Not sure if there was any newspapers there during that time, as the area was still very primitive in 1849. My great grand aunt's father-in-law, Renne Allred was one of the early settlers in the eastern part of Grayson County in the 1840's, and very little of his papers are to be obtained there. I have noticed from this mailing list that it seems a lot of people don't seem to know that there is a lot of good info obtainable, and it has a "site search" at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgrayso/ But again watch the cemeteries listings that were done by Mike Cross, and I have found different cemeteries that when you look at the listings they "appear" to be complete, but they are not complete, some one just did parts of it with no mention made they are not. At 11:43 PM 1/23/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Thanks for the post. Maybe some day I can get to the cemetery myself and >take a look. I was hoping to find what the newspapers said about his death. >Do you know what newspapers were in operation in those days? Maybe I can >find someone at the local library to look up the obituary. > >Thanks again, > >Marty > >-----Original Message----- >From: James Goff [mailto:goffer@chouteautel.com] >Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 11:37 PM >To: TXGRAYSO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GRAYSON] James B. Shannon b 1812 d 1849 > >Listings for Shannon Cemetery can be found >at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/grayson/cemetery/shannon.txt > >However, oddly, there is no Shannon's listed there. The person that has >done this canvas though, on other cemeteries he has done, has missed quite >a few graves and some times has messed up vitals, so.................... > >At 11:00 PM 1/23/2004 -0500, you 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 ) > > > > > > > >==== TXGRAYSO Mailing List ==== > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgrayso/ > >http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/TX/Grayson/ > > > > >==== TXGRAYSO Mailing List ==== >--- Author Retains Copyright --- >-- Copyright 2001 Author -- All Rights Reserved >Post to List: TXGRAYSO-L@rootsweb.com >Unsubscribe Request: TXGRAYSO-L-request@rootsweb.com >ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > >==== TXGRAYSO Mailing List ==== >So many dead men! So little time! >Unsubscribe Request: TXGRAYSO-L-request@rootsweb.com >ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

OK - thanks for the help. Maybe I can try to contact Mike Cross. He may be willing to take another look. Marty -----Original Message----- From: James Goff [mailto:goffer@chouteautel.com] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 11:59 PM To: TXGRAYSO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [GRAYSON] James B. Shannon b 1812 d 1849 Not sure if there was any newspapers there during that time, as the area was still very primitive in 1849. My great grand aunt's father-in-law, Renne Allred was one of the early settlers in the eastern part of Grayson County in the 1840's, and very little of his papers are to be obtained there. I have noticed from this mailing list that it seems a lot of people don't seem to know that there is a lot of good info obtainable, and it has a "site search" at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgrayso/ But again watch the cemeteries listings that were done by Mike Cross, and I have found different cemeteries that when you look at the listings they "appear" to be complete, but they are not complete, some one just did parts of it with no mention made they are not. At 11:43 PM 1/23/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Thanks for the post. Maybe some day I can get to the cemetery myself and >take a look. I was hoping to find what the newspapers said about his death. >Do you know what newspapers were in operation in those days? Maybe I can >find someone at the local library to look up the obituary. > >Thanks again, > >Marty > >-----Original Message----- >From: James Goff [mailto:goffer@chouteautel.com] >Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 11:37 PM >To: TXGRAYSO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GRAYSON] James B. Shannon b 1812 d 1849 > >Listings for Shannon Cemetery can be found >at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/grayson/cemetery/shannon.txt > >However, oddly, there is no Shannon's listed there. The person that has >done this canvas though, on other cemeteries he has done, has missed quite >a few graves and some times has messed up vitals, so.................... > >At 11:00 PM 1/23/2004 -0500, you 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 ) > > > > > > > >==== TXGRAYSO Mailing List ==== > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgrayso/ > >http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/TX/Grayson/ > > > > >==== TXGRAYSO Mailing List ==== >--- Author Retains Copyright --- >-- Copyright 2001 Author -- All Rights Reserved >Post to List: TXGRAYSO-L@rootsweb.com >Unsubscribe Request: TXGRAYSO-L-request@rootsweb.com >ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > >==== TXGRAYSO Mailing List ==== >So many dead men! So little time! >Unsubscribe Request: TXGRAYSO-L-request@rootsweb.com >ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ==== TXGRAYSO Mailing List ==== --- Author Retains Copyright --- -- Copyright 2001 Author -- All Rights Reserved Post to List: TXGRAYSO-L@rootsweb.com Unsubscribe Request: TXGRAYSO-L-request@rootsweb.com ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl