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


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. James Alfred SHANNON
  2. Alexander May SHANNON

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 unpublished notebook, dated Dec 1990.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 p92]
1839 [Ref: Lisa Parton 2/20/1998],
place:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p92],
parents:
[Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998, Lisa Parton 2/20/1998, Rosella Brooks 11/2/2002, ShannonD SHANNON p92],
father:
[Ref: Sheila Lawson 11/24/1997]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
name:
Alexander Malachi SHANNON [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p92]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003, John Peeling 8/6/1998, Rosella Brooks 11/2/2002],
place:
[Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003]
Sources with Information about marriage to Clara Viola SCOTT
date:
[Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003]
1872 [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998, Rosella Brooks 11/2/2002, ShannonD SHANNON p92],
place:
[Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003],
child:
[Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998, Rosella Brooks 11/2/2002]
Research Notes:
scout and cavalryman under Confederate generals John Bell Hood, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Wade Hampton, and Joseph Wheeler [Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003]

served in Terry's Texas Rangers, 8th Calvery, as a Captain in Civil War [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]

prominent Galveston businessman [Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003]

joined Sibley's brigate when Texas seceded [Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003]

transferred into the EighthTexas Cavalry - Terry's Texas Rangers, and took part in every one of the regiment's engagements [Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003]

1863: promoted to Captain [Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003]

placed in charge of the secret service of the Army of Tennessee [Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003]

1865: promoted to Colonel [Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003]

1880: engaged in government contract work, building jetties and other public works [Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003]

1886: issued a proposal to build a Galveston seawall [Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003]

1890: general manager of the Galveston and Western Railway [Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003]

1891: chartered the Galveston Jetty Railroad [Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003]

1893: postmaster of Galveston [Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003]



Pedigree of Alexander May 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
Alexander May SHANNON
 \-----Unity WILLIAMS



Descendants of Alexander May SHANNON
1. Alexander May SHANNON m. Clara Viola SCOTT
m. Clara Viola SCOTT father: William Bibb SCOTT mother: Bettie MURPHY

2nd generation

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

3rd generation

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