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: David SHANNON
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1756 in Montgomery Co, Virginia b
  • Death: 1821 in Madison Co, Tennessee d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Samuel SHANNON Birth: Abt 1716 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 4 Oct 1811 in Nashville, Davidson Co, Tennessee
    • Mother:
  • Jane REID Birth: Abt 1730 in Delaware Death: 1807 in Davidson Co, Tennessee

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary SHANNON
  2. Samuel H SHANNON Birth: 1784
  3. Thomas SHANNON Birth: Abt 1786
  4. David McKnight SHANNON Birth: 28 Mar 1790 in Davidson Co, Tennessee Death: 18 Oct 1860 in Itawamba, Mississippi
  5. Jane Reid SHANNON Birth: 1792
  6. Elizabeth SHANNON Birth: 1794
  7. Nancy SHANNON Birth: Abt 1796
  8. James SHANNON Birth: 1797 in Davidson Co, Tennessee
  9. Thomas Jefferson SHANNON Birth: 1798
  10. John D SHANNON Birth: 16 Apr 1798 in Williamson Co, Tennessee Death: 12 Apr 1862 in Oto, Missouri
  11. Finis W SHANNON Birth: 1800 Death: 1832

Bibliography
  1. Bell, Raymond Martin, SHANNON of Washington County PA, Keyhole XVIII,2 April 1990, p77-80. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell SHANNON].
  2. Craig, Marion Stark, The American Ancestry of Marion Stark Craig, Supplement #3, 1991, LDS Film#1697645 item#4. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p[0-9]*].
  3. Dedman, Louise Shannon, Dedman (Shannon) Genealogy, date unk. 15 legal size pages. Available through Jimmy Kerr (jimmyk01 at sbcglobal dot net) Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p[0-9]*].
  4. 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].
  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 unpublished notebook, dated Dec 1990.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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p85, ShannonD SHANNON p44]
1755 or 1756 [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998],
place:
Montgomery Co, PA, or Rockfish, Amherst Co, Virginia [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]
prob Montgomery Co Virginia [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p44],
parents:
[Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p85, Dedman SHANNON p3, John Peeling 8/6/1998]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p85]
1821 or 1823 or 1828 [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]
1822 [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p3]
1823 [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p44],
place:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p3, ShannonD SHANNON p44]
Sources with Information about marriage to Jane McKNIGHT
date:
abt 1780 [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998],
names:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p3, ShannonD SHANNON p44],
child:
[Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998, ShannonD SHANNON p115, ShannonD SHANNON p116, ShannonD SHANNON p117, ShannonD SHANNON p127, ShannonD SHANNON p128, ShannonD SHANNON p131]
Research Notes:
in Rev War in VA; was in Battle of Gilford CourtHouse, NC [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p3]

1780: signed Cumberland Compact [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p3]

received preemption right of land 640 acres on a branch of White Creek [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p3]

moved to Davidson Co, TN, near what is now Nashville. Lived 12 miles SW of Franklin, TN [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p44]

1784: when parents arrived they purchased 200 acres from David [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p3]

1787: listed on Tax Rolls of Davidson Co, TN [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p44]

by 1800: moved from near Nashville, TN to Willisnisos Co, TN [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p3]

Jan 22 1808: appointed as an executor to his father's will [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p44]

died while away from home while at son Samuel H Shannon's house n Madison CO, TN, there to attens to some land business [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p3, ShannonD SHANNON p44]



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



Descendants of David SHANNON
1. David SHANNON m. Jane McKNIGHT
m. Jane McKNIGHT father: Robert McKNIGHT

2nd generation

4. Thomas SHANNON m. Ezeriah PICKINS
m. Ezeriah PICKINS father: Andrew Gen PICKENS mother: Elizabeth F (PICKENS)
5. David McKnight SHANNON m. Anna PICKINS
m. Anna PICKINS father: Andrew Gen PICKENS mother: Elizabeth F (PICKENS)
10. Thomas Jefferson SHANNON m1. Rachael RANDALL m2. Rachael DOWDY
m. Rachael RANDALL
m. Rachael DOWDY
11. John D SHANNON m. Mary Polly GOODE
m. Mary Polly GOODE father: Charles B GOODE mother: Elizabeth HALBERT

