Cornelia Shannon
b. 11 March 1876, d. 19 November 1957
- Father: Benjamin Franklin Shannon b. 21 February 1843, d. 25 March 1922
- Mother: Mary E. Scott b. 7 June 1848, d. 16 December 1878
- Cornelia Shannon was born on 11 March 1876 in Grimes County, Texas.
- She was known as Nellie.
- John Newton Scott and Susan Elizabeth Womack appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Cornelia Shannon, James D. Scott, Susan Scott, Cornelia Ann Scott and Elizabeth Combs Robinson. Granddaughter Nellie also is enumerated elsewhere in Montgomery County with her other grandmother Kitty Yoakum Shannon.
- Catherine Yoakum appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Cornelia Shannon, Benjamin Franklin Shannon, Annie Shannon and John Frank Shannon. Granddaughter Nellie also is enumerated elsewhere in Montgomery County with her mother's parents.
- She married Albert Linton Lipscomb.
- Cornelia Shannon became a widow at the 10 March 1944 death of her husband Albert Linton Lipscomb.
- At the time of her death, her usual residence was in North Zulch, Madison County, Texas.
- Cornelia Shannon died on 19 November 1957 at age 81 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 2211 Hermann Drive.
- She was interred at Jacob Shannon Evergreen Cemetery, Montgomery County, Texas, near Dobbin.
- Last Edited: 30 Oct 2013