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: Granville Billingsley SHANNON
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 4 May 1801 in Warren Co, Kentucky b
  • Death: 4 Jan 1873 in Washington Co, Arkansas d
  • Burial: Vineyard Cemetery, Washington Co, Arkansas u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Joseph SHANNON Birth: 1765 in Montgomery Co, Virginia Death: 1831 in Washington Co, Arkansas
    • Mother:
  • Mary BILLINGSLEY Birth: Virginia Death: 1833

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John B SHANNON Birth: 1827 Death: Abt 1858
  2. George W SHANNON Birth: 23 Dec 1829 Death: 27 Jan 1833
  3. Joseph F SHANNON Birth: 24 Mar 1830 Death: 6 Feb 1874
  4. Mary Jane SHANNON Birth: 1831
  5. William Henry SHANNON Birth: 25 Jul 1835 Death: 3 Oct 1863
  6. Martha A SHANNON Birth: 15 Apr 1837 Death: 14 Jul 1839
  7. Alexander May SHANNON Birth: 7 May 1839 in Evansville, Arkansas Death: 27 Oct 1906 in Galveston, Texas
  8. Elizabeth E SHANNON Birth: 1840
  9. Finnis M SHANNON Birth: 8 Nov 1842 Death: 1 May 1907
  10. Emma S SHANNON Birth: 1844
  11. Mark Dewitt SHANNON Birth: 14 Feb 1847 Death: 16 Feb 1920
  12. Bamey SHANNON Birth: 1849
  13. Samuel S B SHANNON Birth: 4 Jan 1852 Death: 28 Mar 1871
  14. Lillo B SHANNON Birth: 19 Feb 1854 Death: 4 Jul 1878
  15. Laura SHANNON Birth: 5 Jun 1857 Death: 20 Jul 1858
  16. Maurice Kosciusko SHANNON Birth: 1859

Bibliography
  1. Genzel, Carolyn, George Verdelle Shannon, private email, 2/6/2003. Author address: cgenzel at 1starnet dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003].
  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. Parton, Lisa. Granville B. Shannon. Email to Jimmy Kerr (now jimmyk01 at sbcglobal dot net) forwared to SHANNON-L. Feb 20 1998. Author address: tjmelton at server.greencis dot net. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Lisa Parton 2/20/1998].
  4. Brooks, Rosella, Granville Billingsley Shannon, private email, Nov 2 2002. Author address: rbrooks at srcaccess dot net Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Rosella Brooks 11/2/2002].
  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]*].
  6. Lawson, Sheila, Shannon early generations, posting to SHANNON-L 11/24/1997. Author address: rlawson at stic dot net. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sheila Lawson 11/24/1997].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998, Rosella Brooks 11/2/2002, ShannonD SHANNON p91]
1801 [Ref: Lisa Parton 2/20/1998],
place:
[Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003]
Logan Co or Warren Co, Kentucky [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]
Logan or Warren Co, Kentucky [Ref: Rosella Brooks 11/2/2002],
parents:
[Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998, Rosella Brooks 11/2/2002, ShannonD SHANNON p91],
mother:
[Ref: Lisa Parton 2/20/1998]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
place:
Logan Co, Kentucky [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p91]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998, Rosella Brooks 11/2/2002, ShannonD SHANNON p91],
place:
[Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998, Rosella Brooks 11/2/2002]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p91]
Sources with Information about marriage to Unity WILLIAMS
child:
[Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998, Lisa Parton 2/20/1998, Rosella Brooks 11/2/2002, ShannonD SHANNON p91, ShannonD SHANNON p92]
Research Notes:
lived in Washington Co, ARK, and Texas [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p91]



Pedigree of Granville Billingsley SHANNON
                                              /-----John SHANNON
                                     /-----John SHANNON
                            /-----Robert SHANNON
                   /-----Thomas SHANNON
                  |         \-----Annal (SHANNON)
          /-----Samuel SHANNON
         |         \-----Agnes (SHANNON)
 /-----Joseph SHANNON
|        |                  /-----Thomas REID
|        |         /-----John Col REID
|        |        |         \-----Mary McKEAN
|         \-----Jane REID
|                  \-----Jane STUART
Granville Billingsley SHANNON
|         /-----James BILLINGSLEY
 \-----Mary BILLINGSLEY
          \-----Ann RHEA



Descendants of Granville Billingsley SHANNON
1. Granville Billingsley SHANNON m. Unity WILLIAMS
m. Unity WILLIAMS

2nd generation

8. Alexander May SHANNON m. Clara Viola SCOTT
m. Clara Viola SCOTT father: William Bibb SCOTT mother: Bettie MURPHY

3rd generation

18. James Alfred SHANNON m. Dana SPROULE
m. Dana SPROULE father: Robert Elroy SPROULE mother: Gertrude LAFOUR

4th generation

20. James Alfred Jr SHANNON m. Living GUSMAN
m. Living GUSMAN