Hi list, I need your help. For years, I have seen the marriage date for Thomas Shannon and Agnes Crow as Jan 20, 1778 and marriage places such as Poplar Hill, Giles County, Va, Montgomery County, Va, or not known. Giles County was not formed until 1806, so it couldn't be in Giles County. Montgomery County would be my guess, but I have never found a marriage record in the Montgomery County Court House. So if no marriage record can be found, then how does everyone know the date is Jan 20, 1778? Please tell me someone found it in a family bible. Thomas and Agnes CROW Shannon are my husband's ggg-grandparents. Thanks in advance for any information on our line. Widget ***************************************************************** Researching: Ferrone, Beaudrias, MacGregor, Selleck, Fairchild Shannon, Crow, Hudson, Grayson, McCarty, Hayes, Pratt, Thomas Stickley, Hamilton, Harris, Fields, Day, Musselwhite, Caudill My home page is: www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/h/a/Marypaul-widget-B-Shannon-VA/index.html

Hi Sue, in regard to our correspondence on the Peter Robinson Settlement," I wonder if you would ask your parents, (who you say live in Peterborough), if they can find anything out on the Kennelly family that came from Ireland, around 1824-5 to Keene near Rice Lake, I believe. I was in the Keene Historical Village that was restored several years ago. There's a Kennelly Hostel (hotel), but is now named KEENE. I'd love to go back, but my husband & I in our 70's & aren't up to going through Toronto. I drove as my hubby had ...had an eye stroke & he was unable to drive. I vowed, Lord if you get us out of here, I won't go back thru here again. (and I haven't) ha ha I wonder if it would be better to drive to Rochester, NY. and take a Ferry across Lake Ontario? Maybe they don't have a ferry there, I don't know, do you? The Shannahans (Shannons) are also related. Thanks for any help. Many thanks, & regards, Dorothy (Kennelly) Cote

Michael, Thank you for the information. Widget At 01:37 PM 6/26/01 -0400, you wrote: >Hello Widget, >My Gr-Grandfather's children were: >Clara May b 3/7/1823 d 11/6/1907 m David Allison Templeton >and had three sons, Allison,Clarence and Alexander Shannon >Templeton. >Alexander May Jr. b 7/23/1874 m Helen, sister of King Vidor >and had Alex 3rd. >Bettie Scott b 5/18/1878 d 8/24/1927 m Hudson P. Ellis. >Laura Johnston b 11/11/1879 m Gen. Dallas J. Mathews >and had Dallas J. Jr. and Clara May Mathews >Granville Scott b 8/28/1881 m Julia >Lillo Beatrice b 8/14/1883 d 9/1884 >James Alfred b3/21/1885 d 6/2/1969 m Dana Sproule >and had James Alfred Jr. and Dana Gertrude >Conway McLean b 9/8/1893 d 8/26/1963 m Idabell and had Connie > >This is all I have except for present generations. >James Alfred Jr. was my father >and Dana Gertrude is my one surviving Aunt on that side. > > Michael Shannon

Hello Widget, My Gr-Grandfather's children were: Clara May b 3/7/1823 d 11/6/1907 m David Allison Templeton and had three sons, Allison,Clarence and Alexander Shannon Templeton. Alexander May Jr. b 7/23/1874 m Helen, sister of King Vidor and had Alex 3rd. Bettie Scott b 5/18/1878 d 8/24/1927 m Hudson P. Ellis. Laura Johnston b 11/11/1879 m Gen. Dallas J. Mathews and had Dallas J. Jr. and Clara May Mathews Granville Scott b 8/28/1881 m Julia Lillo Beatrice b 8/14/1883 d 9/1884 James Alfred b3/21/1885 d 6/2/1969 m Dana Sproule and had James Alfred Jr., and Dana Gertrude Conway McLean b 9/8/1893 d 8/26/1963 m Idabell and had Connie This is all I have except for present generations. James Alfred Jr. was my father. and Dana Gertrude is my one surviving Aunt on that side. Michael Shannon

