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Charles Ellsworth SHANNON

Charles Ellsworth SHANNON

Male 1872 - 1922  (50 years)

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  • Name Charles Ellsworth SHANNON 
    Born 20 Mar 1872  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [2] 
    liveryman 
    Census 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [4] 
    laborer, teamster 
    Died 2 Nov 1922  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • 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.
    Notes 
    • Item in "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Feb 24 1916, in its entirety:
      NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
      The partnership heretofore existing between Otto Bever and C. E. Shannon, doing business under the name of the Bever & Shannon Transfer Company, is this day dissolved by mutual consent; the business having been purchased in its entirety by C. E. Shannon.
      Otto Bever
      C. E. Shannon
      Feb. 21, 1916
    Person ID I56042  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2014 

    Father Lewis Cass SHANNON,   b. Aug 1848, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1923  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Mother Mariah Louise DUCKWORTH,   b. 1846, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1914  (Age 68 years) 
    Family ID F35023  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anama Leona WEEKLEY,   b. 17 May 1885, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1930, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)  [7, 8] 
    Married 25 Nov 1916  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Louis Cass SHANNON,   b. 30 Mar 1919, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 2005, Kennett Square, Chester Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     2. Charles Ellsworth SHANNON, Jr.,   b. 26 Jun 1921, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1945, World War II Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
    Family ID F23202  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S2027] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    5. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    7. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    8. [S1967] Record of wife's remarriage.