Family Tree
Three generations around Alexander May
Sibling
Joseph Franklin Shannon
1830 — 1874
Sibling
Maurice Koscuisko Shannon
1849 — 1924
Sibling
Creed Jobe
1897 — 1897
Sibling
Jennie S. McClellan
—
Sibling
Joe McClellan
—
Sibling
Pearl Jobe
1899 — 1970
Sibling
John B. Shannon
1827 — 1858
Sibling
George W. Shannon
1829 — 1833
Sibling
James Alfred Shannon
1885 — 1969
Sibling
Virgil Roy Jobe
1902 — 1983
Sibling
Joseph Franklin Shannon
1830 — 1874
Sibling
Gladys Jobe
1904 — 1999
Sibling
Lois Jobe
1907 — 1982
Sibling
Mary Jane Shannon
1831 — 1859
Sibling
Martha A. Shannon
1837 — 1839
Sibling
Elmira Elizabeth Shannon
1840 — 1925
Sibling
Finis Maurice Shannon
1842 — 1907
Sibling
Mark DeWitt Shannon
1847 — 1920
Sibling
Bamey Shannon
b. 1849
Sibling
William Henry Shannon
b. 1835
This record
Alexander May Shannon
1839 — 1906
Vital Events
Dates and Places
- Born7 MAY 1839 · Evansville, Washington County, Arkansas
- Died27 OCT 1906 · Galveston, Galveston County, Texas
- BuriedTrinty Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston County, Texas
- SexMale
- Also known asCol
Notes
Research Notes
Served with both Gen. John B. Hood and Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. Voted against Texas' secession, but joined Gen. Sibley's brigade. Also served with Terry's Texas Rangers. After the war, prospered as a private businessman. In 1886, proposed building a seawall in Galveston, but proposal failed. Four years later the city was destroyed by the great hurricane of 1900.
Information from book: Texas Cemeteries by Bill Harvey.