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Lewis Cass SHANNON

Lewis Cass SHANNON

Male 1848 - 1923  (~ 74 years)

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  • Name Lewis Cass SHANNON 
    Born Aug 1848  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    Died 1923  [2] 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I81945  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2015 

    Father William Henry SHANNON,   b. CA 1821,   d. 26 Jun 1854, Gallia Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Mother Providence Odell JONES,   b. Oct 1829, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1909, Gallia Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Family ID F35024  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mariah Louise DUCKWORTH,   b. 1846, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1914  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 17 Nov 1868  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Newspaper item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Nov 6 1913:
      "Shortly before four o'clock Tuesday morning, Mr. L. C. Shannon's barn was discovered to be on fire by a couple of fox hunters returning home. The alarm was quickly given but a few moments and the four tons of unbaled hay was a mass of flames and nothing could be done to save either the building or its contents.
      "A valuable pair of young horses worth $40 to $500 were burned to death. In all some nine or ten tons of hay, about 100 bushels of unthrashed oats, and about 100 bushels of unthrashed wheat was destroyed. Mr. Shannon also lost all of his working and driving harness.
      "The total loss is estimated as something over $2000, the barn being a good serviceable structure with cement basement and foundation."

      Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, October 7 1915, in its entirety:
      "Carl S. Pease has just erected a splendid granite monument at the I.O.O.F. cemetery on the L. C. Shannon lot."
    Children 
     1. William E. SHANNON,   b. CA 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1939, Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)
    +2. Charles Ellsworth SHANNON,   b. 20 Mar 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1922, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     3. Anna Odell SHANNON,   b. Jan 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Ernest T. SHANNON,   b. CA 1875
     5. Thornton SHANNON,   b. CA 1877
    +6. Frank Harrison SHANNON,   b. 17 Sep 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1946, Kenton (now Canton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     7. Arthur G. SHANNON,   b. Dec 1880
     8. Emily L. SHANNON,   b. Jan 1883,   d. Dec 1936, Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years)
     9. Minnie Rebecca SHANNON,   b. 9 Aug 1886, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1979, Alexandria, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     10. Ida Elizabeth SHANNON,   b. 22 Apr 1888, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1972, San Diego Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F35023  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah Abagail ___,   b. CA 1849, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 14 Jul 1915  Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F37610  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

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

    5. [S2601] Doddridge County Republican, Thursday, 7/22/1915.
      Local news item, in its entirety:
      "Mr. L. C. Shannon, one of Doddridge county's most prominent and prosperous citizens, surprised his many friends by his marriage on last Friday evening, at Vinton, Ohio, to Mrs. Abagail Shannon, a splendid and eminently respected widow of the Buckeye state. The happy 'young couple' returned here Tuesday morning and will reside at the Shannon homestead, which is one of West Union's best suburban residences."