177. Thomas Reid Shannon (Samuel B. Shannon , Agnes Crowe , Anna Shannon , Thomas ) was born in 1803 in Montgomery Co., Virginia. He died in 1870 in Pawnee County, Nebraska.
Thomas married Sally Sarah Allen on 31 Jul 1827.
They had the following children:
314 M i Milton Shannon. + 315 M ii Greenville D. Shannon + 316 M iii Samuel S. Shannon 317 M iv William A. Shannon was born on 4 Jan 1834. William married Mary E. Scott. 318 M v Thomas H. Shannon was born on 14 Oct 1836. Thomas married Mary S. Griffith.
178. Samuel B. Shannon , Jr. (Samuel B. Shannon , Agnes Crowe , Anna Shannon , Thomas ) was born on 15 Oct 1807 in Virginia. He died on 25 Sep 1850 in Hendricks Co., Indiana.
Samuel married Lucinda Hall on 6 Dec 1832 in Hendricks Co., Indiana.
They had the following children:
319 M i Edward C. Shannon. 320 M ii John R. Shannon. 321 M iii Thomas P. Shannon. 322 F iv Nancy F. Shannon. 323 M v Samuel S. Shannon.
180. James Wilkinson Shannon (Samuel B. Shannon , Agnes Crowe , Anna Shannon , Thomas ) was born in 1811.
James married (1) Rachel Tull. Rachel died in 1837.
They had the following children:
324 F i Elizabeth Shannon was born in 1837.
James married (2) Elizabeth Weekly on 6 Jun 1838.
They had the following children:
191. Mary N. Shannon (John Shannon , Agnes Crowe , Anna Shannon , Thomas ) was born in 1829. She died in 1916.
Mary married Henry Nave in 1850. Henry was born in 1822. He died in 1890.
They had the following children:
+ 331 F i Mary C. Nave + 332 F ii Margaret Nave
192. Hannah Jane Shannon (John Shannon , Agnes Crowe , Anna Shannon , Thomas ) was born in 1832. She died in 1910.
Hannah married John Nave in 1849. John was born in 1826. He died in 1872.
They had the following children:
+ 333 M i J. Shannon Nave
200. John R. Bracken (Reid Bracken , Ann Shannon , John , Thomas ) was born on 7 Jul 1826 in Butler County, Pennsylvania. He died in Mar 1890 in Braddock, Pennsylvania.
John married Elizabeth Martin on 19 Sep 1849 in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth was born on 15 Jun 1824 in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
They had the following children:
334 F i Mary E. Bracken was born in 1849. + 335 M ii Coulter C. Bracken 336 M iii George Bracken was born in 1855. 337 M iv Mead Bracken was born in 1858. 338 F v Sarah H. Bracken was born in 1860.
242. Thomas Shannon (John , Samuel , John , Thomas ).
Thomas married Polly Kiefer in 1824. Polly was born in Kentucky. She died on 1 Jan 1860.
They had the following children:
339 F i Jane Reid Shannon was born on 24 Mar 1818. She died on 20 May 1849. Jane married John W. Branch. John was born in 1809. He died in Jan 1893.
245. David Wilburn Shannon (Hugh , John , Samuel , Thomas ) was born in 1821 in Davidson County, Tennessee. He died in Missouri.
Information taken from Family Tree Maker Disk # 26
David married Ellis or Walton in Arkansas.
They had the following children:
253. David Reid Shannon (David McKnight , David , Samuel , Thomas ) was born on 18 Feb 1821 in Monroe Co., Mississippi. He died on 8 Nov 1864 in New Orleans, Louisana.
David married Peggy Ann Gray on 29 Dec 1847. Peggy was born on 26 Sep 1829. She died on 3 Feb 1899.
They had the following children:
+ 345 M i William Jefferson Shannon 346 F ii Mary Ann Shannon. 347 M iii James Robert Shannon. 348 M iv Richard Andrew Shannon. 349 F v Sarah Jane Shannon. 350 F vi Martha E. Shannon. 351 M vii Samuel Pickens Shannon. 352 F viii Margaretta Liza Shannon. 353 M ix George Henry Shannon.
257. James W. Blount (Jane Marrs , Anna A. Shannon , Samuel , Thomas ).
They had the following children:
354 M i David H. Blount
259. Anna E. Shelton (Rachel Marrs , Anna A. Shannon , Samuel , Thomas ) was born on 1 Jan 1809 in Butler County, Kentucky.
Anna married (1) Andrew S. Young.
They had the following children:
+ 355 M i Napoleon S. Young + 356 M ii Thomas S. Young
Anna married (2) William Inglish in 1835.
William Inglish came from Inglish's Station near the famous Crab Orchardin Kentucky, a place established by his father, Charles Inglish.
260. Miranda Shelton (Rachel Marrs , Anna A. Shannon , Samuel , Thomas ) was born on 9 Feb 1814 in Miller County, Arkansas. She died in 1846 in Lamar County, Texas.
Miranda married James Madison Brackeen son of William Goslin Brackeen Rev. and Leatha Elsey Wheeler in 1839 in Ft. Shelton, Lamar County, Texas. James was born on 2 Jan 1811 in Lebanon, Tennessee. He died on 16 Oct 1887 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas. He was buried in Evergreen Cem., Paris, Texas.
