Those PA Shannons are an elusive group. I've been looking for the origin of my g-g-grandparents for several years. My g-grandfather James Ross Shannon, according to death certificate was born in Geneva, PA (Crawford County) in 1860. I've searched census years starting with 1860 and do not find him until the 1900 census. His father was George Shannon and mother was Betsey (Elizabeth ?) and surname was probably Ross. There are Ross and Shannon families in northern Mercer and Shannon families in Northwest Venango county, but I haven't been able to tie into them. I wonder if George took the family back to Ireland, although James' death certificate indicates he was also born somewhere in PA. Maybe there was family land in Ireland. Maybe he didn't want to fight in the Civil War. So many questions. Wen Hayes Kent, OH

Thanx Fran ... I am known as "Oke" to family and friends. Oke Shannon -----Original Message----- From: Fmfco@aol.com [mailto:Fmfco@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 2:57 PM To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Lain/Lane/Layne or Newson Shannon James I have information on Layne Shannon I am a Layne- Shannon descendent mine being from Va. to Ky I am stumped on James Shannon who md a Middleton any help from anyone out there? James I will contact you direct when I have time to get in my notebooks Fran Fletcher in Colorado

My email is : rbrooks@srcaccess.net. Rosella ----- Original Message ----- From: <Pdd101940@aol.com> To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 7:57 PM Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Fw: anna shannon > Rosella, > I have too many odds&ends to pu on the internet, if you want, I'll send > you copies of it, just e-mail me an address. I have the Bible pages out of > the Larramore Bible. You should contact Tommie Taylor, she might be able to > give you some leads. She is also interested in Joseph & Mary's children. > Tommie Taylor tommie-t@worldnet.att.net > Also, Mary's parents were Maj. James Billingsly&Ann Rea. There are those > who would deny this, as they wish to claim that connection, but Maj. > Billingsly's will proves the point. Mike Shannon > pdd101940@aol.com >

linda, I'm on a sote right now that has a lot of DePriest. Have seen Hugh several times. The site is: http://www.gendex.com:8080/display?page=individuals&surname=DEPRIEST&level=0 &first=John+/DEPRIEST/&last=John+Erastos+/DePriest/ Of course you don't need all the garrbage that is on the end of the .com Rosella ----- Original Message ----- From: <LindaB2528@aol.com> To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 8:04 PM Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Help with Shannon's > Michael, > I don't have anything on Hugh. I know his son was William as was his son. > William #1 was born in Ky and William #3 was born in Ill. Hugh was from > Ireland. I heard Down county I think. I would really love to hear more if > you have it. > > Linda in California > > > AlienWebResearch.com >

Michael, I don't have anything on Hugh. I know his son was William as was his son. William #1 was born in Ky and William #3 was born in Ill. Hugh was from Ireland. I heard Down county I think. I would really love to hear more if you have it. Linda in California AlienWebResearch.com

Rosella, I have too many odds&ends to pu on the internet, if you want, I'll send you copies of it, just e-mail me an address. I have the Bible pages out of the Larramore Bible. You should contact Tommie Taylor, she might be able to give you some leads. She is also interested in Joseph & Mary's children. Tommie Taylor tommie-t@worldnet.att.net Also, Mary's parents were Maj. James Billingsly&Ann Rea. There are those who would deny this, as they wish to claim that connection, but Maj. Billingsly's will proves the point. Mike Shannon pdd101940@aol.com

Linda, If this is the bunch I'm thinking of, Hugh was a son of Wm.,one of the four brothers who were sons of Robt. robt was a son of John Jr., son of John. Both johns born in Scotland, Robt in N. Ire. Michael Shannon

James I have information on Layne Shannon I am a Layne- Shannon descendent mine being from Va. to Ky I am stumped on James Shannon who md a Middleton any help from anyone out there? James I will contact you direct when I have time to get in my notebooks Fran Fletcher in Colorado

Rosella, Thank you for the URL pointer! Oke ----- Original Message ----- From: Rosella Brooks Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 11:13 AM To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Lain/Lane/Layne or Newson Shannon JAMES, GO TO THE FOLLOWING SITE: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=af/search_AF .asp&clear_form=true GO TO ANCESTRY FILES AND TYPE SHANNON IN THE LAST NAME. FILL OUT ONLY THAT ONE SPACE. YOU'LL COME UP WITH OVER 4000 SHANNONS. SPOTED LAYNE AT 1344 AND NEWSON AT 3444 ANC 3445. IT ISNO ALL LISTED ALPHABETIC SO NEED TO GO THE WHOLE ROUTE. MIGHT FIND B'S AFTER SOME WILLIAMS AND SOME WILLIAMS AFTER AN ADAMS. LOTS OF LUCK ROSELLA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oke Shannon" <Oke@msn.com> To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 9:42 AM Subject: [SHANNON-L] Lain/Lane/Layne or Newson Shannon > Everyone seems to have Thomas, Samuel, and James Shannon in their family > trees. We have at least two not-so-common names - Lain/Lane/Layne (I've > seen it all three ways) and Newson Shannon. Does anyone have such given > names in their Shannon line ... especially from VA or WV? > > James O. (Oke) Shannon >

