Thank you so much. The dates are a little off for the Mary I'm looking for --however I guess nothing can be sure at this point. Mary Shannon married a Joseph McCune--he died in 1802 (Ohio) and she maried Samuel Bigger on 21 February, 1805. Do you happen to know how I can conrtact Michael Pierce of CA.? Thank you for your time and help--I've been at this brick wall for 20 years. Beverly

Yes, it's her. Joyce

Hi Joyce, Is this Jean Reid Shannon, wife of Samuel Shannon? Mike Shannon pdd101940@aol.com

Beverly, This sounds like William who was my 5thGr-Grandfather Thomas' brother. That would make him son of Robert(b. ca.1630,N.Ire) who migrated from N.Ire. and was son of John Jr born in Scotland ca. 1600. John Sr, b. ca. 1573 in Scotland, migrated to N. Ireland in 1602. Will look at Dexal Shannon's book and get back to you. Mike Shannon pdd101940@aol.com

Mike - Are you the Mike Shannon, Who is related to me, Dorris L. Shannon Rhoades, of Anchorage, Alaska? (Your e-mail is different than one I had for my Mike) ----- Original Message ----- From: <Pdd101940@aol.com> To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] McKnight/Shannon Cemetery in TN > Hi Joyce, > Is this Jean Reid Shannon, wife of Samuel Shannon? Mike Shannon > pdd101940@aol.com > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 1/10/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 1/10/2005

According to Michael PIERCE of Ca. MARY SHANNON Birth: 7 Dec 1776 Place: LANCASTER COUNTY, PA Death: 24 Sep 1823 Place: Father: JOHN SHANNON 1742?-1825 his father is listed as William Shannon 1730-1784) Mother: SUSAN ALEXANDER 1749-1792 Marriage: Spouse: JOHN MCCUNE Marriage: 7 Dec 1793 Place: BOURBON COUNTY, KY. JOHN MCCUNE Birth: 15 Jun 1772 Place: PA Death: 31 Jan 1852 Place: PIKE COUNTY, MO. Father: WILLIAM MCCUNE 1750-1829? Mother: ELIZABETH MCCLINTOCK > Could you please tell me anything you have on Samuel Shannon? I'm looking > for a Mary Shannon 1773-1843--searching for her parents. She married Joseph > McCune 1793--later Married Samuel Bigger-1805 I believe she was born in > Ohio? > > Can't seem to find this Shannon line > > Thank you, > Beverly M. -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm

Could you please tell me anything you have on Samuel Shannon? I'm looking for a Mary Shannon 1773-1843--searching for her parents. She married Joseph McCune 1793--later Married Samuel Bigger-1805 I believe she was born in Ohio? Can't seem to find this Shannon line Thank you, Beverly M.

I am seeking descendents of John Grant and Martha (Mary) Shannon, who married on January 1, 1840 in Marshall County, TN. The moved to Pontotoc County, Mississippi shortly thereafter. After 1850, they moved to Mitchel TWP, Poinsett County, Arkansas and were noted there on the 1860 Census. They had two sons, David and Jackson and three daughters, Levinia, Jane and Sarah. David, Jackson and Levinia were born in Mississippi in 1848, 1849 and 1850, respectively, while Jane and Sarah were born in Arkansas in 1858 and 1861. Martha was born in North Carolina, but I do not know where. Allen Grant <'\\\>< http://home.houston.rr.com/agrant/genealogy/granthis.htm

Jean Reid is in Mill Creek Baptist Church graveyard in Davidson Co., TN. Joyce Turner

Mike, You're right. I married into the McKnight family. I am not aware of Samuel or Jean being buried there at all. This was a property which George Shannon built for his wife, Mary McKnight in Nolensville, TN. I'm was saddened to see the tombstone of George Shannon in pieces. (George was brother to David Shannon & son of Samuel & Jean) Also there is an infant son of Mary & George there. I believe that Samuel Shannon died in Davidson Co., Tn which is in the same vicinity and they seemed to be friends, but I am uncertain where Samuel & Jean are buried. My interest there is Mary, Elizabeth & Robert McKnight whose headstones are legible, but crooked and/or broken. I want to clean it up and one day restore it with agreement from the Shannon family as this belongs to us all. Tina McKnight ----- Original Message ----- From: Pdd101940@aol.com To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] McKnight/Shannon Cemetery in TN Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:56:48 EST > > Hi Tina, > From what you say, I guess you're not related on the Shannon side? The > cemetery you > mentioned, is this also where Samuel and Jean Reid Shannon are buried? He is > my 4th > Gr-Grandfather. Did you take any photos? Would like to hear from you. Mike > Shannon > pdd101940@aol.com > -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm

Hi Tina, From what you say, I guess you're not related on the Shannon side? The cemetery you mentioned, is this also where Samuel and Jean Reid Shannon are buried? He is my 4th Gr-Grandfather. Did you take any photos? Would like to hear from you. Mike Shannon pdd101940@aol.com

