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 MARRS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 12 Dec 1785 in Montgomery Co, Virginia b
  • Death: 5 Apr 1874 in Shakertown, Franklin Co, Kentucky d
  • Burial: Frankfort, Franklin Co, Kentucky u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Alexander MARRS Birth: 22 Feb 1750 in Pennsylvania Death: 30 Apr 1834 in Shelby Co, Kentucky
    • Mother:
  • Jane SHANNON Birth: 1754 in Montgomery Co, Virginia Death: 1833 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Kentucky

Family:
Marriage:
  • Agnes ROBINSON on 26 Dec 1809 at Lawrenceburg, Anderson Co, Kentucky .m1
  • Agnes ROBINSON Birth: Abt 1790 in Christiansburg, Montgomery Co, Virginia Death: Abt 1830 in Lawrenceburg, Anderson Co, Kentucky
Children:
  1. Jefferson MARRS
  2. James F MARRS Death: Ray Co, Missouri
  3. William Robinson MARRS Birth: Abt 1810 in Lawrenceburg, Anderson Co, Kentucky Death: Aug 1875 in Morton, Ray Co, Missouri
  4. Stephen MARRS Birth: Abt 1816
  5. John MARRS Birth: Abt 1822
  6. Hiram MARRS Birth: Abt 1826

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Russell, Cynthia, Alexander Marrs, private email 9/2/2008. Author address: c dot russell at charter dot net. Web site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fergusfamilyworldwide Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008].
  2. 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 unpublished notebook, dated Dec 1990.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]*].
  3. Stimpson, Roberta Shannon, Shannon Family Research Kentucky Tennessee Virginia and other states. author 1987. Sutro CS71.S528 1987. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Stimpson SHANNON p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008, Stimpson SHANNON p200],
place:
[Ref: Stimpson SHANNON p200]
Virginia [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],
parents:
[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008, ShannonD SHANNON p114, Stimpson SHANNON p199]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],
place:
[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]
Franklin Co, Kentucky [Ref: Stimpson SHANNON p200]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
1 May 1875 [Ref: Stimpson SHANNON p200]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Stimpson SHANNON p200]
Sources with Information about marriage to Agnes ROBINSON
date:
[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008, ShannonD SHANNON p114, Stimpson SHANNON p199],
place:
[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]
Anderson Co, Kentucky [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p114],
child:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p114, Stimpson SHANNON p200, Stimpson SHANNON p201]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
place:
Lawrenceburg(?), Franklin Co, Kentucky [Ref: Stimpson SHANNON p200]
Sources with Information about marriage to Harriet JACKSON
date:
[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]
before 1870 [Ref: Stimpson SHANNON p201],
place:
[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],
names:
Samuel MARRS & Harriet ___ [Ref: Stimpson SHANNON p201]
Research Notes:
early settler of Anderson Co, KY [Ref: Stimpson SHANNON p201]

Jan 22 1827: jurior at first Circuit Court in Lawrenceburg [Ref: Stimpson SHANNON p201]

1835: served as appraiser in the will of Wm Marshall [Ref: Stimpson SHANNON p201]

1837: served on jury [Ref: Stimpson SHANNON p201]

will dated 21 Dec 1874, recorded 3 May 1875, left one dollar to each of his sons, all else to wife Harriet [Ref: Stimpson SHANNON p201]



Pedigree of Samuel Shannon MARRS
          /-----Hugh MARRS
 /-----Alexander MARRS
Samuel Shannon MARRS
|                                             /-----John SHANNON
|                                    /-----John SHANNON
|                           /-----Robert SHANNON
|                  /-----Thomas SHANNON
|                 |         \-----Annal (SHANNON)
|         /-----Samuel SHANNON
|        |         \-----Agnes (SHANNON)
 \-----Jane SHANNON
         |                  /-----Thomas REID
         |         /-----John Col REID
         |        |         \-----Mary McKEAN
          \-----Jane REID
                   \-----Jane STUART



Descendants of Samuel Shannon MARRS
1. Samuel Shannon MARRS m1. Agnes ROBINSON m2. Harriet JACKSON
m. Agnes ROBINSON father: William ROBINSON
m. Harriet JACKSON

2nd generation

4. William Robinson MARRS m. Lydia Ann PARKER
m. Lydia Ann PARKER father: John PARKER mother: Charlotte DUNCAN

3rd generation

12. James MARRS m. Laura Nancy MAYBERRY
m. Laura Nancy MAYBERRY father: William Jourdan MAYBERRY mother: Nancy Cosby DICKSON

4th generation

19. Ethel Baryl MARRS m. Thomas Edward MANCO
m. Thomas Edward MANCO father: Aurthur Fleming MANSO mother: Sarah Amelia BURBAGE

5th generation

23. Sarah Allene MANCO m. Meriwether STUART
m. Meriwether STUART father: James Percy STUART mother: Lillian LEWIS