| Name |
John Robert SHANNON |
| Born |
1830 |
Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
1850 [3] |
| laborer |
| Census |
1850, 1860 |
Doddridge Co, (W)VA |
- In 1850, listed as John Shannon, 19, b. Virginia, laborer, in household of Thomas S. & Elizabeth (Jeffrey) Neely. Also in the household was Thomas Shannon, 19, relationship unknown.
|
| Occupation |
1860 [4] |
| farmer |
| Occupation |
1870 [5] |
| retail merchant |
| Census |
1870, 1880, 1910 |
West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV |
| Occupation |
1880, 1910 [6, 7] |
| farmer |
| Residence |
Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV [2] |
| Died |
24 Jan 1916 |
Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV [1, 8] |
| Buried |
Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV [2, 9] |
| Notes |
- For many years, John Robert Shannon was engaged in the mercantile business near Smithton. At the time that the B & O Railroad was being constructed through here, he had a store on the Russell farm near the west end of the Smithton tunnel. At one time, he was engaged in the mercantile business at Oxford and later in West Union, afterwards obtaining a lease in the lead mines in Galena, Ohio. He located in that city, where he remained for three years. Selling out his holdings there, he returned to Smithton, his birthplace, and engaged in farming the remainder of his life.
[Obituary]
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| Person ID |
I99310 |
Doddridge County Roots |
| Last Modified |
21 Jul 2021 |
| Family |
Mary M. JOHNSTON, b. 1836, d. 1913 (Age 77 years) |
| Married |
CA 1859 [7] |
| Notes |
- 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 4 1860:
Jno Shannon, 29, farmer, value of real estate $1,000, value of personal estate $200; M. S. (female), 23; Wm. C, 1; J. Trainer (male), 22, farmer; E. Trainer (male), 19; M. Ice (female), 12; Thomas Kernim (?), 25. All born in Virginia except Thomas, born in Ireland.
NOTE: The relationship, if any, of brothers Jacob and Edgar Trainer to any of the other household members is not known. It is known from other records that Mary Ice was born in Indiana. Her relationship, if any, to any of the other household members is not known. We have found no other record of Thomas Kernim.
|
| Children |
| + | 1. William Claude SHANNON, b. 1859, d. 1930 (Age 71 years) |
| + | 2. Elizabeth Jett SHANNON, b. Oct 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 1956 (Age ~ 94 years) |
| | 3. Addison Earle SHANNON, b. 1864, d. 1866 (Age 2 years) |
| | 4. Britomarte Virginia SHANNON, b. 1868, d. 1874 (Age 6 years) |
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| Family ID |
F29130 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1830 - 1916 (86 years)