Jimmy, This article said Alexander May Shannon and Clara Viola Scott had seven children. Do you know their names? Thanks, Widget At 10:32 PM 3/27/2000 -0600, Jimmy Kerr wrote: > > SHANNON, ALEXANDER MAY (1839-1906). Alexander May Shannon, scout and >cavalryman under Confederate generals John Bell Hood,qv Nathan Bedford >Forrest, Wade Hampton, and Joseph Wheeler and prominent Galveston >businessman, son of Granville B. and Unity (Williams) Shannon, was born in >Arkansas on May 7, 1839. His family moved to Texas when he was fourteen, >settling in Johnson County and later in Gonzales County where he began >teaching in 1859. His was one of only seven votes against secessionqv in >Karnes County. However, when Texas seceded Shannon quickly raised a company >and joined Sibley's brigade.qv Soon, however, he transferred into the Eighth >Texas Cavalryqv-Terry's Texas Rangers-and took part in every one of the >regiment's engagements. About 1863 he was made captain. As a cavalry >officer, he was shrewd and brave. He fought boldly and aggressively, winning >a reputation with his superiors and his men as well as the foe. This >reputation led to his scouting behind Sherman's lines in the Atlanta >campaign with a cavalry unit of thirty men that gained fame as "Shannon's >Scouts." The scouts followed the Union army across Georgia, making raids on >Sherman's units and conducting reconnaissance missions, locating approach >routes, and relaying military intelligence back to Confederate forces. The >unit killed approximately forty-three federals and captured over 100. >Shannon's Scouts were so effective that Union general Judson Kilpatrick >offered $5,000 for Shannon's capture. Shannon later was put in charge of the >secret service of the Army of Tennessee and promoted to colonel in 1865. He >was charged with escorting President Jefferson Davis to safety after the >fall of Richmond in April 1865, but Davis was captured by federal cavalry >before Shannon could come to his aid. After the war Shannon returned to his >ranch on the San Antonio River in Karnes County but soon entered the >insurance business with John B. Hood in New Orleans in 1869. When the >business prospered and grew, he moved to Galveston to take charge of its >Texas branch. There he met and married Clara Viola Scott, the daughter of >Maj. William Bibb and Bettie (Murphy) Scott, on February 21, 1872. She was >the granddaughter of Gen John B. Scott, cofounder of Montgomery, Alabama, >and John H. Murphy, third governor of Alabama. They had seven children. In >1880 Shannon was engaged in government contract work, employing as many as >300 men building jetties and other public works. He also had a line of >barges and tugs employing another sixteen men. In 1886 he issued a proposal >to build a Galveston seawall. In 1890 Shannon became general manager of the >Galveston and Western Railway; in 1891 he chartered the Galveston Jetty >Railroad; in 1893 he became postmaster of Galveston. He became a Mason in >May 1860 and was active as such thereafter. In politics he was a Democrat. >He died on October 26, 1906, in Galveston and was buried in the Episcopal >Cemetery. > >BIBLIOGRAPHY: Confederate Veteran, February 1907. Galveston Daily News, >October 28, 1906. David Nevin, Sherman's March: Atlanta to the Sea >(Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1986). Paul R. Scott, "Shannon's >Scouts Combat Reconnaissance Detachment of Terry's Texas Rangers," Military >History of Texas and the Southwest 15 (1979). Dudley Goodall Wooten, ed., A >Comprehensive History of Texas (2 vols., Dallas: Scarff, 1898; rpt., Austin: >Texas State Historical Association, 1986). > >Michael O. Shannon > > > >top of page | about | search | browse | help | home - contribute - >bookstore - credits >how to cite this article | report an error or correction | suggest an >article topic > >The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at >the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical >Association. > > >© The Texas State Historical Association, 1997,1998,1999. >Last Updated: February 15, 1999 >Comments to: comments@www.tsha.utexas.edu > >Jimmy Kerr >8227 N. Lamar Blvd. >Austin, Texas 78753 >Web-Sites: >I think my ancestors must have been in the witness protection program!! >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=107971 >Ector County, Texas >http://www.rootsweb.com/~txector/ector.htm >Genealogy: >http://www.gbnf.com/genealog2/kerr1/html/surnames.htm > > ***************************************************************** Researching: Ferrone, Beaudrias, MacGregor, Selleck, Fairchild Shannon, Crow, Hudson, Grayson, McCarty, Hayes, Pratt, Thomas Stickley, Hamilton, Harris, Fields, Day, Musselwhite, Caudill My home page is: www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/h/a/Marypaul-widget-B-Shannon-VA/index.html

