This would probably be from Hugh Shannon and Jane Marrs line. Hugh was one of the first settlers in Ark. We do not know the names of all his children. The only listing is from Newton Co. Mo. in the 1860 or so. The census from 1820 list 6 children I believe I will have to check my hard copy. Jimmy Kerr 10802 IH 37 Corpus Christi, Tx. 78410 I think my ancestors must have been in the witness protection program ! Genealogy Site: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=107971 Genealogy Site (diff style) http://www.gbnf.com/genealog2/kerr1/home.htm Gen Cirlces (this one matches others really good) http://www.gencircles.com/users/jimmykerr/1 Ector County, Texas ( Coordinator ) http://www.rootsweb.com/~txector/ Lohmann Reasearch Page: (Coordinator) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lohmann/~lohmann.index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela Smith" <prsmith@sbcglobal.net> To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 9:47 AM Subject: [SHANNON-L] Search for William Hugh Shannon I am trying to find information on William Hugh Shannon born about 1829 in Arkansas. The 1850 census for Newton County, Missouri shows him age 21 and living with a family "Kearney?" with the head of household a woman named Catherine. The census also lists Elizabeth and George as Shannon's and as Kearney's so it could be there really were 2 Elizabeth's and 2 Georges. He does not show up on the 1840 census. He lists his father and mother as both born in Kentucky. William Hugh and Amanda Holmes married 2/24/1874 in Newton County, Missouri. I have not been able to find any records of him from 1850 again until 1880 when he shows up on the 1880 census for Arrant County, Texas. On this census it shows he is married with 6 children. Amanda Holmes is his wife and it seems like she is a second wife. There are three children before their marriage: Nancy VS., Mary Eliza, and William HE. Then there are three after their marriage: James I, Arthur, and Evart. This is my great grandfather and I would really love to get any information.