1. "Reference Book of Wyoming County History"; 1965; by Mary Keller Bowman; Page 369.
"...Thomas Shannon, son of Samuel, married Agnes Brown and continued to live on the homestead
at Popular Hill..."
2. Ibid, Page 370.
"...Thomas was a wealthy and influential man. All his sons were Confederate soldiers. He lived to be
ninety years old. Of his children we have only the name of a son, Thomas Shannon, Jr, who married
Julia Aden.
1. "Reference Book of Wyoming County History"; 1965; by Mary Keller Bowman; Page 369.
"...Thomas Shannon, son of Samuel, married Agnes Brown and continued to live on the homestead
at Popular Hill..."
1. "Reference Book of Wyoming County History"; 1965; by Mary Keller Bowman; Page 369.
"... "The Shannons came to Virginia from Ireland before the Revolution and located in what is now
Amherst County, Virginia. Samuel Shannon, the New River settler, brought his family over the
Alleghenies in 1774 and located ata place now called Popular Hill, in Giles County. Some years later
and after the marriage of his oldest son, Thomas, he took his family, except Thomas, to Tennessee,
near present Nashville..."
1. 1850 Census, Wyoming Co, VA; District 70; taken on 16 Sep 1850; Page 444; Image 38 of 38;
Family #246/246.
Listed as Augustus Shannon, age 22; born in VA; farmer; in household of father, James Shannon.
2. "Reference Book of Wyoming County History"; 1965; by Mary Keller Bowman; Page 371.
"...Myles, Lloyd, Augustus and Fieldon went to Kansas. Fieldon became a counter-
feiter and died in prison. None returned to Wyoming Co...."
3. 1857 Kansas State Census; Levenworth Co; Kickapoo, Levenworth and Stranger. Image 109 of 136.
Floyd, Miles and Augustus Shannon are listed on lines 654, 655, 656; no other information.
4. 1860 Census, Kansas; Levenworth Co; Kickapoo Township; Kickapoo PO; taken on 9 Aug 1860;
Page 807; Image 11 of 39; Family #2278/1971.
Listed as Augustus A. Shannon; age 35; born in VA; farmer; head of one person household.
5. 1870 Census, Kansas; Levenworth Co; Kickapoo Township; Kickapoo PO; taken on 2 Jul 1870;
Page 255B; Image 32 of 47; Family #281/278.
Listed as Augustus Shannon; age 38 (sic, 48); born in VA; farmer; head of household.
6. 1880 Census, Levenworth Co; Levenworth City; taken on 4 Jun 1880; Page 287D; Image 16 of 36;
Family #158/158.
Listed as Aug. Shannon; age 53; born in VA; married; trader; head of household.
7. 1900 Census, Levenworth Co, Alexandria Township; taken on 23 Jun 1900; Page 9A; Image 21 of 30;
Family #172/172.
Listed as Augustus Shannon; age 73; born in VA in May 1827; widowed; farmer; head of household.
1. 1870 Census, Kansas; Levenworth Co; Kickapoo Township; Kickapoo PO; taken on 2 Jul 1870;
Page 255B; Image 32 of 47; Family #281/278.
Listed as Missouri Shannon; age 28; born in MO in household of husband, Augustus Shannon.
2. 1880 Census, Levenworth Co; Levenworth City; taken on 4 Jun 1880; Page 287D; Image 16 of 36;
Family #158/158.
Listed as Missouri Shannon; age 38; born in MO; married; in household of husband, Augustus
Shannon.
1. 1870 Census, Kansas; Levenworth Co; Kickapoo Township; Kickapoo PO; taken on 2 Jul 1870;
Page 255B; Image 32 of 47; Family #281/278.
Listed as Belzora Shannon; age 5; born in KS; in household of father, Augustus Shannon.
2. 1880 Census, Levenworth Co; Levenworth City; taken on 4 Jun 1880; Page 287D; Image 16 of 36;
Family #158/158.
Listed as Belle Shannon; age 16; born in KS; in household of father, Augustus Shannon.
1. 1870 Census, Kansas; Levenworth Co; Kickapoo Township; Kickapoo PO; taken on 2 Jul 1870;
Page 255B; Image 32 of 47; Family #281/278.
Listed as Major Shannon; age 3; born in KS; in household of father, Augustus Shannon.
2. 1880 Census, Levenworth Co; Levenworth City; taken on 4 Jun 1880; Page 287D; Image 16 of 36;
Family #158/158.
