Williams) Shannon d.4/26/1898 Alex Shannon baby d.7/7/1898 Alex Shannon infant d. 4/18/1899 Tom Shannon d. 11/13/1900 John Shannon's girl d. 7/13/1899 Cornie (Shannon) Patterson d.7/17/1899 May(Mary?) Shannon d.4/15/1902 Lillie(Longwith)Shannon d.3/24/1902 Arthur Shannon infant b.&d. 2/8/1905 Will Shannon's infant d.7/26/1906 Col.A.M. Shannon of Galveston,Tex. 10/27/1906 Mack Shannon infant b&d 11/9/1906 Capt. Will Shannon's widow d. 4/1907 F.M. Shannon(Finis) d.5/1/1907 James Laramore's wife d. 3/10/1909 Wm A. Shannon murdered Saturday about 1:30 p.m. 8/28/1909 Mother of little John Shannon d. 1/27/1910 Anna Lee Shannon d.6/13/1911 John L. Shannon d. 8/9/1912 Charlie Shannon d.10/24/1912 Maggie Shannon d . 1/6/1912 John Latta baby d.2/14/1915 Frank James the ex-outlaw d, 2/15/1915 (see the Shannon-Fisher feud) Cole Younger d. 3/22/1916 " " " " " F.F.Latta d. 8/7/1916 Cleve Shannon's wife d. 10/8/1918 Louis Bell d. 1/26/1918 Joe Bell d. 7/1/1919 in Cleburne,Tx. John H. Shannon d. 10/25/1936 Gordon Shannon d. 6/27/1936

WHAT A GREAT IDEA.......if each of us would post marriages we might have here at home, it will not only be in the archives, but just might help one of our list members. I have several Mississippi county marriages & will pull the SHANNONs from them. Might be a good idea to post the subject line this way: marriages Claiborne co MS or marriages Jefferson co MS that way, anyone not interested in that county could just delete that one. Thanks for coming up with a good idea, Joyce

Records in Office of County Clerk Marriage Records: John Stewart Latta to Mary Jane Shannon 1848 James Huston Shannon to Lucinda Edmiston 1851 Elbert Williams to Margaret Shannon 1851 Joseph Franklin Shannon to Eliz.A. Weddington 1852 George W.Rogers to Caroline F. Shannon 1854 Alexander Shannon to Sarah Crutchfield 1856 Thomas F. Baker to Louisa Shannon 1857 Harvie B. Hand to Mary Shannon 1858 William Shannon to Sarah E. Drake 1859 John Sharp to Mary Shannon 1860 John Campbell to Melissa Shannon 1864 William P. Clark to Nancy Shannon 1865 James Greer to Mary G. Shannon 1866 Thomas Jefferson Shannon to Cynthia C. Denton 1867 John David Shannon to Amanda Black 1868 Joseph Shannon to Minerva Garrett 1873 Lowery Shannon to Tabitha Hickman 1875 Mark DeWitt Shannon to Sarah Garrett 1876 Maurice Kosziusko Shannon to Mary Goddard 1875 William Shannon To Lannie Eliz. Carrothers 1871 William Shannon To Edy Lewis 1873 P.T. Moseley to Sarah Shannon 1879 Charles Cox to Z.P.Shannon 1874 (To be continued)

Dear Sheila, I was just messin' around, and found your website. All I could say, was "wow". you've really put a lot in this. Keep up that good work. I guess I need to get off of "dead" center, and start filling in whatever blanks I can. I notice ---Roberts is shown as married to my sister, Dana Jeanette Shannon, It should be Robert Brittain Odom. In my papers for Anna Shannon, I have this; Name Birth Death Ann Shannon 9 Feb 1796 21 April 1867 Colonel Laramore 22 Nov 1826 18 Dec 1879 Samuel Laramore 20 April 1829 Anna (Shannon Laramore)DePriest 21 April 1867 Joseph Shannon 1831 Mary Shannon 1833 Rebecca Delaney 17 Sept 1826 24 Dec 1904 Martha Jane Laramore 15 July 1850 Mary Brunetta Laramore 17 June 1851 24 April 1853 William Lively Laramore 02 Dec 1852 John Manly Laramore 29 April 1854 Alice B. Laramore 17 July1855 Texana Laramore 28 Nov 1856 03 June 1931 Laura Ann Laramore 20 Dec 1859 Rhoda Gray Laramore 23 Mar 1861 Samuel Davis Laramore 30 Dec 1862 Alexander F. Laramore 02 Dec 1864 Fannie G. Laramore 19 May 1866 Robt Montgomery Texana's Husb. 12 Jan 1928 Grandchildren (Children of Martha & Allen Seale) Colonel W. Seale 28 Oct 1874 13 June 1875 Samuel G. 10 Mar 1876 02 Feb 1877 (Children of Texana & Robt.) Sophie Dougan 22 Sept 1880 23 July 1965 Rebecca 08 Sept 1882 17 July 1883 Lorene Simpson 18 Dec 1885 Anna Lloyd 28 Jan 1888 04 Sept 1971 Robt. L. 29 Oct 1891 24 Jan 1962 Ruby Barclay 12 Jan 1894 This is from Colonel Laramore's bible, in possession of G.V.Pritchard, of Cleburme, Texas, in 1968. It was read to Allen Cox 2/16/78, and later a transcript was mailed to me probably in 1984. Rebecca Ann Delaney Rebecca Ann Delaney, born to Nancy and Joseph Delaney, married Colonel Laramore 7/1/1849 in Washington Co.,Ark. They were listed in the 1850 census there with his mother, Anna(Shannon) DePriest. Colonel's father, Samuel Laramore, had died in Washington Co., before 1830. Colonel was born in 1826 in Crawford or Washington County, Ark, per their family bible. Rebecca was born 9/17/1826. She died 12/24/1904. She and Colonel were buried in the Laramore Cemetery south of Cleburne, Texas at an area formerly called Sand Flat. Anna DePriest was also buried there. As a matter of interest, Anna is listed in the 1860 census in James Delaney's houshold. Colonel Laramore and his mother and family, with Rebecca's brother, James Delaney, the Billingsleys and Shannons removed to Johnson County, Texas, arriving 12/26/1854. All the above from Allen Cox (in Ft. Worth, Tx., 1984)