3rd generation

22. Jane McKnight SHANNON m. Joseph Willard GRIFFIN
m. Joseph Willard GRIFFIN
24. Andrew Pickins SHANNON m. Mary E DYER
m. Mary E DYER father: John DYER mother: Leanah (DYER)
27. David Reid SHANNON m. Peggy Ann GRAY
m. Peggy Ann GRAY father: Richard GRAY mother: Mary Polly GILMORE
30. Eliza Elmina SHANNON m. Wesley WILSON
m. Wesley WILSON
35. David C SHANNON m. Mildred BARTLETT
m. Mildred BARTLETT
37. Mildred C SHANNON m1. Theophilus BASS m2. Sam NELSON
m. Theophilus BASS father: Lawrence BASS mother: Nancy PATTON
m. Sam NELSON father: William NELSON
38. Rufus B SHANNON m. Nancy (SHANNON)
m. Nancy (SHANNON)
40. Leona E SHANNON m. John II COX
m. John II COX
41. Cordella Orleana SHANNON m. William Burchfield COX
m. William Burchfield COX father: John II COX mother: Frances BURCHFIELD

4th generation

47. Joseph Andrew SHANNON m1. m2. Kate (SHANNON) m3. R C CHANDLER m4. Ocolave Callie SEXTON
m. Kate (SHANNON)
m. R C CHANDLER
m. Ocolave Callie SEXTON
51. William Jefferson SHANNON m. Indiana "Nan" ASKEW
m. Indiana "Nan" ASKEW father: Henry ASKEW
52. James Robert SHANNON m. Mary Jane BURGESS
m. Mary Jane BURGESS
56. Samuel Pickens SHANNON m. Finetta Clementine DEARIEN
m. Finetta Clementine DEARIEN
60. John T SHANNON m. Mary Elizabeth BOGARD
m. Mary Elizabeth BOGARD father: James BOGARD mother: Elizabeth FISHER
63. Joseph B SHANNON m. Harriett STEPHENS
m. Harriett STEPHENS
68. Mary Catherine BASS m. Nathaniel MASSEY
m. Nathaniel MASSEY
69. Nancy Elizabeth BASS m. Francis BERRY
m. Francis BERRY father: Alexander BERRY mother: Phoebe BURCHFIELD
70. John Shannon BASS m. Clarinda Clementine MASSEY
m. Clarinda Clementine MASSEY father: James H MASSEY mother: Martha Ellen ANDERSON
71. Rebecca Ophalia NELSON m. John Frank SEAMAN
m. John Frank SEAMAN
72. Octavia Lacretia NELSON m. John McCULLAH
m. John McCULLAH
73. William L SHANNON m. Helen Tennie HOWARD
m. Helen Tennie HOWARD
74. John Boliver SHANNON m. Elizabeth JOHNSON
m. Elizabeth JOHNSON
82. John Lyons COX m1. Lieutitia DAVIS m2. Sarah Frances Williams CARPENTER
m. Lieutitia DAVIS
m. Sarah Frances Williams CARPENTER

