William Shoun and Jane Brown

      William Shoun (1801-1876) was the seventh-born child of Leonard Shoun and Barbara Virginia Slemp. He was married twice, first to Jane "Jennie" Brown (1809-1855) on 1 September 1825, in Johnson County, Tennessee. Upon the untimely death of Jennie, William married a second time to Katy Heaton Goodwin (1817-1901), also a widow, around 1857.

      William and Jennie lived on a farm, adjacent to his brothers, Frederick and Joseph, about 5 1/2 miles west of Mountain City, in Doe Valley. William was considered prosperous for his time, and an aristocrat. We believe he owned slaves at one time, and unlike many of his family, was sympathetic to the Southern cause.

      Jennie's parents were George Brown and Sarah Roberts, who moved into eastern Tennessee around 1813. George was a volunteer in Captain Cole's Regiment of the 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry.

      Katy Heaton Goodwin was previously married to Allen Goodwin, who had seven children, four of whom married into the Shoun family. Katy's grandfather was John Heaton, one of the early settlers in Eastern Tennessee.

      William and Jennie had ten children which are lited below, along with their year of birth and death, the name of their spouse(s), and year of marriage:

(1) Solomon S. Shoun	(1826-1897)	Cornelia S. Kiser (1883)
(2) Mary "Elizabeth" Shoun	(1830-1917)	(1) Alfred Miller (1855) (2) John Shupe (1877) (3) Nicholas S. Cress (1884)
(3) Nany M. Shoun	(1832- ?)	(Unknown) King
(4) John Hamilton Shoun	(1835-1893)	(1) Eliza Jane Goodwin (1858) (2) Mattie Chase (1893)
(5) Vespasian P. "Vest" Shoun	(1837-1926)	Nellie G. Timmons
(6) David Elihu Shoun	(1843 - ?)	Mary E. Goodwin (1862)
(7) Sabra "Sarah" S. Shoun	(c. 1847- ?)	(Unknown) Stone
(8) Susan Evelyn Shoun	(1848-1929)	Elbert Franklin Johnson (1867)
(9) Eliza J. Shoun	(1851-1928)	James Hamilton Barry (1875)
(10) Leonard Shoun	(c. 1853- ?)

The following covers the families of each of the above 10 children:

      (1) Solomon S. Shoun (1826-1897) and Cornelia S. Kiser (1859-1896) were married in Johnson County, Tennessee in1883. Solomon went to California in 1850, via the Cape Horn, and followed mining booms for several years in California, Nevada, Oregon and Montana. During the 1860's when the Union Pacific Rail Road was building, he and his brother, Vest P. Shoun, furnished buffalo, deer and antelope meat to the construction crews.

      When gold was discovered at Deadwood, South Dakota in 1874, the two brothers made an attempt to go there, but their outfits were burned by the Federal Government, as they wanted to keep the whites out of the Black Hills, as this was sacred Indian ground. They later moved at night and through the snow to get to Deadwood, where they staked out their claims. V.P. Shoun, his brother, Solomon, helped organize the town of Deadwood, and laid it out. Both brothers sold their claims and established a freight line between Fort Pierre and Deadwood. After a few years, Solomon returned to Tennessee to marry Cornelia in 1883, and brought her back west. To this union were born three children, all born in South Dakota.

      They are listed below, with their year of birth/death, name of spouse(s), and year of marriage, along with the names and year of birth/death, if known, of their children:

Emily Jane Shoun	(1884-1973)	Nathaniel Dic Shown (1900)(4ch)
Ruth Shown	(1902 - ?)	Charles Catlin (2ch)
Joseph Clay Shoun, Sr.	(1904-1975)	Iola Epperson (1933) (1ch)
Julia Shown	(1916 -L	Virgil Lauzon (1ch)
June Shown	(1921-L)	Eugene Lauzon (1ch)
William Phillip Shoun	(1885-1977)	Olla E. Brandon (1907)(7ch)
William Richard P. Shown	(1908 - ?)	(2ch)
Dorothy Shown	(1910-L)	Leonard Swanson (1931)(7ch)
Alfred Shoun	(1912-1933)
Harley Shoun	(1916-1923)
Howard Wilmer Shoun	(1918- ?)	(1) E. Maye Raines (2) Maria (Unknown) (3) Billie (Unknown)
Mildred Shown	(1921- ?)	James Tearney
Cornelia Shown	(1923-L)	(1) (Unknown) Machen (2) (Unknown) Clausen
Pleasant Newbanks Shown	(1892-1986)	(1) Paulena Ensign (1917)(2ch) (2) Agatha Shook
Jean Shown	(1918-L)	Winston Bradshaw (4ch)
Betty Jo Shown	(1920-L)	James M. Stubbleine MD (4ch)

      (2) Mary "Elizabeth" Shoun (1830-1917) married my grandfather, Alfred Miller (1830-1869) in Johnson County, Tennessee. To this union were born eight children, five of which grew to maturity. Alfred met with an untimely death, being crushed by a tree, as a result of a stroke of lightning, and several years later, in 1877, Elizabeth married a second time to John Shupe. Upon John's death, she married Nicholas S. Cress in 1884. Upon Nicholas' passing, Elizabeth moved west in 1900, to stay with her oldest son, my father, until her death in 1917.

