Person Info
- Name: Carlos Marvin "Bookmiller" SHANNON
- Sex: M
- Birth: 16 Jan 1908 in Cow Mountain, Stone Co, Arkansas b
- Death: 28 Jun 1985 d
- Burial: Blue Mountain Cemetery, Timbo, Arkansas u
Parents:
- Father:
- Andrew Pickens SHANNON
Birth: 9 May 1872 in Mountain View, Arkansas
Death: 3 Aug 1950
Mother:
- Sarah Ellen REED
Birth: 15 Jan 1874 in Big Flat, Baxter Co, Arkansas
Death: 17 Dec 1947
Family:
Marriage:
Bibliography
Sources for birth and parent Information
- date:
- [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p170],
- place:
- [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p170],
- parents:
- [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p170]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p171]
Sources for burial Information
- place:
- [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p171]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ollie Mae BRANSCUM
- date:
- second marriage of Ollie [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p170]
Research Notes:
noted banjo player. he performed at the Folk Festival at the Smithsonian
Institution, Wash DC, and conducted numerous workshops at West Coast Colleges.
He was associated with the Rackensack Folk Music Organization at Mtn View,
AR, and with Jimmy Driftwood (James Morris). Jimmy wrote two very popular
songs, "Tennessee Stud" and "Battle of New Orleans." [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON
p170]
veteran of WW II [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p170]
Pedigree of Carlos Marvin "Bookmiller" SHANNON
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Robert SHANNON
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Thomas SHANNON
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Annal (SHANNON)
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Samuel SHANNON
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Agnes (SHANNON)
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David SHANNON
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Thomas REID
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John Col REID
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Mary McKEAN
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Jane REID
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Jane STUART
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David McKnight SHANNON
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Robert McKNIGHT
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Jane McKNIGHT
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David Reid SHANNON
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Andrew Gen PICKENS
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Anna PICKINS
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Elizabeth F (PICKENS)
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William Jefferson SHANNON
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Richard GRAY
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Peggy Ann GRAY
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Mary Polly GILMORE
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Andrew Pickens SHANNON
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Henry ASKEW
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Indiana "Nan" ASKEW
Carlos Marvin "Bookmiller" SHANNON
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Sarah Ellen REED
Descendants of Carlos Marvin "Bookmiller" SHANNON