NAME: BIRTH: DEATH:
James Madison Brackeen 2 Jan 1812 16 Oct 1887
CEMETERY: LOCATION IN CEMETERY:
Evergreen 11-04-02
NOTES:
James married Miranda Shelton. Buried next to Sarah Marshall Brackeen.*From Probate Book M1 in the Lamar County Clerk's office, transcribed byMary Claunch Lane: Page 62; February Term, 1842; Be it remembered that onthe 28th day of Feby. A.D. 1842 there was began and held a regular Termof the Honorable Probate court in the Town of Lafayette in and for thecounty aforesaid. Present and presiding the Honorable John A. Rutherford,Judge, John R. Craddock, Clerk and W. R. Brown, Sheriff. When courtappeared according to law proceeded to the dispatch of business. *Page66; Jas. M. Brackeen vs. G. G. (should be W. D.) Brackeen, Minor.Petition for letters guardianship. This day Jas. M. Brackeen presentedhis petition praying letters of guardianship of his son G. G. (W.D.)Brackeen, minor heir of said Jas. M. Brackeen who is now in saidcounty of Lamar County and being entitled to an estate without the limitsof said Republic and it becoming necessary for a guardian to be appointedfor said minor G. G. (W. D.) Brackeen before he can obtain said estateand his father Jas. M. Brackeen being a suitable person to take chargeand custody of the person and estate of said minor it is thereforeordered and decreed by this court that letters of guardianship issue tosaid James M. Brackeen and the same be certified to by the Clerk of thiscourt Jas. M. Brackeen together with William Brackeen and Jas. R.G.Wortham his securities and entered into bond in the penal sum of $1,000for the faithful performance of th duties incumbent upon him as guardianaforesaid who severally acknowledged the same. Issued 11th March 1842A.D. *G.G. should be W. D. for William Daniel BrackeenThe children of James Madison Brackeen and Miranda Shelton were born inAtlas, Texas
* ATLAS, TEXAS. Atlas is at the intersection of Farm roads 2036 and 137,five miles northeast of Roxton and five miles southwest of Paris in southcentral Lamar County. It was founded in 1884 when the Texas-MidlandRailroad began to use a local rock quarry to obtain ballast. Railroadowner Edward H. R. Greenqv is credited with naming the quarry and thepost office Atlas, for the character in Greek mythology who supported theworld. The first postal facility opened in 1884. By 1890 Atlas had twentyresidents, two cotton gins, and a general store. I. H. Hughes hadestablished a law practice. A triweekly stagecoach ran to Paris andCooper; the fare was twenty-five and fifty cents respectively. The stagealso delivered the mail. By 1896 a local common school district enrolledseventy students and employed one teacher. In 1914 the population wasfifty, and the town had a new cotton gin and a telephone exchange. In1929 Atlas had a population of seventy-six. Maps for 1936 showed a cottongin, two stores, the school, and a church. The postal service wasdiscontinued in 1943. In 1947 the population peaked at 120, and fourbusinesses were in operation. In 1949 Atlas had fifty people and twobusinesses. By 1957 no businesses were left, and schoolchildren attendedthe Roxton schools. The population of Atlas remained at fifty throughoutthe 1960s, decreased to forty by 1970, and was reported as twenty in1974. Maps for 1984 showed a church and a few scattered dwellings. Thetown had twenty inhabitants in 1990.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Thomas S. Justiss, An Administrative Survey of the Schoolsof Lamar County with a Plan for Their Reorganization (M.A. thesis,University of Texas, 1937). Fred Tarpley, 1001 Texas Place Names (Austin:University of Texas Press, 1980).
Vista K. McCroskeyThe Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Librariesat the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State HistoricalAssociation.
James and Miranda had the following children:
+ 357 F i Susan Jane Brackeen 358 M ii Eli Jenway Brackeen was born on 4 Sep 1842 in Atlas, Lamar County, Texas. He died on 25 Dec 1916 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas. He was buried in Brackeen Cemetery (Unmarked grave).
From the records of W. B. Akin Hospital Patient Register of Lamar County,Texas it reflects that E J. Brackeen, white male, age 74, born Sep. 1842was admitted by Dr. M. A. Walker on Nov. 2, 1916 and discharged Dec 25,1916 (54 days) for "Brights Disease." Deed Bk. T2 pg. 290 recorded atthe Lamar County County Court House, Paris, Texas reflects Eli Jenway asthe grandson of Jesse Shelton and the son of James Madison Brackeen andhis wife Myranda Shelton Brackeen. No record of children have been found.
From Rodgers & Wade Furniture Co. Funeral Records in possession of Fry &Gibbs Funeral Home; Book #9; p.214; Service #293; Eli J. Brackeen; chargeto estate; ordered by W. L. Hutchison & J. Q. Griffis; place of death,Aikin Hospital; Physician, J. B. Chapman; cause of death, Bright'sdisease; date of death, 25 Dec 1916, 11 pm; Widower, age 73 years;interment at Brackeen cemetery; casket size 6/3 $15.00; robe $5.00; auto$5.00; Total $25.00. *Birth year is calculated. In 1993 this was anunmarked grave.
Source: Ancestry.com
Name: Eli J. Brackeen
Company: F
Unit: 22 Texas Cavalry.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Private
Allegiance: ConfederateEli married F. A. Winters on 19 Mar 1861 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas. + 359 F iii Nancy Angeline Brackeen + 360 F iv Frances Etta Brackeen