Jimmy, Who are the parents of this Thomas Jefferson Shannon (1808-1864)? Thanks, Widget At 10:19 PM 3/27/2000 -0600, you wrote: > > SHANNON, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1808-1864). Thomas Jefferson Shannon, land >speculator, cattle breeder, and legislator, was born in Warren County, >Kentucky, on January 17, 1808. His younger brother, James B., and a Thomas >R. Shannon moved from Arkansas to Shelby County, Texas, in 1837. The >following year the two were in old Fannin County. They seem to have been >early settlers on Iron Ore Creek, now in Grayson County. In July 1839 T. J. >Shannon moved from Missouri to Red River County, Texas. He settled five >miles west of Clarksville near William Becknell,qv pioneer of the Santa Fe >Trail.qv Shannon had been active in the Missouri militia and had helped >remove the Cherokees from that state during the administration of Governor >Lillburn W. Boggs. After he arrived in Red River County he was charged with >fraud by Governor Marmaduke of Missouri in the case of a land transaction >involving Becknell and James Shannon. The final judgment, issued by the >Texas Supreme Court in 1850, was against Shannon. In 1845 Shannon moved to >old Fannin County, where he settled on Iron Ore Creek south of James's >place. After Grayson County was formed from Fannin County in 1846, James >Shannon was one of the original commissioners appointed by the legislature >to locate the county seat, to be named Sherman. The town was first >established four or five miles northwest of the present site. Shannon and >his brother bought and divided the J. B. McNair survey, a large tract in >central Grayson County. Shannon moved to this property. When the original >site of Sherman proved to be deficient in timber and water, and when >difficulties arose in obtaining title from the Peters colony,qv Shannon ran >for the Second Texas Legislature and campaigned for relocation of the town. >He won the election and served from December 13, 1847, through March 20, >1848. Sherman was moved to its present location in 1848. Shannon and Samuel >Blagg, another early settler, donated land for the new town, which became >the county seat on February 8, 1850. Shannon became a pioneer in the cattle >industry (see RANCHING) by bringing the first Durhams to the United States. >Queen Victoria gave him three of the breed after he wrote her of his >interest in them. Shannon paid the freight charges, and the animals were >brought overland to North Texas. He developed the first addition to Sherman >and donated a lot for a building to be used by several protestant >congregations. He married Eliza Easton; they had nine children. Shannon died >on February 16, 1864, and was buried in West Hill Cemetery, Sherman. > >BIBLIOGRAPHY: Eugene W. Bowers and Evelyn Oppenheimer, Red River Dust: True >Tales of an American Yesterday (Waco: Word, 1969). Dallas Morning News, >March 14, 1926. J. Frank Dobie, The Longhorns (Boston: Little, Brown, 1941; >rpt., Austin: University of Texas Press, 1980). Hans Peter Nielsen Gammel, >comp., Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 (10 vols., Austin: Gammel, 1898). Grayson >County Frontier Village, History of Grayson County, Texas (2 vols., >Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Hunter, 1979, 1981). Graham Landrum and Allen >Smith, Grayson County (Fort Worth, 1960; 2d ed., Fort Worth: Historical >Publishers, 1967). Members of the Texas Legislature, 1846-1962 (Austin, >1962). Gifford E. White, ed., The 1840 Census of the Republic of Texas >(Austin: Pemberton, 1966; 2d ed., Vol. 2 of 1840 Citizens of Texas, Austin, >1984). J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Hutchings, >1889; rpt., Austin: State House, 1985). > >Morris L. Britton > > > >top of page | about | search | browse | help | home - contribute - >bookstore - credits >how to cite this article | report an error or correction | suggest an >article topic > >The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at >the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical >Association. > > >© The Texas State Historical Association, 1997,1998,1999. >Last Updated: February 15, 1999 >Comments to: comments@www.tsha.utexas.edu > >Jimmy Kerr >8227 N. Lamar Blvd. >Austin, Texas 78753 ***************************************************************** Researching: Ferrone, Beaudrias, MacGregor, Selleck, Fairchild Shannon, Crow, Hudson, Grayson, McCarty, Hayes, Pratt, Thomas Stickley, Hamilton, Harris, Fields, Day, Musselwhite, Caudill My home page is: www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/h/a/Marypaul-widget-B-Shannon-VA/index.html

Widget, what is your Shannon line and how far back have you gone.