Thank you for sending the link. Ole and Linda. Linda in California AlienWebResearch.com

Many courageous females wanted to fight and even die for the North and South. Back then, gals were forbidden to join the armed forces. But that didn't stop these intrepid females. They simply bound up their breasts, cut their tresses and signed up. What surprised me the most is that these women did something so unacceptable to society at that time, but they were so accepted by the men they served in the ranks with," says DeAnne Blanton, a military archivist at the National Archives in Washington, DC, and co author of the new book They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers In The American Civil War. "On the battlefirle people couldn't afford to indulge in social conventions." Blanton's research began when she met Lauren M Cook, who had been participating in Civil War reenactments. Cook began her quest into the buried secrets after being kicked out of the Amtietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Md. She went there disguised as a man, but then she had to used the restroom. "Someone told a park ranger he saw a soldier coming out of the ladies' room," remembers Cook. The ranger informed her there were no women soldiers and told her to hit the road. She sued the National Park Service and won. During the highly publicized suit, Florida resident Ruth Goodier wrote Cook to tell her about her g grandmother's older sister Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, who had served two years in the 153rd New York Volunteer Infantry as a man named Lyons Wakeman. Goodier sent a picture and also the letters her g aunt wrote home before dying in an Army hospital from the effects of chronic diarrhea. Cook got the fascinating notes published in a tome called An Uncommon Soldier (Oxford University Press), but still wanted to find others like Wakeman. While at the National Archives, she met Blanton. The two scoured the country for letters, diaries, old newspaper clippings and army rosters. They found 250 women, such as Sarah Edmonds, who fought under the name Franklin Thompson, and detailed their lives as civilians and as soldiers. And that number, they say, is just the tip of the iceberg. Many of the brave females were either unmasked immediately and sent home in shame or lasted until the war's end and returned to become wives and mothers who hid their battle adventures from a society that would not approve. Most satisfying to Cook was the discovery that the park ranger who tossed her out was wrong. At least eight female soldiers dressed as men DID serve at Antietam, where on Sept 17, 1862, 22,000 Union and Confederate troops were killed in the war's bloodiest single day. Five of those who died on the battlefield were women. Linda in California AlienWebResearch.com

Thank you for sharing Ellen. I don't have any knowledge of my Shannon's in Pa. The immigrant appears to have come as a young man from Ireland to Va. Linda in California AlienWebResearch.com

Linda in California, We have Shannon's in VA, WV, and KY. See http://www.ShannonFamily.net Oke Shannon -----Original Message----- From: LindaB2528@aol.com [mailto:LindaB2528@aol.com] Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 7:19 PM To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Help with Shannon's I have Shannon in Va, Ky, and Ill. Before that was Ireland. Hugh Shannon married Sarah Kendall in Va. Linda in California AlienWebResearch.com

Everyone seems to have Thomas, Samuel, and James Shannon in their family trees. We have at least two not-so-common names - Lain/Lane/Layne (I've seen it all three ways) and Newson Shannon. Does anyone have such given names in their Shannon line ... especially from VA or WV? James O. (Oke) Shannon

JAMES, GO TO THE FOLLOWING SITE: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=af/search_AF .asp&clear_form=true GO TO ANCESTRY FILES AND TYPE SHANNON IN THE LAST NAME. FILL OUT ONLY THAT ONE SPACE. YOU'LL COME UP WITH OVER 4000 SHANNONS. SPOTED LAYNE AT 1344 AND NEWSON AT 3444 ANC 3445. IT ISNO ALL LISTED ALPHABETIC SO NEED TO GO THE WHOLE ROUTE. MIGHT FIND B'S AFTER SOME WILLIAMS AND SOME WILLIAMS AFTER AN ADAMS. LOTS OF LUCK ROSELLA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oke Shannon" <Oke@msn.com> To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 9:42 AM Subject: [SHANNON-L] Lain/Lane/Layne or Newson Shannon > Everyone seems to have Thomas, Samuel, and James Shannon in their family > trees. We have at least two not-so-common names - Lain/Lane/Layne (I've > seen it all three ways) and Newson Shannon. Does anyone have such given > names in their Shannon line ... especially from VA or WV? > > James O. (Oke) Shannon >

While we has this list on the move again, anyone have James S. b. Oh. ca.1856? 1880 Census for Oh. has his family in Putman Co. Sugar Creek Twp. J.S. 24, Jenna 24 & there son Ora J. 4. I've found him in Allen Co. Wayne Twp. In. Ora J. m#1 May Covault 30 Dec 1897, m#2 Gertude C. Doyle 4 May 1910. Both marriages were in Allen Co. In. James was the s/o Francis & Nancy Jane Allen Shannon. All members of his family moved to Io. by the late 1800's, execpt his sister Alice Ann Shannon Zearfosss/Searfoss. She is the only one that never left Oh. I've been told that James May have also had a dau. Do any of you know anything about this family? Lois Stegal

