(cont) Ella May Shannon, second child of William H. and Sarah(Drake) Shannon was born 12/14/1865 at Sherman, Texas, where they were living during the Civil War. She married Soloman Phillip 12/14/?. Their children: Mamie b. 9/28/1881 m. J.B. Grimsley John b. 4/2/? m. Ollie Gardiner Carl b. 4/28/1888 m. Beulah Crisp Wade b. 1/1/1892 m. Ruth Moss Willie b. 6/30/1900 d. 5/18/1909 Thomas Henry Shannon, third child of William and Sarah Drake Shannon (My father) was born 3/25/1870 at CaneHill. m.3/3/1894 Eva Elizabeth Kidd. Their children: Ruth Ann b. 9/14/1895 m. William O. King William Thomas b.5/19/1897 m. Mary Stewart John Dewey b. 11/27/1898 m. Della Beatty Wesley Franklin b. 2/19/1905 m. Maud Trammell Homer James b. 12/5/1911 d.12/13/1955 m. Lillian Riley Malcolm J. b. 9/24/1913 m. Lucille Howard Sarah Lilly, fourth child of William H. and Sarah Drake Shannon was born 5/24/1874 at Cane Hill. She married Enoch Pharr in 1889. Their children: Mary b. 4/28/1892 m. Grady Evins Shannon b. 8/1/1896 d. 12/1/1967 m. Hazel Fergerson The years after the Civil War were hard to endure as the people had to stover with nothing, and to make it worse yet, my father lost his father when only eight years old. My grandfather was hauling lumber for Mark Bean during the winter of 1877-1878, from over near Wesville, on the way back he took sick and stopped at his brother-in-law's house, Mr. Wesley Drake, who lived one mile west of Summers. He was put to bed, where he died of pneumonia 1/26/1878. Later this house burned and was rebuilt, and at the same location my grandmother died several years later. "The Years are falling swiftly upon us, do not stop to count my friend, as you will surely miss "The passing parade." Malcolm Shannon 12/28/1970