John, well, this may take awhile to get all the data I promised, but will start with Col. Alexander May Shannon's Bible records. The Latta Letter establishes his older sister's date of death. Anyway, here are his records; Colonel Alexander May Shannon b.5/7/1839 Ark. d. 10/27/1906 Galveston,Tx parents: Granville Billingsly Shannon, son of Joseph & Mary Shannon. Unity W. Williams, daughter of George Williams. He married 2/21/1872 at "Bayview",(near Lynchberg,Tx.) Clara May Scott b.8/3/1847 Clarke Co.,Ala. d.9/8/1919 Galveston,Tx. Clara May was the daughter of Maj. Wm Bibb Scott & Bettie Hunter Murphy, Granddaughter of General John Baytop Scott, co-founder of Montgomery,Ala. and Gov. John H. Murphy, Gov. of Ala. their children: Clara May b.3/7/1872 m. 4/29/1897 to Allison Templeton both died suddenly and left three boys David Allison m Pauline, was a judge & D.A. in Ft.Worth(?) Alexander Shannon m. Ruby Mae Mitchell & had Alexander Shannon, Mitchell Allison & Sharon Lee. Alexander M. Shannon Jr. b.7/23/1874 d. m.1.Helen Vidor 2. Holdsinger Bettie Scott b.5/18/1878 d. 8/24/1927 m. Hudson P. Ellis Laura Johnston b.11/11/1879 d. m.Gen. Dallas J. Matthews & had Clara May, Dallas J. Matthews,Jr. James Alfred b.3/21/1885 d.6/2/1969 m.7/22/1913 to H. Dana Sproule & had James Alfred Jr. and Dana Gertrude Granville Scott b.8/28/1881 d. m. Julia Lillo B. (girl) b.8/14/1883 died as child Conway McLean b. 8/8/1893 d. 8/26/1963 m. Idabell all the children of Alex. M. & Clara May, were born in Galveston, Texas, of these, Bettie and Conway, are buried in the Shannon plot in Oleander Cemetery in Galveston. Granville Scott and James Alfred are buried in Houston.