Becky, No, I haven't seen any other Lee/Shannon marriages, but then I haven't been looking. There are none in my FTM database. You may want to try posting in the Indiana listserv or try searches on the Indiana Web page. Good Luck. Widget At 05:10 PM 6/16/01 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Widget >Thank you for posting this Shannon information to the list. Do you know of any other LEE and SHANNON marriage in Indiana after 1829. My ggrandmother was Emeline Lee born in Rush Co Indiana in 1829. Her mother, UNKNOWN LEE is >said to have married a MR. SHANNON as her second husband. >The George SHANNON and Phoebe LEE marriage is the only one I have been able to find. >Best regards > Becky in Ky. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "widget shannon" <gswbs@vt.edu> >To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 1:29 PM >Subject: [SHANNON-L] George SHANNON/Eliza GORDON and Phoebe LEE > > >> Russ, >> >> Original notes are below. Just wanted to give >> you some dates I acquired when I lived in >> Kentucky and went to Jefferson County, IN >> to look for George Shannon and Eliza Gordon. >> You may already have these by now. They are >> buried in the Bethel Cemetery, Hanover Twnship, >> Jefferson County, IN. Found their marriage in >> the courthouse to be May 4, 1831, Jefferson Co., IN >> As George & Eliza were having children in 1838, >> I doubt he is the same George that married Phoebe Lee. >> >> In Memory of George Shannon Sen >> born March 1759 >> and departed this life Dec 5, 1840 >> aged 81 years and near 9 months >> >> In Memory of Ann, >> Consort of George Shannon >> who departed this life Sept 9, 1847 >> aged 83 yrs, 4 ms, 7 dys >> >> John 1888-1892 Markie 1893-1896 SHANNON >> >> In Memory of infant son of George & Elizabeth Shannon >> b 1/16/1838 d 2/25/1838 40 days >> >> Infant daughter of George & Elizabeth Shannon >> July 22, 1852 >> Aug 4, 1852 >> >> George Shannon Sen (don't know why this says sen also) >> b 2/7/1788 >> d 9/5/1863 >> aged 75 yrs, 6 mos, 28 dys >> >> Elizabeth Gordon >> wife of George >> b 10/8/1809 >> d 1/22/1872 >> >> George Shannon Walker >> 12/4/1872 >> 9/15/1879 >> >> Hester S Walker >> 1841-1921 >> >> George W Walker >> 9/25/1836 >> 12/8/1911 >> >> James McMillan >> Aug 14, 1835 >> aged 7 >> >> John McMillan >> d 11/2/1846 >> 67 years >> >> Mary >> consort of John >> b 9/7/1790 >> d 9/21/1855 >> >> Hope this helps someone, >> Widget >> >> >> At 03:19 PM 4/16/01 -0400, you wrote: >> >Becky, >> > >> >George Shannon and his wife Ann Reid, both originally >> >of Lancaster Co. PA, settled in Jefferson Co. IN where >> >George died 5 Dec. 1840. Their son George Shannon >> >married Eliza Gordon in Jefferson Co., IN 1 Apr. 1831. >> >I do not know if this is the same George Shannon who >> >married Phoebe Lee in the same county seven years later. >> >I don't have death information on Either this George or Eliza. >> > >> >Russ Reid >> >Louisville, KY >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Becky Dees [mailto:bdees@iglou.com] >> >Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 1:58 PM >> >To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >> >Subject: [SHANNON-L] George SHANNON and Phoebe LEE >> > >> > >> >Hello List >> >I would like to learn more about George SHANNON who >> >married Phoebe LEE 16 Sept 1838 in Jefferson Co In. >> >Any information would be helpful and appreciated. >> >Becky >> >> >> >> ***************************************************************** >> Researching: >> Ferrone, Beaudrias, MacGregor, Selleck, Fairchild >> Shannon, Crowe, Hudson, Grayson, McCarty, Hayes, Pratt, Thomas >> Stickley, Hamilton, Harris, Fields, Day, Musselwhite, Caudill >> >> My home page is: >> >www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/h/a/Marypaul-widget-B-Shannon-VA/index.html >> >> >> ==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== >> SHANNON letters by Dedman on: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies >> >> >> > > >==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== >SHANNON letters by Dedman on: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > >

Hello Did anyone have any Shannon relatives who lived in Cincinatti, Ohio in the time period 1853 to about 1861? My ancestor married in 1853 in Cincinnati,Ohio and moved to St. Louis,MO in 1861. Just wondered if he had any siblings in Cincinnati at the same time. His name was Peter Shannon, born about 1830 in County Cork, Ireland. Thanks Alex in St. Peters, MO

Thanks so much... I am from Peterborough, Ontario...Canada, so if you need anything from there let me know. I now live in Ottawa, Canada. Best wishes Sue -----Original Message----- From: Irishlovey@aol.com [mailto:Irishlovey@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 12:31 AM To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Re: Shannons from the Peter Robinson Settlement Hi Sue Wilson Faubert, the name of the book you inquired about is called "Peter Robinson's Settlers," 1823-1825, by Carol Bennett. In 1823 and 1825, groups of impoverished people from the south of Ireland were brought to the Upper Canada under the leadership of the Hon. Peter Robinson. They settled in the District of Bathurst in the Ottowa Valley and in the Peterborough area. Carol Bennett has documented the events which led up to this emigration, and she has looked at each family to see what became of them. The book includes stories of the settlers, events in which the families took part, and profiles of prominent descendants. It gives the names and ages of husband, wife and children. It's a great handbook for genealogists. There are many helpful hints for those researching these families. The book is printed & bound in Canada & put out by: Juniper Books; R.R.2,Renfrew, Ontario, K7V 3Z5, Canada It's really a great informative book. ==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== SHANNON letters by Dedman on: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies

Hi Sue Wilson Faubert, the name of the book you inquired about is called "Peter Robinson's Settlers," 1823-1825, by Carol Bennett. In 1823 and 1825, groups of impoverished people from the south of Ireland were brought to the Upper Canada under the leadership of the Hon. Peter Robinson. They settled in the District of Bathurst in the Ottowa Valley and in the Peterborough area. Carol Bennett has documented the events which led up to this emigration, and she has looked at each family to see what became of them. The book includes stories of the settlers, events in which the families took part, and profiles of prominent descendants. It gives the names and ages of husband, wife and children. It's a great handbook for genealogists. There are many helpful hints for those researching these families. The book is printed & bound in Canada & put out by: Juniper Books; R.R.2,Renfrew, Ontario, K7V 3Z5, Canada It's really a great informative book.

JOHN CARTER SHANNON b. abt 1864 Leavenworth Co., Ks. married in 1880 to JOSEPHINE KATHERINE RICHARDSON b. 1 Nov 1864 Leavenworth Co., Ks. and d. 20 Aug 1952 Wyandotte Co., Ks. Colleen Kitch GuyCol@webtv.net

Sharon, I'm not sure if anyone has put the Granville Shannon family on record on the net. I mean from him through each of his children down to the present. Everyone seems to accept Dexal Shannon's account. There are some mistakes in it, as well as some other accounts. One in Dexal's that everyone has perpetuated is my Gr-Grandfather's middle name; it is May, not Malachi. I've tried to correct that but have had little success. Some of these folks would rather accept an authority with an error in print than a first hand account from a son told to his grandson. There is an error perpetuated about Granville's grandfather Billingsly. They want to have Mary as a daughter of a John Billingsly instead of Maj. James & Ann Rhea Billingsly, proven by his will. This happens when someone wants to find a desireable ancestor for themselves. This should've been a first thing to do for me when I got back into this, but I still have a lot to learn about how to do these things. This really needs to be done to stop further perpetuation of error and to get it on the net for future generations. If there is anything I can give you to help in this area let me know. I wish I could've been there when your mother got the letters. That would've been a real thrill. Mike