Listed as Major Shannon; age 14; born in KS; in household of father, Augustus Shannon.
1. 1870 Census, Kansas; Levenworth Co; Kickapoo Township; Kickapoo PO; taken on 2 Jul 1870;
Page 255B; Image 32 of 47; Family #281/278.
Listed as Effie Shannon; age 1; born in KS; in household of father, Augustus Shannon.
1. 1880 Census, Levenworth Co; Levenworth City; taken on 4 Jun 1880; Page 287D; Image 16 of 36;
Family #158/158.
Listed as Eva Shannon; age 9; born in KS; in household of father, Augustus Shannon.
1. 1880 Census, Levenworth Co; Levenworth City; taken on 4 Jun 1880; Page 287D; Image 16 of 36;
Family #158/158.
Listed as Brock Shannon; age 7; born in KS; in household of father, Augustus Shannon.
1. 1900 Census, Levenworth Co, Alexandria Township; taken on 23 Jun 1900; Page 9A; Image 21 of 30;
Family #172/172.
Listed as Louella Shannon; age 21; born in KS in Oct 1879; single; in household of father,
Augustus Shannon.
2. 1880 Census, Levenworth Co; Levenworth City; taken on 4 Jun 1880; Page 287D; Image 16 of 36;
Family #158/158.
Listed as "Pet" Shannon; age 2; born in KS; in household of father, Augustus Shannon.
1. "Births Wyoming Co, WV...", Haga, 1856.
L. L. Shannon born at Sun Hill P.O. Feb 21 (1863) to W. B. and Sarah Abigail Shannon.
2. "Reference Book of Wyoming County History", Mary K. Bowman, page 373.
Lightburn Lane Shannon, born 21 Feb 1863, married Martha Cooke, daughter of
Floyd and Mary Ann Ballard Cooke.
Late in life he married Susan Canterbury, widow.
He died in 1952.
3. 1870 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Clear Fork Dist, at Sunhill PO, Family 38.
In household of father, Wyatt B. Shannon.
4. 1880 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Complied by William A. March, Vol 4, page 705.
Oceana Township, page 010.
Listed as L.L. Shannon, age 18, in household of David J. Cooke, as a border, in school.
5. 1880 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, compiled by William A. Marsh, Vol 4, page 743.
Clear Fork Township, page 005.
Listed as Lightburn L. Shannon, age 17, in household of father, W.B. Shannon.
6. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1883); Page 83; WV Archives Web Site.
Lightburn L. Shannon; age 19; born and living in Wyoming Co, WV; married on 4 Jan 1883 at
Compton Stafford's; Martha Jane Cook; age 18; born and living in Wyoming Co, WV.
7. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Clear Fork District, page 244A, Family #2.
Listed as Lightburn Shannon, age 37 born in Feb 1863 in WV, married 17 yrs, head of household.
8. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1942); Page 386; WV Archives Web Site.
L.L. Shannon; age 79; born at Sun Hill; widowed; living at Pineville, WV; son of W.B. and Sarah A.
Shannon; married on 17 Apr 1942 at Pineville, WV; Susan B. Cook Canterbury;age 72; born at
Guyan, WV; widow; living at Pineville, WV; daughter of Floyd, of John, and Mary A. (Ballard) Cook.
9. Wyoming Co, WV: Death Certificate #5589; WV Archives Web Site.
Lightburn Layne Shannon; age ___: born 21 Mar 1863 in WV; married; teacher; living at Pineville,
WV; son of Wyatt B. and Sarah A. Shannon; died on 8 Apr 1952 at Pineville, WV from a myrocardial
infarstion; buried on 10 Apr 1952 in Cook Cemetery; informant, Virgil Shannon.
10. Wyoming Co, WV Web Site, Cemeteries
http://members.aol.com/jlcooke2/cemetery.htm
Lighburn L. Shannon; born in 1863; died in 1952; buried in Homer Cooke
Cemetery, Oceana, Wyoming Co, WV.
1. 1870 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Clear Fork Dist, at Sunhill PO, Family 5.
2. 1880 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, compiled by William A. Marsh, Vol 4, page 747.
Clear Fork Township, page 009.
Listed as Brooke G. Cooke, age 10, in household of step-father, Cumpton
Stafford.
3. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Clear Fork District, Family #111.
Listed as Susan B. Canterbury, age 29, in household of husband, Fountain M. Canterbury.
4. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, taken on 3 May 1910, Page 273A, Family #216.
