----- Original Message ----- From: James and Carolyn <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 8:01 PM Subject: Shannon family: > Jim I would sure like to compare notes with you on our Shannon family. > I agree they must have been in a witness protection program. > I seem to have the same line that you have diagramed : John1, John > 2, Robert 3, John 4, William 5 A ndrew 6, then that is where we seem > to part. For 7. I have Preston W. "Breston" Shannon. On Preston I > have that he was born in 1823: married 1.} Elizabeth Wiatte. born 1824. > married 2.} Sadeline Wiatte born 1824; married 3.} Susan E. Oliver > on October 14, 1867 in Anderson Co. TN. Preston W. "Breston" Shannon > died 01 March 1888. > As Preston and Elizabeth Wiatte son I have Milford Shannon born 1849. > His daughter Minnie Shannon born 31 Mar 1875 married William Steel King > on 25 May 1900. Minnie died 07 May 1956 and William grieved himself to > death within a year. He died 07 Dec 1957. William and Minnie are my > husband grandparents. > Do we connect... or are there that many John, John, Robert , John, > William , Andrew Shannon lineage? > I need spouse and dates on almost the entire line. But these names > were in with my father in law information when he died in 1978. > Please let me hear from you and tell me if we are of the same family of > Shannon. I am cross stitching a Ancestor Chart for my sister in law for > Christmas and could sure use some help. > Carolyn King > >