General Information

Birth
7 MAY 1839
Evansville, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
27 OCT 1906
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas
Burial
Trinty Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston County, Texas

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.

Parents

Granville Billingsley Shannon
- Father
1801 - 1873
Birth
4 MAY 1801
Logan County, Kentucky
Death
14 JAN 1873
Evansville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Vineyard Cemetery, Washington County, Evansville, Arkansas
Unity W. Williams
- Mother
1810 - 1898
Birth
28 MAR 1810
Tennessee
Death
26 APR 1898
Evansville, Washington County, Arkansas

Spouse

Clara Viola Scott
- Wife
Birth
ABT 1841

Children

James Alfred Shannon
- Son
Birth
AFT 1872