The following three Floyd Co. Indiana marriages were taken from the Dec. 10, 1999 posting to this list by Joyce [mailto:[email protected]] Indiana State Library Genealogy Division Indiana Marriages Through 1850 SHANNON, Amanda & THOMAS, William S., Floyd, 3 Nov 1832, license SHANNON, Penelope & CARNAHAN, Robert, Floyd, 6 Mar 1838 SHANNON, Hadesha & DRAPER, Thomas L., Floyd, 13 Jan 1842 =========================== Compare them to the information compiled by Louise Shannon Dedman (n.d.) for the children of Capt. James Shannon (son of Samuel Shannon and Jean Reid) by his second (fertile but unhappy) marriage to the widow Mrs. Mary McClung. Because of an "apparent falling out" between the children of his two marriages, Dedman could only find traces of information about the children of this second marriage. Three were as follows: 4. Amanda married a Mr. Thompson before 1855. 5. Penelope married a Mr. Carnahan before 1855. 7. Hadassah married a Mr. Draper before 1855. "Names of these children were obtained from the will of Lucinda Shannon in 1855 at Warren Co. Ky. in which she willed her share of her father James Shannon's estate 'when settled' to her brother and sisters" (LSD) ========================== It appears that Floyd County Indiana would be a productive place to seek more information on this branch of the family. I find other matches in the list provided by Joyce to other branches of the Shannons, but I will get to that later. Russ Reid Louisville, KY