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  • 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
  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 unpublished notebook, dated Dec 1990.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 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
                                                                /-----Robert SHANNON
                                                       /-----Thomas SHANNON
                                                      |         \-----Annal (SHANNON)
                                              /-----Samuel SHANNON
                                             |         \-----Agnes (SHANNON)
                                     /-----David SHANNON
                                    |        |                  /-----Thomas REID
                                    |        |         /-----John Col REID
                                    |        |        |         \-----Mary McKEAN
                                    |         \-----Jane REID
                                    |                  \-----Jane STUART
                            /-----David McKnight SHANNON
                           |        |         /-----Robert McKNIGHT
                           |         \-----Jane McKNIGHT
                   /-----David Reid SHANNON
                  |        |         /-----Andrew Gen PICKENS
                  |         \-----Anna PICKINS
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth F (PICKENS)
          /-----William Jefferson SHANNON
         |        |         /-----Richard GRAY
         |         \-----Peggy Ann GRAY
         |                  \-----Mary Polly GILMORE
 /-----Andrew Pickens SHANNON
|        |         /-----Henry ASKEW
|         \-----Indiana "Nan" ASKEW
Carlos Marvin "Bookmiller" SHANNON
 \-----Sarah Ellen REED



Descendants of Carlos Marvin "Bookmiller" SHANNON
1. Carlos Marvin "Bookmiller" SHANNON m. Ollie Mae BRANSCUM
m. Ollie Mae BRANSCUM father: Leander BRANSCUM mother: Living GEORGE