Husband: Charles Ellsworth Shannon
Born: Mar-20-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3
Died: Nov- 2-1922 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5 (see note 1)
Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1880 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: 1920 laborer, teamster 6
Occupation: 1900 liveryman 2
Father: Lewis Cass Shannon (1848 - 1923)
Mother: Mariah Louise Duckworth (1846 - 1914)
Notes
Wife: Anama Leona Weekley 7 7,8
Also known as: Leona Weekley 9
Married: Nov-25-1916 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3
Born: May-17-1885 in Tyler Co, WV 10,11,12
Died: Dec-25-1930 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 11,12
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Cause of death: uterine cancer 11
Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1916 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
Resided: 1903 in Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 10
Father: James H. Weekley (1840 - 1914)
Mother: Isabelle Weekley (1846 - 1903)
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 3
M Child 1: Louis Cass Shannon Census name: Lewis C. Shannon Born: Mar-30-1919 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13,14 Died: Apr-27-2005 in Kennett Square, Chester Co, PA 15,14 Buried: in Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE 16 (see note 2) Resided: in Kennett Square, Chester Co, PA 17 Resided: formerly in Newark, New Castle Co, DE 17,18 Census: 1940 in Claysville, Washington Co, PA (see note 3) Resided: 1935 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 19 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: accountant (retired 1984) 17 Military: (enlisted 10/7/1942) M/Sgt, U.S. Army Air Force, World War II (9th Army, Germany) 16,20,17,21 Wife: Rosalie A. Russell b. Oct-18-1921 d. Feb-22-2005 Married: ca 1940 22
M Child 2: Charles Ellsworth Shannon, Jr. Born: Jun-26-1921 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Died: May-29-1945 in World War II 23 (see note 4) Buried: Tablets of Missing in Manila American Cemetery, Philippines 23 (see note 5) Census: 1930, 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1940) 24 Military: 1st Lt Flight Officer, Army Air Force, 25th Photo Sqdn, 6th Recon, WW2 (MIA, Purple Heart) 23 Wife: Jane ___
Sources: (1) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (4) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (5) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (6) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (7) Birth record of son. (8) Record of wife's remarriage. (9) Obituary of daughter. (10) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (12) Headstone (year only) (13) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (15) Obituary - At home. (16) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) (17) Obituary. (18) Obituary of half-sister. (19) 1940 Census. (20) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (21) Obituary of brother. (22) Obituary of husband. (23) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html. (24) Yearbook photo. Event Notes Note (1) Dates on headstone are 1871-1923. But death record shows death date as Nov 2 1922, with age 50y 7m 13d, which calculates to a birth date of Mar 20 1872. His age was 8 in the 1880 Census. Note (2) St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery Note (3) In household of half-sister & brother-in-law Clarice (Underwood) & Wanda Burdette. Note (4) He was a pilot on a P-38 plane of the Photographic Reconnaissance Division, US Army Air Force, and was enroute to Indo-China when his plane was lost. Initially classified as Missing in Action, he was later officially declared dead.. Note (5) A memorial marker has also been placed for him at Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section) in West Union.