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Nauvoo, Illinois Tax Index, 1842 from Ancestry free database: A weakness of the Illinois State census of 1842 is the lack of information regarding residents surrounding Nauvoo along the Mississippi River. The records in this database can help reconstruct a list of residents in the area. Taken from microfilm records held by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, it lists property owners in Hancock County in August of 1842. Each record provides the individual's name, coordinate location of property, and the page of the original record. SHANNON, Jason H. - page 233, 5N6W

I have sent email several times to the last person who received the set of papers. My email has not bounced back, nor has she responded to my notes. I will try again this week. Joyce

Hello, I too, would like to know what ever happened to the Yares Papers that were promised to go around. Someone must've forgotten or ignored doing their part of sending the papers on. I've never received them and have been looking forward to seeing the papers. Dorothy Shannon Cote Erie, Pa.

Hi Kevin, What had intrigued me was the fact that you were researching Shannons and had an e-maik address of "scouts".As it happens, my Great Grandfather Shannon had the Shannon's Scouts in the Civil War. I thought there might be a connection there,but I guess not. My line descends from Thomas & Eigness, to Samuel & Jean, to Joseph & Mary, and then to Granville & Unity, on to Col. Alexander May & Clara Viola Scott Shannon, to my Grandfather, James Alfred Shannon, and thence to his son James Jr. and then to myself, so I guess there is no connection Michael Shannon

from one of the free (over the holidays) Ancestry database's: Although the United States Navy did not take part in many World War I battles, thousands of American sailors died fighting for their country during the war. This database collects from disparate sources the death records for over 7200 sailors who died between 1917 and 1919. Additionally, the sailor's enlistment address is given along with the nearest living relative. info included: Name, Place of Death, Death Date, Cause of Death, Next of Kin, Relationship, Address, Appointed, Rank, Branch SHANNON, Joseph Scott - navy yard at Mare Island,Calif., Oct.17,1918, influenza, Ida Shannon, wife, Roswell, N. Mex., El Paso,TX, machinists mate second class, US Navy DORE, Mark Cephas - naval hosp at Great Lakes,Ill., Oct.3,1918, influenza Elizabeth SHANAHAN DORE, mother, 217 Huron St.,Cheboygan,Mich., Detroit,Mich., seaman second class, U.S.Naval Reserve Force SHANAHAN, Clem James - naval training station at Great Lakes,Ill., Sept.18,1918, infleunza, Susan SHANAHAN, mother, Bernard Iowa, Des Moines Iowa, landsman machinists mate, U.S.Naval Reserve Force

DEKALB COUNTY, TENNESSEE CENSUS, 1920 Located in central TN east of Nashville, DeKalb County was created in 1837 from Cannon, Warren, and White Counties. Compiled from records published by the federal government. >From Ancestry free database: info included: district & house number, name, relation to head of house, sex, race, age, marital status, & birth state: Smithville Town #19 - SHANNON, Elliott - head, M, W, 42, M, TN Smithville Town #19 - SHANNON, Mattie - wife, F, W, 31, M, TN

Hello All, Sorry for the trouble, but some kook sabotaged my e-mail subscriptions to the Rootsweb.com mailing lists. I can still receive postings to my [email protected] box, or here. I also have about a dozen screen names with two other Internet providers, so if those of you who I am helping will e-mail me privately, I'll give them to you. I hope this problem will resolve itself. Sincerely, Kevin O'Brien Laguna Hills, CA