When Jacob Montgomery Shannon was born on 6 March 1804, in Wilkes, Georgia, United States, his father, Owen Shannon, was 42 and his mother, Margaret Montgomery, was 32. He married Catherine Yoakum in 1823, in Sabine, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Montgomery, Texas, United States in 1860 and Texas, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1864. He died on 22 May 1878, in Dobbin, Montgomery, Texas, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
A barroom brawl in Savannah on Tuesday, November 12, 1811, had international impact. An American seaman boasted of having joined the crew of a French vessel, likely named La Vengeance. Others became upset at the idea of the American joining a foreign nation and a brawl erupted. The county coroner asked for peace but was beaten with clubs. A second clash occurred the following day when French sailors attacked five American seaman. A day after the second attack, twenty French sailors attacked six Americans. Four of them escaped but two were beaten and stabbed. Jacob Taylor died on the scene and a rigger named Collins died the following day. By Friday, a full scale riot erupted when the French crewmen arrested on murder charges were released. Many were arrested and French ships La Vengeance and La Franchise were burned. In the end, the incident caused disruptions in French-American relations and affected shipping and trade.
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
Irish:
shortened form of Shanahan .
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Seanáin ‘descendant of Seanán’, a personal name based on a pet form of seán ‘old’. This Irish surname became established in Scotland in the 14th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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