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: James Reid RALSTON
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 10 Apr 1781 in Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 22 Jan 1853 in Giles Co, Tennessee d
  • Burial: Emmerson Place, Giles Co, Tennessee u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • David RALSTON Birth: 1741 in Ireland Death: 29 Aug 1831 in White's Creek, Davidson Co, Tennessee
    • Mother:
  • Mary REID Birth: Scotland Death: Before 1815 in White's Creek, Davidson Co, Tennessee

Family:
Marriage:
  • Esther SHANNON on 7 May 1808 at Davidson Co, Tennessee .m1
  • Esther SHANNON Birth: 1774 in Montgomery Co, Virginia Death: 20 Jul 1837 in Giles Co, Tennessee
Children:
  1. David RALSTON
  2. Mary RALSTON Birth: 1 Jan 1809 Death: 12 Jun 1840 in Giles Co, Tennessee
  3. Samuel Shannon RALSTON Birth: 10 May 1809 Death: 1 Nov 1890
  4. John RALSTON Birth: 1812 Death: 1879
  5. Jane RALSTON Birth: Abt 1812 Death: 29 Nov 1838 in Giles Co, Tennessee
  6. Catherine A RALSTON Birth: Abt 1820 Death: 13 Aug 1857 in Giles Co, Tennessee

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. Ralston, Ken, Ralston family, private email, 3/19/2002. Author address: ralstonk at jcs dot k12 dot tn dot us Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ken Ralston 3/19/2002].
  6. 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: Ken Ralston 3/19/2002]
abt 1781 [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p97]
d 1853 age 72 [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p5],
place:
[Ref: Ken Ralston 3/19/2002],
parents:
[Ref: Ken Ralston 3/19/2002]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p5, ShannonD SHANNON p97]
1853 [Ref: Ken Ralston 3/19/2002],
place:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p5, ShannonD SHANNON p97]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p97]
Sources with Information about marriage to Esther SHANNON
date:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p5, John Peeling 8/6/1998, Ken Ralston 3/19/2002, ShannonD SHANNON p97],
place:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p5, ShannonD SHANNON p97],
names:
___ RALSTON & Esther SHANNON [Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p85],
child:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p5, John Peeling 8/6/1998, Ken Ralston 3/19/2002, ShannonD SHANNON p97, ShannonD SHANNON p98]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of James Reid RALSTON
 /-----David RALSTON
James Reid RALSTON
 \-----Mary REID



Descendants of James Reid RALSTON
1. James Reid RALSTON m. Esther SHANNON
m. Esther SHANNON father: Samuel SHANNON mother: Jane REID

2nd generation

3. Mary RALSTON m. (Unk) Dr STEPHENSON
m. (Unk) Dr STEPHENSON
4. Samuel Shannon RALSTON m1. Mary Ann HILL m2. Sarah YEAGER
m. Mary Ann HILL
m. Sarah YEAGER
5. John RALSTON m. Harriett LEE
m. Harriett LEE

3rd generation

8. James Ralston STEPHENSON m.
13. James RALSTON m. Margaret JAMIESON
m. Margaret JAMIESON
14. Susan E RALSTON m. William MARKS
m. William MARKS
15. Esther A RALSTON m. Logan HARWELL
m. Logan HARWELL
16. James Alexander RALSTON m. Cornelia HARWELL
m. Cornelia HARWELL
19. Clara RALSTON m. Logan BEASLEY
m. Logan BEASLEY

4th generation

25. David Shannon RALSTON m. Bessie Mabel KERR
m. Bessie Mabel KERR
30. Harriet HARWELL m. Henry AYMETT
m. Henry AYMETT
31. Sallie HARWELL m. William MONTGOMERY
m. William MONTGOMERY
34. Margaret HARWELL m. David ELDER
m. David ELDER
35. Mary Minnie RALSTON m. Wirt WESTMORELAND
m. Wirt WESTMORELAND
36. John Reed RALSTON m. Lula KING
m. Lula KING
37. (Unk) BEASLEY m. Rufus BAKER
m. Rufus BAKER

5th generation

40. Living RALSTON m. Lewis Ecroyd MORRIS
m. Lewis Ecroyd MORRIS
48. Adalaide ELDER m. Willie WINSTEAD
m. Willie WINSTEAD
52. Esther RALSTON m. Sam McCONNELL
m. Sam McCONNELL
54. John Reed Jr RALSTON m. Living SPEED
m. Living SPEED
55. James King RALSTON m1. Elsie HARWELL m2.
m. Elsie HARWELL