Has anyone tried the followign web sites: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com http://genforum.genealogy.com http://www.familysearch.org I have some more that I use in my search. Rosella ----- Original Message ----- From: <Pdd101940@aol.com> To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Fw: anna shannon > Rosella, > This line is mine too. I descend from my Gr-Gr-Grandfather Granville > Shannon who was a son of Joseph and Mary. What have you found that proves > Anna is the daughter of Joseph and Mary? Several of us in this lineage have > felt she was, but haven't proven it. We also feel that Isaac was another son. > It's odd, this is the only generation we've had trouble with, (Joseph and > Mary's family) there just isn't a lot of information on them. Later today > I'll try to find what I have on them and get back to you. Michael Shannon >

Rosella, I went to the site and finally found a George Born 1829, unfortunately wrong one. Mine lived until atleast his 60's and died in CA, I think in Fresno County or San Bernadino Co. CA. If you can help I would appreciate it. My George was 6'1" blue eyes and a blacksmith/Farmer. He moved his family west for the gold rush and was an original pioneer for Stanislaus County CA. If you need more info after that I have it. What I need is before 1829 and his parents. Thanks alot,Sallie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosella Brooks" <rbrooks@srcaccess.net> To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 9:36 PM Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Fw: anna shannon > Thomas. it was article 12 under Joseph Shannon. There were 39 Joseph > Shannons on the list.. The following web site was where I found it. > http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1627863&id=I89961506 > Rosella > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "thomas shannon" <shannots@sky-access.com> > To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 9:47 PM > Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Fw: anna shannon > > > > pleae tell me what page and soforth,so i can look at it? > > i may be able to find more info and add some for you. > > i also sent you letter to my elder sister,she can remember more than > i,since > > i > > m a disabled veteran,and stroke victom,tom shannon > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "thomas shannon" <shannots@sky-access.com> > > To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 2:13 PM > > Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Fw: anna shannon > > > > > > > not really sure if i had an aunt by that name or not,i'll have to > check,my > > > grandparents were,joseph leroy & mary alberta shannon of sharon,pa. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jimmy KERR" <jimmykerr@the-i.net> > > > To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 8:20 PM > > > Subject: [SHANNON-L] Fw: anna shannon > > > > > > > > > > Can someone help her? > > > > Jimmy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Rosella Brooks > > > > To: jimmyk@bigfoot.com > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 9:56 PM > > > > Subject: anna shannon > > > > > > > > > > > > found your family tree in ancestry world tree and also found some of > > mine, > > > listed in yours. Anna Shannon, daughter of Joseph Shannon and Mary > Polly > > > Billingsley. Anna was a 2nd wife to William DePriest, (my grandfather > > > several times removed). The DePriest name is what I am trying to track > > and > > > not having much luck. Anna's daughter Nancy was also married to a > > DePriest. > > > Step son of Anna and son of William, Allen DePriest. Don't know if that > > is > > > his first or second name. I have tried numerous web sites and no luck s > o > > > far. Can just go back a generation or two right now. Don't know if you > > can > > > help or not, but if you can I would appreciate it. Rosella DePriest > > Brooks. > > > email: rbrooks@srcaccess.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

In a message dated 6/7/2002 6:59:40 PM Central Daylight Time, LindaB2528@aol.com writes: > Hi, I have a Karr married in my Shannon line. Karr and Kerr are frequently. > > Can you please tell me a little about your Kerr lineage? > I also have a Kerr and A Shannon. My gg-grandfather, Robert Cargo, married Barbara Kerr from Coleraine, Ireland. Their son, William F. Cargo, married Josephine Hughes Shannon from Pittsburgh, PA. Ellen

Thanks for the compliment Don. It is horrible when you find something fantastic and you forget to document it or record where or from whom you heard something. Sometimes I have these senior moments and I forget, so if I write it down or make a copy of the cover of the book and page number, then I can tell someone my source. I do have 2 separate Shannon lines and at this point I have not proven a connection between the two of them. I am always happy to share what information I have. I appreciate you visiting my Shannon web site. Carolyn Shannon Genzel http://www2.1starnet.com/cgenzel "If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it." All messages have been scanned by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "dandydon" <dandydon@smith.net> To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 8:14 PM Subject: [SHANNON-L] A Shannon Home Page > Carolyn Shannon Genzel has a Shannon Home Page at > http://www2.1starnet.com/cgenzel/shannon.htm > > I like what she says about documenting sources for genealogy. > Her site is very nice easy to read. Don et t back everything up with > primary documentation. > > > Please don't forget the first rule of genealogy: > > Always back everything up with primary documentation. > > > > Please don't forget the first rule of genealogy: > > Always back everything up with primary documentation. > > > > > > > >