Shannon Cemetery is online with no Shannons in it that are marked but that period is the most likely period to have wooden markers that are now gone. Lots of other Shannons in the website though, when I put it in the search engine I find 52 entrys. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgrayso/ In my Grayson Co. Pioneer index are several James Shannons, none with a wife Nancy, Quite a few Shannon Families in Grayson in those early days. No Forrester families in that , just checked to see if she showed up as a daughter early on. Obituaries are available from that time period, BUT they are found in the Clarksville News and in the Dallas newspapers (I'm not positive of its starting time) The Clarksvill paper is available back into the early 1840s and on microfilm. Most of the microfilms are available through the state library. I have a link to their collections on the newspaper page of the Fannin and Grayson Websites. The Sherman papers don't start on microfilm until much later. I have the earliest index for it online. Clarksvilles newspaper carried news from all over, a shooting is of extra interest and it should be there. Go into the state library website and use the index there, even if he doesn't show up go to the parts that tell you how to send for a copy, since you have the exact date. Susan Marty Herzog wrote: > Looking for help maybe finding an obituary or death information leading to > his ancestry and that of his wife Nancy FORRESTER (1814 - 1848) > > > > James' daughter, Margaret Corley SHANNON (1847 - 1928) was born in Texas > (Grayson??) married Gideon Lyman FRIEND and moved with him to Chickasha, OK > > > > The mystery is with James. Had information that he was shot on April 25, > 1849. Supposedly buried in Shannon Cemetery in Sherman. Is there such a > cemetery? Sounds suspiciously like a family plot. > > > > Does anyone have access to newspapers (probably Sherman) for that date. It > would be a wonderful help. > > > > Thanks, > > Marty ( in Maryland )