----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon Moore To: jimmyk@bigfoot.com Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 11:11 AM Subject: Genealogy of Shannon Family Jimmy, Found your web site in GBNF and saw you also had Roots Web site. I am descended from Granville Billingsley Shannon through his daughter Emma Shannon. I noticed you do not have any further on Emma Shannon. Emma is my great Grandmother. I do have extensive info from Emma down, if you are interested. I don't know how extensive you want your database. I am still tracing all of my ancestors, and it is a time consuming job. I will be putting my own line on my web page within the next several months. I still have lots to enter. If you are interested in Emma down, please email me and we can share. Thanks, Sharon

Hi Widget Thank you for posting this Shannon information to the list. Do you know of any other LEE and SHANNON marriage in Indiana after 1829. My ggrandmother was Emeline Lee born in Rush Co Indiana in 1829. Her mother, UNKNOWN LEE is said to have married a MR. SHANNON as her second husband. The George SHANNON and Phoebe LEE marriage is the only one I have been able to find. Best regards Becky in Ky. ----- Original Message ----- From: "widget shannon" <gswbs@vt.edu> To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 1:29 PM Subject: [SHANNON-L] George SHANNON/Eliza GORDON and Phoebe LEE > Russ, > > Original notes are below. Just wanted to give > you some dates I acquired when I lived in > Kentucky and went to Jefferson County, IN > to look for George Shannon and Eliza Gordon. > You may already have these by now. They are > buried in the Bethel Cemetery, Hanover Twnship, > Jefferson County, IN. Found their marriage in > the courthouse to be May 4, 1831, Jefferson Co., IN > As George & Eliza were having children in 1838, > I doubt he is the same George that married Phoebe Lee. > > In Memory of George Shannon Sen > born March 1759 > and departed this life Dec 5, 1840 > aged 81 years and near 9 months > > In Memory of Ann, > Consort of George Shannon > who departed this life Sept 9, 1847 > aged 83 yrs, 4 ms, 7 dys > > John 1888-1892 Markie 1893-1896 SHANNON > > In Memory of infant son of George & Elizabeth Shannon > b 1/16/1838 d 2/25/1838 40 days > > Infant daughter of George & Elizabeth Shannon > July 22, 1852 > Aug 4, 1852 > > George Shannon Sen (don't know why this says sen also) > b 2/7/1788 > d 9/5/1863 > aged 75 yrs, 6 mos, 28 dys > > Elizabeth Gordon > wife of George > b 10/8/1809 > d 1/22/1872 > > George Shannon Walker > 12/4/1872 > 9/15/1879 > > Hester S Walker > 1841-1921 > > George W Walker > 9/25/1836 > 12/8/1911 > > James McMillan > Aug 14, 1835 > aged 7 > > John McMillan > d 11/2/1846 > 67 years > > Mary > consort of John > b 9/7/1790 > d 9/21/1855 > > Hope this helps someone, > Widget > > > At 03:19 PM 4/16/01 -0400, you wrote: > >Becky, > > > >George Shannon and his wife Ann Reid, both originally > >of Lancaster Co. PA, settled in Jefferson Co. IN where > >George died 5 Dec. 1840. Their son George Shannon > >married Eliza Gordon in Jefferson Co., IN 1 Apr. 1831. > >I do not know if this is the same George Shannon who > >married Phoebe Lee in the same county seven years later. > >I don't have death information on Either this George or Eliza. > > > >Russ Reid > >Louisville, KY > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Becky Dees [mailto:bdees@iglou.com] > >Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 1:58 PM > >To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [SHANNON-L] George SHANNON and Phoebe LEE > > > > > >Hello List > >I would like to learn more about George SHANNON who > >married Phoebe LEE 16 Sept 1838 in Jefferson Co In. > >Any information would be helpful and appreciated. > >Becky > > > > ***************************************************************** > Researching: > Ferrone, Beaudrias, MacGregor, Selleck, Fairchild > Shannon, Crowe, Hudson, Grayson, McCarty, Hayes, Pratt, Thomas > Stickley, Hamilton, Harris, Fields, Day, Musselwhite, Caudill > > My home page is: > www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/h/a/Marypaul-widget-B-Shannon-VA/index.html > > > ==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== > SHANNON letters by Dedman on: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > > >

ok. >From: Pdd101940@aol.com >Reply-To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] shannon families >Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 08:08:23 EDT > >Bobbie, > On the first chart, just trash it and don't pay for it. Mike > > >==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== >SHANNON letters by Dedman on: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Bobbie, On the first chart, just trash it and don't pay for it. Mike