I just went this weekend to visit the gravesite of my Robert McKnight born Oct. 8, 1732, (wife unknown & place of birth unknown) his daughter Mary Mcknight Shannon & her husband George Shannon. It is in a very sad state of affairs if there is anyone interested in working together to restore thise family plot. Mary is the sister of Jane McKnight. David is the brother of David Shannon. Jane & David married also. David & George Shannon were sons of Samuel Shannon. It is located near Nashville, Tn (a 4 hour drive for me) Tina McKnight -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm

----- Original Message ----- From: Bob and Pat Mirisola To: Shannon-L-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 6:55 PM Subject: Shannons of Copse, roscommon Heel, It seems my grandfather's family disappeared from Roscommon. I have been unable to find out any information prior to his birth and the birth of his four siblings. Martin Shannon was born in Copse, Boyle, Roscommon on December 11, 1872. He was the fifth and last child of Martin and Catherine (Boylan) Boyton. His family lived in Copse at the time of his birth per his baptismal record from St. Joseph's Church. Other children: Mary (1864), Kathleen (1865), Patrick (1867), Bridget (1870). Per my mother, Martin's mother and two sisters died in a scarlet fever epidemic. His father died soon after. Patrick and Bridget stayed on the farm and Martin was sent to live in a rectory with a priest who was a relative. He immigrated to Halifax, UK ~1891. Other than baptismal records for the five children, I am unable to find any information on this family. Patrick and Bridget are not listed in the 1901 census nor is there any record of a marriage between Martin and Catherine Boyton (Boylan). If anyone has any suggestions as to where to turn next, I would be most appreciative. Thanks, Pat

Hello Listers I have just joined a great site which hopes to unite other family researchers. It is free to subscribe and list all your ancestors/relatives who are listed on the 1881 UK census. http://www.LostCousins.com Pam Dale (nee Cooper), Brisbane, Australia Researching COOPER, (Barking, Essex) BARRELL (Essex & Suffolk) BAKER (Essex) SAGGERS (Essex) Also COOPER, HULLY, HULLEY, PIKE (London ?) COOPER, HULLEY (CHESHIRE) COOPER, YEOMAN (SOUTH AFRICA) CALE(LINCOLNSHIRE) SHANNON (NSW)

Beverly, Did your Samuel have a son named William? I am trying to find the father of my William. The census records have two different states for his birth. One is AR, I think. The other I can't read as it was not written well, but it isn't AR. He lived in Missouri in 1850/60, and could have come from Ohio. Merry Christmas from cold, but not snowy, Oklahoma. Dorothy Welsh At 09:53 AM 12/21/2004, you wrote: >If I could invite a Shannon ancestor to dinner, it would be my GG >grandfather, Samuel J. Shannon. He was born June 12, 1818 to Thomas and >Catherine (Witter) Shannon in Ross County, Ohio. His first marriage was >to Mary Gallop, who died one year into the marriage. He secondly married >Sarah Ann Washburn, daughter of Cornelius and Elizabeth (Martin) >Washburn. He and Sarah had 13 children. Samuel was a farmer, as well as >a Circuit Rider. I would love to ask him about his parents and about his >time as a Circuit Rider, as well as to ask about his father-in-law, >Cornelius V. Washburn, the famous Indian fighter. It is great fun to >imagine the conversation! > >I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy, healthy New Year and much >success in finding your ancestors! > >Beverly in snowy Wisconsin! Definitely a "White Christmas" here! >All emails scanned by Norton AntiVirus 2004

Would appreciate anyone related to John Shannon, b.1754/5 probably in Washington Co. MD. He served in the American Revolution, m. Jane Dunlap, whose mother was a Jack. They lived in the Mercersburg/Chambersburg, Pa. area; had 10 children. Later, moved to Centre Co. with grown children, some of who were married. One was their daughter Jane, m. May 26, 1803, Hagerstown, Md. to Daniel Kennelly, b. 1775, in Ireland, my ggg. grandparents. Jane's sister, Agnus Nancy Shannon was m. the same day. She & her husband stayed in the Mercersburg area. Jane & Daniel raised a large family in Gregg Twp. Centre Co. Pa. When the parents, John and Jane Shannon, were somewhat older, they went to live with their son, John ll, who had served in the War of 1812, on a farm in Rockland, Venango County, PA. Their son Alexander had a farm next to his brother, John. They're buried in the Rockland Cemetery. Willing to share information. Dorothy Cote

