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Name: Samuel SHANNON
Sex: M
Birth: 9 Jul 1780 in Montgomery Co, Virginia ^b
Death: 6 Jan 1851 in Shannon, Lee Co, Mississippi ^d
Burial: Shannon Cemetery, Shannon, Lee Co, Mississippi ^u

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:

Catherine MOTHERAL on 11 Dec 1800 at Davidson Co, Tennessee .^m1
Catherine MOTHERAL Birth: 15 Aug 1784 in North Carolina Death: 23 Dec 1867 in Shannon, Mississippi

Children:

John Montheral SHANNON Birth: 25 Sep 1808 in Davidson Co, Tennessee Death: 4 Nov 1867 in Boliver Co, Mississippi
Constantine Curry SHANNON Birth: 31 May 1811 in Davidson Co, Tennessee Death: 12 Mar 1894 in Shannon, Mississippi
Helena Reed SHANNON Birth: 28 Mar 1813 in Davidson Co, Tennessee
Mary Jane SHANNON Birth: 8 Sep 1815 in Davidson Co, Tennessee Death: 1902 in Sonoma, California
George Washington SHANNON Birth: 17 Sep 1818 in Davidson Co, Tennessee Death: Oct 1837
Edmond Gaines SHANNON Birth: 23 Aug 1821 in Davidson Co, Tennessee Death: 29 Sep 1899

Bibliography

Bell, Raymond Martin, SHANNON of Washington County PA, Keyhole XVIII,2 April 1990, p77-80. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell SHANNON].
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]*].
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]*].
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].
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 unpublished notebook, dated Dec 1990.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 p98]; 1761 or 9 Jul 1780 [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]; 1780 [Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p85],
place:: [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p98]; Montgomery Co, PA, or Walkers Creek, Giles Co, Virginia [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998],
parents:: [Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p85, Dedman SHANNON p11, John Peeling 8/6/1998, ShannonD SHANNON p98]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998, ShannonD SHANNON p98]; 1851 [Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p85],
place:: [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998, ShannonD SHANNON p106]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p98]

Sources with Information about marriage to Catherine MOTHERAL

date:: [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p10, ShannonD SHANNON p98]; 10 Dec 1800 [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998],
place:: [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p10, John Peeling 8/6/1998, ShannonD SHANNON p98],
child:: [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998, ShannonD SHANNON p108, ShannonD SHANNON p112, ShannonD SHANNON p113]

Research Notes:
1800: father gave him 100 acres of his farm when he married [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p10, ShannonD SHANNON p98]

1812: member of Captain Cloyd's Militia Company, at Davidsonvill (Nashville) TN [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p98]

1813: purchased his parent's home from his sisters Esther Ralston and Sarah Shannon [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p10, ShannonD SHANNON p98]

1834: had added to his land, and owned considerable holdings, which he sold and moved to the middle of the Indian Wilderness of then Ittawamba Co, Miss., to the town which bears his name, Shannon, Miss. [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p10]

c1836: moved to Itawamba Co, MS [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p98]

1850: in Itawamba Co, MS, listed in Census as both age 66 [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p98]

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

Descendants of Samuel SHANNON

1. Samuel SHANNON m. Catherine MOTHERAL

m. Catherine MOTHERAL

2+ John Montheral SHANNON m. Caroline M SHACKLEFORD

3+ Constantine Curry SHANNON m. Mary Louisa SHACKLEFORD

4 Helena Reed SHANNON

5 Mary Jane SHANNON

6 George Washington SHANNON

7 Edmond Gaines SHANNON

2nd generation

2. John Montheral SHANNON m. Caroline M SHACKLEFORD

m. Caroline M SHACKLEFORD father: Henry Lee SHACKLEFORD mother: Jane (SHACKLEFORD)

8 Nicholas B SHANNON