William
Isaac
Shannon
Born in Paoli, Orange, Indiana, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Isaac Shannon
and Catherine (Cunningham) Shannon
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Ethleen Delnora (Morlan) Shannon
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elise (Shannon) Shipley, Ezra Shannon, Ora (Shannon) Gregg, Carl Shannon, Ivy (Shannon) Sierks, Lester Shannon and Pearl (Shannon) Brookins
Died
at age 89
in Lexington, Dawson, Nebraska, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Oct 2015
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Biography
Born Isaac Shannon after his father, he later took on the name of William in honour of his grandfather, William Shannon, who raised him.
William Isaac Shannon was born March 20, 1861, son of Isaac Shannon and Catherine Cunningham.
His father died during the Civil War, and his mother died shortly after.
William went to live with his grandparents, Isaac Shannon and Bethiah Ferguson in Ohio.
William had three wives, the first of which, Ethleen Delnora Morlan, was the mother of his children: Elsie Shannon Shipley 1884-14933; Ezra Shannon 1887-1965; Ora Shannon Gregg 1893-1970; and, Ivy Shannon Sierks 1899-1974.
He died on April 8, 1950 in Nebraska.
Sources
See also:
- FindAGrave memorial
- United States Census, 1900
- United States Census, 1910
- United States Census, 1920
- United States Census, 1940
- Added by Great granddaughter of William Isaac Shannon, Francine Carman
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Francine Carman 
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Colleen Morrison :
23andMe, GEDmatch M210799 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M210799 [compare], Ancestry member cmwhite15, FTDNA kit #b35140
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~0.78%
Paul Shannon :
23andMe
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Colleen Morrison
Shannon-1679 and Shannon-1775 appear to represent the same person because: They have the same birthdate and same birthplace.
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by Colleen Morrison
Rejected matches › William Shannon (abt.1860-1918) › William Francis Shannon (1860-1949) › William Thomas Shannon (abt.1862-)
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