Husband: Gamble Shannon Also known as: Gambil Shannon 1
Born: ca 1798 in Pennsylvania 2 Died: May-25-1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 3,2 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Cause of death: "nervous" 2 Census: 1820, 1830, 1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: Neal Shannon (1775 - )
Wife: Content Davis 5,1
Married: Mar- 9-1820 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3
Born: Mar- 8-1802 in New Jersey 6,3
Died: Dec-10-1886 4
Buried: in Pacific City Cemetery, Franklin Co, MO 7
Census: 1880 in Pacific, Franklin Co, MO
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA (see note 1)
Father: William G. "Jarsey Billy" Davis (1762 - 1840)
Mother: Elizabeth Stooky
Notes
M Child 1: William Henry Shannon Born: ca 1821 3 Died: Jun-26-1854 in Gallia Co, OH (see note 2) Buried: in Wilcox Cemetery, Morgan Twp, Gallia Co, OH Occupation: Feb- -1848 appointed coroner in Doddridge Co 8 Occupation: 1846 Commissioner of Revenue in Doddridge Co 9 Wife: Providence Odell Jones b. ca 1830 d. May-22-1909 Also known as: Odell Jones 10 Married: May- 1-1845 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 11
F Child 2: Elizabeth Shannon Born: Mar-17-1822 12 Died: Nov-21-1857 13 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13,14 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Lewis Sutton Davis b. Feb- 5-1811 d. Mar-26-1893 Married: May-28-1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 14
F Child 3: Ellen Jane Shannon Also known as: Jane Shannon Born: May-31-1824 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 11 Died: Feb-18-1888 in Franklin Co, MO 11 Census: 1880 in Pacific, Franklin Co, MO Census: 1870 in Boles Twp, Franklin Co, MO Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Samuel G. Rogers b. ca 1814 d. Aug-14-1885 Married: Feb- 2-1843 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 11
M Child 4: James Shannon Born: Jan- -1827 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 15,16 Census: 1880, 1900 in Franklin Co, MO Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 17,15 Wife: Martha Longacre b. ca 1830 Married: Oct-16-1849 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 18
M Child 5: John Robert Shannon Born: 1830 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 19,20 Died: Jan-24-1916 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 21,19 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13,20 Resided: in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 20 Census: 1870, 1880, 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: 1880, 1910 farmer 22,23 Occupation: 1870 retail merchant 24 Occupation: 1860 farmer 16 Wife: Mary M. Johnston b. 1836 d. 1913 Married: ca 1859 23
M Child 6: Gamble Boyd Shannon Also known as: Boyd Gamble Shannon Born: Feb- 2-1834 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
F Child 7: Lydia Emeline Shannon Also known as: Emaline Shannon 25,26 Born: Feb- 5-1841 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7,25,16 Died: Jan-26-1873 in Franklin Co, MO 7 Buried: in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Franklin Co, MO 7 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: John Maxwell b. 1827 d. Jun-21-1860 Married: Oct- 1-1855 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 25 Husband: Edward F. Longacre b. ca 1836 d. Aug-19-1924 Married: Mar- 6-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV 25
Sources: (1) Marriage record of daughter. (2) U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (3) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 54. (4) Headstone. (5) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 20. (6) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (7) Findagrave.com. (8) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, Minute Book, p. 210. (9) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, Doddridge County Land Book 1845-1854. (10) Obituary of brother. (11) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >. (12) Headstone - Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death, Age given as 35y 8m 4d. "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 54 & p. 56, reports birth date as Mar 14 1822. (13) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (14) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 56. (15) 1900 Census. (16) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (17) 1880 Census. (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791175&Type=Marriage. (19) Headstone (year only) (20) Obituary. (21) Obituary - At home. (22) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (23) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (24) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). (25) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (26) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. Event Notes Note (1) In household next to that of son James. Note (2) "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 104, reports death as 1852.