Brief Life History of Robert Henry
When Robert Henry Shannon was born on 1 February 1791, in Virginia, United States, his father, Robert Shannon Jr, was 23 and his mother, Rebecca Buchanan, was 22. He married Mahulda Green on 14 September 1836, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Franklin Township, Izard, Arkansas, United States in 1860. He died on 15 September 1870, in Rocky Bayou, Izard, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Rob Shannon in household of H Shannon, "United States Census, 1870"
- Robert Shannon, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Legacy NFS Source: Robert Shannon - Published information: death: about 1870; Arkansas, United States
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1810
Historical Boundaries - 1810: New Madrid District, Louisiana Territory, United States 1813: New Madrid District, Missouri Territory, United States 1815: Lawrence, Missouri Territory, United States 1819: Lawrence, Arkansas Territory, United States 1820: Independence, Arkansas Territory, United States 1836: Izard, Arkansas, United States
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
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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