5th generation

84. James N SHANNON m. Addie WRIGHT
m. Addie WRIGHT
86. William Jackson SHANNON m. Millie MAHNERS
m. Millie MAHNERS
89. Jessie Finis SHANNON m. Ada Burton COBLE
m. Ada Burton COBLE
91. Liza Jane SHANNON m. Walter Caroll GREEN
m. Walter Caroll GREEN father: Lawson Burt GREEN
92. Andrew Pickens SHANNON m. Sarah Ellen REED
m. Sarah Ellen REED
94. John Burton SHANNON m1. Martha Isophene GRAY m2. Myrtle SUTHERLAND
m. Martha Isophene GRAY father: Elihu GRAY mother: Ellen SATTERFIELD
m. Myrtle SUTHERLAND
95. Mary Elvina SHANNON m. Hiram Mitchell PRICE
m. Hiram Mitchell PRICE father: Hiram PRICE mother: Francis Nancy (PRICE)
96. Bertha LouAnn SHANNON m. Grover Cleveland MOORE
m. Grover Cleveland MOORE father: Lewis Jerome MOORE mother: Matilda Jane ANDERSON
99. William Finis SHANNON m. Martha Emaline MOORE
m. Martha Emaline MOORE father: Lewis Jerome MOORE mother: Matilda Jane ANDERSON
100. Peggy Ann SHANNON m. John Preston GREEN
m. John Preston GREEN father: Lawson Burt GREEN
102. Mary Ann SHANNON m1. Charlie Henry EVERIDGE m2. R A Rev SUGGS
m. Charlie Henry EVERIDGE father: M Elisha EVERIDGE mother: Loucinda ISON
m. R A Rev SUGGS
103. Peggy Jane SHANNON m. James Timothy HUTSON
m. James Timothy HUTSON father: Andrew Jackson HUTSON mother: Martha M WILLIAMS
104. William Marcelous SHANNON m. Lelar Jane MOORE
m. Lelar Jane MOORE father: Lewis Jerome MOORE mother: Matilda Jane ANDERSON
105. Edna Elminey SHANNON m. Berry Dayton GRAY
m. Berry Dayton GRAY father: Elihu GRAY mother: Ellen SATTERFIELD
106. Robert Columbus SHANNON m. Alice MOORE
m. Alice MOORE father: Lewis Jerome MOORE mother: Matilda Jane ANDERSON
107. Zona Caldonia SHANNON m. Charlie M JOHNSON
m. Charlie M JOHNSON
109. Tabitha Conzada SHANNON m. Alonzo Calvin JOHNSON
m. Alonzo Calvin JOHNSON father: Richard JOHNSON mother: Lena BROYLES
110. Nola A SHANNON m. Leroy Ertin GOWER
m. Leroy Ertin GOWER father: George W GOWER mother: Sarina Elizabeth TURNER
117. Kirtiss Leonidas SHANNON m. Ludonia BALDWIN
m. Ludonia BALDWIN
124. Effie Clay MASSEY m. Oscar HEADLEY
m. Oscar HEADLEY
125. Mary Leonora MASSEY m. James Caleb SQUIBB
m. James Caleb SQUIBB
127. Minnie BARRY m1. Neal SLATTERY m2. Tom JONES
m. Neal SLATTERY
m. Tom JONES
129. Nannie BARRY m. Elmo ZIMMERMAN
m. Elmo ZIMMERMAN
132. William Calvin BASS m. Elizabeth SIMMONS
m. Elizabeth SIMMONS father: Francis Marion SIMMONS mother: Malinda Cordelia HAGUEWOOD
134. Gertrude BASS m. J H Dr WADE
m. J H Dr WADE
137. Efton SEAMAN m. Gertie COIN
m. Gertie COIN
138. Charles SEAMAN m. Ida MELTON
m. Ida MELTON
139. Ben SEAMAN m. Louise (SEAMAN)
m. Louise (SEAMAN)
140. Etta SEAMAN m. Charles KING
m. Charles KING
143. Ira Demsa McCULLAH m. Lulu BRADFORD
m. Lulu BRADFORD
146. Lynn Dedrick McCULLAH m. Stella BRADFORD
m. Stella BRADFORD
147. Zilphia SHANNON m. (Unk) BUSBY
m. (Unk) BUSBY
148. Della SHANNON m. Byce KENNEDY
m. Byce KENNEDY
150. Sidney Elmer SHANNON m. Maude CAULK
m. Maude CAULK father: Richard I W CAULK mother: Minnie Maude (CAULK)
154. Ollie SHANNON m. Wilborn L REYNOLDS
m. Wilborn L REYNOLDS
156. Elmer Lee COX m. Winifred CHILDS
m. Winifred CHILDS
160. Jessie COX m. George COMPTON
m. George COMPTON
162. John Henry COX m. Lola THOMPSON
m. Lola THOMPSON
163. Thelma COX m1. William HALL m2. Walker W WHITE
m. William HALL
m. Walker W WHITE
164. Rowena COX m1. John GAMM m2. William STRONG
m. John GAMM
m. William STRONG