Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Samuel Shannon RALSTON
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 10 May 1809 b
  • Death: 1 Nov 1890 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • James Reid RALSTON Birth: 10 Apr 1781 in Pennsylvania Death: 22 Jan 1853 in Giles Co, Tennessee
    • Mother:
  • Esther SHANNON Birth: 1774 in Montgomery Co, Virginia Death: 20 Jul 1837 in Giles Co, Tennessee

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary Jane RALSTON
  2. Martha RALSTON
  3. Robert Shannon RALSTON Death: Springfield, Missouri
  4. David Shannon RALSTON
  5. James RALSTON Birth: 7 Jul 1845 Death: 9 Sep 1931

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Dedman, Louise Shannon, Dedman (Shannon) Genealogy, date unk. 15 legal size pages. Available through Jimmy Kerr (jimmyk01 at sbcglobal dot net) Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p[0-9]*].
  2. Peeling, John, Descendants of John Shannon. Posting to Shannon list at GenForum 8/6/1998. Available at http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/shannon/messages/91.html. Author address: john dot l dot peeling dot jr at cpmx dot saic dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998].
  3. Ralston, Ken, Ralston family, private email, 3/19/2002. Author address: ralstonk at jcs dot k12 dot tn dot us Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ken Ralston 3/19/2002].
  4. Morris, Martha, James Ralston, private email 7/15/2007. Author address: mscreation at juno dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Martha Morris 7/15/2007].
  5. Shannon, Dexal, SHANNON 1571-1990. unpublished notebook, dated Dec 1990. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/778102. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p97]
11 May 1809 [Ref: Ken Ralston 3/19/2002],
parents:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p5, John Peeling 8/6/1998, Ken Ralston 3/19/2002, ShannonD SHANNON p97]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Ken Ralston 3/19/2002]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
21 Oct 1890 [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p97]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary Ann HILL
date:
first marriage of Samuel [Ref: Martha Morris 7/15/2007, ShannonD SHANNON p97],
child:
[Ref: Ken Ralston 3/19/2002, Martha Morris 7/15/2007, ShannonD SHANNON p97]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
1845 [Ref: Ken Ralston 3/19/2002]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sarah YEAGER
date:
second marriage of Samuel [Ref: Ken Ralston 3/19/2002, ShannonD SHANNON p97]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
Samuel Shannon RALSTON & Sarah YAGLE [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p97]
Research Notes:
became a minister of the "Ceceders" of the Presbyterian church [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p5, ShannonD SHANNON p97]

went to Missouri and to Iowa [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p5, ShannonD SHANNON p97]



Pedigree of Samuel Shannon RALSTON
          /-----David RALSTON
 /-----James Reid RALSTON
|         \-----Mary REID
Samuel Shannon RALSTON
|                                             /-----John SHANNON
|                                    /-----John SHANNON
|                           /-----Robert SHANNON
|                  /-----Thomas SHANNON
|                 |         \-----Annal (SHANNON)
|         /-----Samuel SHANNON
|        |         \-----Agnes (SHANNON)
 \-----Esther SHANNON
         |                  /-----Thomas REID
         |         /-----John Col REID
         |        |         \-----Mary McKEAN
          \-----Jane REID
                   \-----Jane STUART



Descendants of Samuel Shannon RALSTON
1. Samuel Shannon RALSTON m1. Mary Ann HILL m2. Sarah YEAGER
m. Mary Ann HILL
m. Sarah YEAGER

2nd generation

6. James RALSTON m. Margaret JAMIESON
m. Margaret JAMIESON

3rd generation

8. David Shannon RALSTON m. Bessie Mabel KERR
m. Bessie Mabel KERR

4th generation

12. Living RALSTON m. Lewis Ecroyd MORRIS
m. Lewis Ecroyd MORRIS