Listed as Susan B.Canterbury, age 39, born in WV, married once for 19 yrs, 7 children, all living, in
household of husband, Fountain M. Canterbury.
5. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Oceana District; taken on 14 Jan 1920; Page 231B; Family #126.
Listed as Susan B. Canterbury; age 50; born in WV; in household of husband, Fountain M. Canterbury.
6. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1942); Page 386; WV Archives Web Site.
L.L. Shannon; age 79; born at Sun Hill; widowed; living at Pineville, WV; son of W.B. and Sarah A.
Shannon; married on 17 Apr 1942 at Pineville, WV; Susan B. Cook Canterbury;age 72; born at
Guyan, WV; widow; living at Pineville, WV; daughter of Floyd, of John, and Mary A. (Ballard) Cook.
7. McDowell Co, WV: Death Certificate #10189; WV Archives Web Site.
Susan Shannon ; age 86; born on 11 Nov 1868 in WV; widow; living at Pineville, WV; daughter of
Floyd and Mary (Ballard) Cook; died on 31 Jul 1955 in Grace Hospital, Welch, McDowell Co, WV;
from acute congestive heart failure; buried on 2 Aug 1955 in Cook Cemetery.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Clear Fork District, page 244A, Family #2.
Listed as Carlos V. Shannon, age 4, born in Apr 1896, in household of father, Lightburn Shannon.
2. "Reference Book of Wyoming County History", Mary K. Bowman, page 373.
Son of Lightburn and Martha Cooke Shannon.
3. WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Wyoming Co, WV, Draft Board, Pineville, WV, Reg.
Card 597.
Carlos Virgil Shannon; age 21; born on 17 Apr 1896; living at Pineville, Wyoming Co, WV; store
manager with B. P. Bryant at Pineville, WV; single; medium height with medium build; brown eyes
and Black hair; 15 Jun 1917.
4. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1918); Page 263; WV Archives Web Site.
Carlos Virgil Shannon; age 21; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Pineville, WV; son of L.L. and
Martha Shannon; married on 12 Feb 1918 at Pineville, WV; Maggie Marie Cook; age 19; born in
Wyoming Co, WV; living at Pineville, WV; daughter of R.L. and Lizzie Cook.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Town of Oceana, Family 12.
Listed as Marie M. Cooke, age 1, in household of father, Robert Lee Cooke.
2. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana Town, taken on 15 Apr 1910, Page 259A, Family #7.
Listed as Maggie M. Cook, age 12, born in WV, in household of father, Robert Lee Cooke.
3. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1918); Page 263; WV Archives Web Site.
Carlos Virgil Shannon; age 21; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Pineville, WV; son of L.L. and
Martha Shannon; married on 12 Feb 1918 at Pineville, WV; Maggie Marie Cook; age 19; born in
Wyoming Co, WV; living at Pineville, WV; daughter of R.L. and Lizzie Cook.
1. "Wyoming County Heritage, Wyoming County, WV"; 1995; Wyoming Co Genealoical Society; Pineville,
WV; "Jimmy and Necie Lester" Article; Page 148; submitted by Necie Mullins.
1. "Wyoming County Heritage, Wyoming County, WV"; 1995; Wyoming Co Genealoical Society; Pineville,
WV; "Jimmy and Necie Lester" Article; Page 148; submitted by Necie Mullins.
1. "Wyoming County Heritage, Wyoming County, WV"; 1995; Wyoming Co Genealoical Society; Pineville,
WV; "Jimmy and Necie Lester" Article; Page 148; submitted by Necie Mullins.
1. "Wyoming County Heritage, Wyoming County, WV"; 1995; Wyoming Co Genealoical Society; Pineville,
WV; "Jimmy and Necie Lester" Article; Page 148; submitted by Necie Mullins.
1. "Wyoming County Heritage, Wyoming County, WV"; 1995; Wyoming Co Genealoical Society; Pineville,
WV; "Geraldine Blankenship Najjar" Article; Pages 148 & 149; submitted by Geraldine B. Najjar.
1. "Wyoming County Heritage, Wyoming County, WV"; 1995; Wyoming Co Genealoical Society; Pineville,
WV; "Geraldine Blankenship Najjar" Article; Pages 148 & 149; submitted by Geraldine B. Najjar.
1. "Wyoming County Heritage, Wyoming County, WV"; 1995; Wyoming Co Genealoical Society; Pineville,
WV; "Geraldine Blankenship Najjar" Article; Pages 148 & 149; submitted by Geraldine B. Najjar.