Hi, everyone, Just click on the Irish url, and then put your Irish surnames in the window and see where in Ireland most of the folks with that surname lived. Bobbie > >>Clarification of the Four Courts Fire of 1922. The last issue >[ML 6:23] had an article which might leave the impression that >all the civil records for Ireland burned. This is not the case. >What burned in the tragic Four Courts Fire of 1922 were all the >censuses prior to 1901, all Church of Ireland parish records >that had been sent to Dublin "for safety," and many probate >records. However, the complete civil records for Ireland are >still with us. Civil registration started for all residents of >Ireland in 1864, so marriage, birth, and death records are >available to any researcher from 1864 onwards. For Church of >Ireland ancestors, civil records go back even farther. > >One need not go to Dublin to see these records. All the indices >and many of the full records are available via microfilm order >from the FHL. See the excellent article about these records at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/igsi_published/cens-sub/ >homabd01.htm [TWO-LINE URL] > >Many researchers are completely unaware of the existence and >ready availability of these records as they send letters to >overworked parish priests in Ireland that often go unanswered. >Granted, in order to break back past 1864 one must turn to >religious records and one must become conversant in both Latin >and Irish in order to be successful. > >A great resource for understanding the variations and Irish >equivalents of surnames is at this IRISH TIMES Web site: > http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm > K.E. Flynn, CGRS > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

What a blessing Louise and Joyce were for you. I just do not understand why anyone would want to burn another person's house. How sad. I just do not understand. Too much meanness goes on, but not in our genealogy world. It seems everyone is trying to help everyone else. It is a great world to read about and research and appreciate. I love our courageous ancestors. I like seeing their old houses and hearing their stories. It would be great to be cousins! I do hope I can find Andrew and am starting to search now. Thanks so much for your help. Bobbie >From: Pdd101940@aol.com >Reply-To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] shannon families >Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 23:34:04 EDT > >Bobbie, > When I first started my research years ago, I was fortunate to find two >cousins I >didn't know I had. They both gave a lot of material that would've taken >years >on my own to get. I was able to find much more with their help, and was >blessed with two new cousins that I felt I had known all my life. > Louise Dedman sent me 20 page letters with research, proofs and >conclusions that are invaluable. I met her on one of my trips and regarded >her as a favorite aunt I had known all my life. Thanks to Joyce Shannon >Bridges, they are now on line for everyone to use, Tommie Taylor helped me >find material on my Gr-Grandfather >Shannon and his parents. They were very gracious, and believed in sharing >and >spreading the information around to those interested in preserving our >heritage. They have inspired me to do the same. I think I get more >satisfaction out of doing that, than I do researching. > Louise had been researching since the year I was born, 1939. Some time >after my visit I learned she had been burgled three times. She had her >research in Franklin,Tnn, in the family home, but lived in town. The third >time they scattered her papers all over and set fire to the place. What a >horrible thing to do! > I can relate to how your husband feels and of course, I identify with >you. I get a little panicky when I let it pile up on me. I hope someday >soon >we can find that we are family. Mike > > >==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== >SHANNON letters by Dedman on: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Thank you, Mike, I really appreciate your help. I spent all week, organizing my notebooks. Putting the papers in each one instead of in piles, and now only have very full, 4 folders of work to do, emails, and data entry to my Kith and Kin, and regular mail. At least it is categorized, and the piles are gone, just the 2 doz 3inch notebooks. My husband goes crazy when he sees all the papers. He worries what to do with it when I die. Guess I should make plans for that so he does not worry. He is a perfectionist and never has a single paper in sight, and throws away everything that comes in. I have a hard time throwing anything at all away. Everything I have gives me a happy memory. So, when he dies he will go straight to heaven for having suffered so much living with me. Don't know where I will go tho. for having caused all that suffering. Crazy. Bobbie >From: Pdd101940@aol.com >Reply-To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] shannon families >Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 21:44:16 EDT > >Bobbie, > I sent you the chart Thursday. When I got home, I took a look at it and >realized it was a mixed up mess, so I sent you another. The one with the 2 >on >it near my return >address is the complete and correct chart. Mike > > >==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== >SHANNON letters by Dedman on: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com