Hello Rita I don't think I can help directly, but I did want to say that I have found at least one family of Catholic Shannons from the north of Ireland, who moved to Scotland sometime after 1838 and before the 1851 census. These were John Shannon, born @ 1796, son of Barnet (this could be a mistranscription of 'Bernard') Shannon, who was Collector of Rents in County Tyrone, NI. John died in 1856, and was buried in the Catholic burial ground at Dumfries, SW Scotland. John's wife, Susan, born @ 1791, in Ireland, and their three children, all born in Ireland: Susan, born @ 19831; Charles, born @ 1835; John, born @ 1838. This family appear on the 1851 census in Dumfries. I would guess that they left Ireland during the famine years of the 1840s. On more general points, my reading of Irish/Scottish/English history suggests to me that Catholics and Protestants were not as regionally or culturally segregated as is sometimes assumed. There were very strong links between the west of Scotland and the north of Ireland - one has only to look at a map to see how short the sea crossing was, and even more telling, apparently Ulster Gaelic is to this day more or less indistinguishable from the Gallic of south west Scotland. But the movement of peoples was not simply of Scots moving to Ireland. In 1841, 16% of the population of Glasgow (Scotland), was Irish born and by 1861, over 6% of the Scottish population was born in Ireland, compared to 3% of the English population. Here in the UK, we have had a tremendous treat over the past few weeks, with a BBC TV series on ancestor tracing, illustrated by exploring the family history of 10 TV personalities. One of these traced her ancestry back to Ireland via Cornwall (south west England), and found that during the mid 19th century, her Irish forebears switched religion, from Catholic to Protestant, to escape the horrendous anti-Catholic discrimination of the time. I suspect that a similar switch occurred in many other people's ancestry, perhaps including mine. The vicious anti-Irish prejudice of the 19th century may be the reason one of my Shannon ancestors gave his birthplace as England on various official documents, only giving his birthplace as Ireland in later life. best wishes Hilary In a message dated 16/12/2004 02:30:17 GMT Standard Time, RASANDIDGE@aol.com writes: > Subj:[SHANNON-L] John SHANNON > Date:16/12/2004 02:30:17 GMT Standard Time > From: RASANDIDGE@aol.com > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com">SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com</A> > To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > Thank you for your replies. John SHANNON wrote on the court house records > in > Campbell Co, VA that he was Catholic and from Clough, County Antrim. I > would > love to go to Ireland as it is said that John went back to Ireland after > having married and raised a family who never heard from him again. > Rita >

If I could invite a Shannon ancestor to dinner, it would be my GG grandfather, Samuel J. Shannon. He was born June 12, 1818 to Thomas and Catherine (Witter) Shannon in Ross County, Ohio. His first marriage was to Mary Gallop, who died one year into the marriage. He secondly married Sarah Ann Washburn, daughter of Cornelius and Elizabeth (Martin) Washburn. He and Sarah had 13 children. Samuel was a farmer, as well as a Circuit Rider. I would love to ask him about his parents and about his time as a Circuit Rider, as well as to ask about his father-in-law, Cornelius V. Washburn, the famous Indian fighter. It is great fun to imagine the conversation! I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy, healthy New Year and much success in finding your ancestors! Beverly in snowy Wisconsin! Definitely a "White Christmas" here! All emails scanned by Norton AntiVirus 2004

Ellen: I find a Clarence Shannon on the 1870 census in Pike co., PA but he's only 5 years old and he's living with another family (probably orphaned). Sounds like that's going to be a tough one to find out who his parents are, but not impossible. Good luck Doneva Vonkorn@aol.com wrote: Doneva, You haven't happened to know anything about a Clarence Shannon would you? I know he was born in the first half of the 19th century and my mother always thought it was in South Carolina. He eventually ended up in Pittsburgh where my g-grandmother, Josephine Hughes Shannon was born in 1870. His wife was Sophia Hackmeister (or something similar). Clarence is an elusive fellow! Ellen my entire genealogy database, 61,000+ names http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=donevanell (be sure entire URL fits in your Address bar) --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. Learn more.

Well done! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Shannon" <bshannon@insight.rr.com> To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 1:22 PM Subject: [SHANNON-L] Christmas Dinner > If I could invite a Shannon ancestor to Christmas dinner I would invite my > great-grandfather, Richard Shannon who was born in County Down in 1850. I > would have so many questions for him. I would ask him why he chose to > migrate to Western Pennsylvania in the 1870's. Did any other family members > come with him? How did he manage to make enough money to send for his wife, > Esther (Irvin) Shannon and his baby daughter, Agnes, two years later? I > want to know who his parents were and the names of his siblings. And of > course, I'd like to hear stories about the difficulties of supporting a > family of 10 children by working in the coke fields of W. Pennsylvania and > later the steel mill in Pittsburgh. > > But mostly I'd like to tell him how grateful his descendants are that he had > the courage to leave his home and loved ones behind to come to America. I'd > want to tell him that I know life was probably nearly as difficult for him > here as it was in Ireland, but that his descendants have prospered > (comparatively speaking). And that's why, just this year, 102 years after > his death we placed a marker on his unmarked grave in Homewood Cemetery in > Pittsburgh. > > Barbara Shannon > >