Jacob Montgomery Shannon

b. 6 March 1804, d. 22 May 1878
  • Jacob Montgomery Shannon was born on 6 March 1804 in Wilkes County, Georgia.
  • He married Catherine Yoakum.
  • Jacob Montgomery Shannon and Catherine Yoakum appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Benjamin Franklin Shannon. Also in the household were children Jacob (age 21), Dicy Ann (18), Margaret (16), Julia (14) and Josephine (10).
  • Jacob Montgomery Shannon and Catherine Yoakum appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery PO, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Benjamin Franklin Shannon. Also in the household was son Jacob (age 30).
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
  • Jacob Montgomery Shannon and Catherine Yoakum appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Montgomery Precinct, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Benjamin Franklin Shannon, Mary E. Scott and Annie Shannon. Also in the household were children Clifford (age 13) and Jacob (41) and (his daughter?) Mary (9.)
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
  • Jacob Montgomery Shannon died on 22 May 1878 at age 74 in Dobbin, Montgomery County, Texas.
  • His wife Catherine Yoakum became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Jacob Shannon Evergreen Cemetery, Montgomery County, Texas, near Dobbin.
  • Last Edited: 18 Aug 2013

Family: Catherine Yoakum b. 24 March 1802, d. 1 January 1892