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    Person Info
  • Name: George Walter SHANNON
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 18 Jul 1888 in Jasper Co, Iowa b
  • Death: 18 Sep 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin d
  • Burial: Vandalia, Iowa u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John Henry SHANNON Birth: 22 Oct 1853 in Indiana Death: 24 Aug 1930 in Des Moines, Iowa
  • Mother:
  • Julia Ann LOWE Birth: 25 May 1861 in Ohio Death: 10 Sep 1915 in Polk Co, Iowa

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Living SHANNON

Bibliography
  1. 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 unpublished notebook, dated Dec 1990.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 p69],
place:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p69],
parents:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p69]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p69],
place:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p69]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p69]
Sources with Information about marriage to Rosa SHEALER
date:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p69],
place:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p69],
child:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p69]
Research Notes:
farmed, then later became separated from his wife, she leaving, taking their son Russell with her. George went to Elizabeth (John Jr's wife) to seek help in finding Rosa. Elizabeth told him to go to Rosa's sister's house when she was gone and look in her bedroom dresser for a letter from Rosa. George did and then convinced the reluctant Elizabeth to acompany him to Milwaukee, Wisc. They found Russell at a school, but George was carrying a gun which frightened Russell, who ran aaway. George and Elizabeth came back to Iowa, but soon George returned to Milwaukee, alone, where he was shot. The person committing the crime was never discovered [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p68]

shot to death while trailing his estranged wife and child to Milwaukee in attempts to get Russell back [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p69]



Pedigree of George Walter SHANNON
                                                                /-----John SHANNON
                                                       /-----Robert SHANNON
                                              /-----Thomas SHANNON
                                             |         \-----Annal (SHANNON)
                                     /-----Samuel SHANNON
                                    |         \-----Agnes (SHANNON)
                            /-----Thomas SHANNON
                           |        |                  /-----Thomas REID
                           |        |         /-----John Col REID
                           |        |        |         \-----Mary McKEAN
                           |         \-----Jane REID
                           |                  \-----Jane STUART
                   /-----Samuel SHANNON
                  |        |         /-----William Captain CROWE
                  |         \-----Agnes CROWE
                  |                 |                           /-----John SHANNON
                  |                 |                  /-----Robert SHANNON
                  |                 |         /-----Thomas SHANNON
                  |                 |        |         \-----Annal (SHANNON)
                  |                  \-----Anna SHANNON
                  |                           \-----Agnes (SHANNON)
          /-----James Wilkinson SHANNON
         |        |         /-----William BROWN
         |         \-----Elizabeth BROWN
         |                  \-----Mary HEAVIN
 /-----John Henry SHANNON
|         \-----Elizabeth WEEKLY
George Walter SHANNON
 \-----Julia Ann LOWE



Descendants of George Walter SHANNON
1. George Walter SHANNON m. Rosa SHEALER
m. Rosa SHEALER