Jul-28-2018                   
                      Neal Shannon    
       Also known as: Neil Shannon 
                Born: ca 1775              in Ireland  
              Census: 1820, 1830           in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1810                 in Washington Co, PA  
              Census: 1800                 in Armstrong Co, PA  
            Military:                      Corpl, 2nd Regiment (Evans), Virginia Militia, War of 1812  1
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Gamble Shannon 2     
       Also known as: Gambil Shannon 3
                Born: ca 1798              in Pennsylvania  4
                Died: May-25-1850          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  2,4
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  5
      Cause of death:                      "nervous"  4
              Census: 1820, 1830, 1840     in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Content Davis  b. Mar- 8-1802  d. Dec-10-1886  
             Married: Mar- 9-1820          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  2
           M Child 2: Robert E. Shannon      
                Born: ca 1806              in Pennsylvania  
                Died: bef Oct 1856         in Texas  6
              Census: 1840                 in Wayne Co, OH  
                Wife: Octavo Freeman  b. ca 1807  
             Married: Nov-  -1825          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  7
           M Child 3: James Shannon      
                Born: 1807                 in Pennsylvania  8
                Died: May-  -1856          in Ogle Co, IL  8
              Buried: (unmarked)           in Chaney Cemetery, Stillman Valley, Ogle Co, IL  8
              Census: 1840, 1850           in Ogle Co, IL  
                Wife: Elizabeth Chaney  b. Aug-22-1809  d. Jan- 6-1850  
             Married: Sep-26-1830          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  7

Sources:
(1) War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records 
Administration. 
(2) 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. 
(3) Marriage record of daughter. 
(4) U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) Headstone. 
(6) Texas Wills and Probate Records, 1833-1974 [database online], Ancestry.com. 
(7) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Findagrave.com. 







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