Dorothy & Betty I found in " History of Clarion Co. " Chapter LXVI History of Redbank Twp. Daniel Shannon, of Northampton Co., landed at William Hoffman;s in the spring of 1822. John Shaffer having died, Mr. Shannon attempted to purchase of the heirs, the Shaffer tract of 3oo acers. After obtainining eight of the eleven shares, he solg his intresr to Joesph Miller, and in 1843 purchased the farm at Shannondale, and besides farming kept a store for many years their. His son, Christopher, is still in possession of the property, ana at present is one of the oldest and most respected citizens of the twp. Mr. James Kerr started a store at the red house on Town Run in 1830, which he moved to Millville shortly after, and then sold the same to Messrs. Shannon and McFarland, and from there Mr. Kerr moved to Clarion. Shannon and McFarland divided the store, McFarland moving his to Ringgold, and Shannon in 1848 moved his to Shannondale. Many farmes took their wheat to Clough's Mill on the Clarion River. Mr. Shannon relates that he took a few bushels of grain to the mill at Patton's Station, and while they waited for it to be ground, he and the miller's son went out to skate on the pond. The miller's son had no shoes and his feet would stick to the ice. So Mr. Shannon would skate awhile and then lend his shoes to the miller's son. Thi is all I have been able to find on the Shannon's their. Been unable to find anything in Northampton Co. If Jessi and I's Francis and maybe Welthy's Joesph belonged to his family, both would have had to be borned before the family left Northampton Co. My Francis would have been around 8 when the move west was made. The article I found has only mentioned 1 son, Christopher. Do you have names of other chrildren, and maybe a wife? You also said thre was another family of Shannon's in Shannondale. Welthy and I haven't proved Joesph & Francis were brothers, bu here in Ohio, they showed up in the same places. All I can say for sure about Francis is the census show him as borned in Pa. Thank you both for pointing me to this part of the state. I will greatlly apprecate any info you can give me on the Shannon's around their. On-line info just dosen't have them. Thank you Lois Stegal ---- hlwall@2access.net