      The children of Elizabeth and Alfred are listed below, with the year of birth/death, name of spouse(s), year of marriage, and the number and names of children, if known:

Mary Susan Miller	(1855-1956
Elva Olivene Miller	(c. 1857- ?)	James S. Hicks (1882) (6ch)
Bill Hicks	(c. 1884 - ?)
Ballard Hicks	(c. 1886 -?)
Walter Hicks	(c. 1888 -?)
Vena Hicks	(c. 1889- ?)
Lola Hicks	(c. 1891- ?)
Faye Hicks	(c. 1895- ?)
Edward Bartlett "E.B." Miller	(1858-1937	(1) Rebecca Ellen Shoun (1886)(8ch)
Roscoe Rorbert Miller	(1886-1975)	Lena Morgan Slater (4ch)
Walter Albert Miller	(1888-1983)	Kathryn Hazel Judson (1914)(6ch)
Verna Estella Miller	(1890-1975)	Ivan Bell George (1910)(2ch)
Dottie Miller	(1893-1984)	Garrett Leroy Owens (1918)(2ch
Wm. Benjamin "Ben" Miller	(1896-1971)	(1) Anna Mae Johnson (1916)(3ch) (2) Harriet Jones
Minnie "Ann" Miller	(1898-1991	(1) John W. Armstrong (1916)(1ch) (2) Bryce N. "Bob Bromley (1936)
Geraldine "Ethel" Miller	(1901-1961)	Walter H. Le Bas (1918)(3ch)
Murray Miller	(1904-1918)
E.B. married		(2) Lola Francis Johnson (1913)(3ch)
Gertrude Mae Miller	(1915-L)	(1) Melvin T. Ivory (1935)(1ch) (2) Raymond William Fisher (1979)
Joseph Alfred Miller	(1918-1918)
Edgar Cornelius Miller	(1920-L)	Jewel W. "Jill" Miller (1945)(4ch)
Edwin "Clay"Miller Miller	(1860-1911)	(1) Martha Keyes Roberts (1879)(5ch) (2) Fronie Roberts Garland
Charles Alexander Miller	(1879-1969)	(1) Helen M. Isobell (1902)(1ch) (2) Lillie Talman (1906)
Mary Emma Miller	(1882-1890)
Joseph "Willard" H. Miller	(1886-1970)	(1) Gertrude Thompson (1910)(5ch) (2) Amelia Barr Fritz (c. 1926)
Celia Lavena Miller	(1889-1973)	(1) William Mohr (1ch) (2) Frederick G. Baker (1918)(2ch)
Jinks Miller	(c. 1907 -?)
Alexander Rambo Miller	(1862-1863)
Andrew Filmore Miller	(1864-1937)	Carrie Grove (1897)(3ch)
Florence Gertrude Miller	(1899-1923)	William Franklin Wright (5c)
Jessie Mae Miller	(1900-1996)	Charles Ray Shepherd (1963)(0ch)
Alfred Miller
Sarah Viola Miller	(1867-1867)
Sabra D. Miller	(1869- ?)	(1) (Unknown) Brown (3ch) (2) (Unknown) Brock (3ch)
Earl Brown
Hazel Brown
Florence Brown
Faye Brock
Muriel Brock	(? - ?)	(Unknown) Mosler
Howard Langley Brock	(? - c.1968)

      (4) Nancy M. Shoun (1832 ?) married a gentleman by the name of King, but we have no further information on Nancy or her family.

      (5) John Hamilton Shoun (1835-1914) married Eliza Jane Goodwin (1940-1892), in 1858 in Johnson County, Tennessee. Eliza was one of Katy Heaton Goodwin and Allen Goodwin's daughters. Katy married John's father, William Shoun, upon the passing of his mother, Jennie Brown Miller. John married Mattie Chase upon the passing of Eliza in 1892.

      John and Eliza's seven children are listed below, with the year of birth/death, name of spouse(s), year of marriage, and number and names of children, if known:

Mary Marelda Shoun	(1859-1903)	James C. Brown (1878)(7ch)
Maude Cora Brown	(? - ?)	Washington Ryden (3ch)
Clay Carter Brown	(1881- ?)	Elsie Thomas (2ch)
Isaac H. Brown	(1882-1941)
Roby A. Brown	(1884-1941)	Ethel Houston (5c)
John Wylie Brown	(1886- ?)	Anna Welles (5ch)
Nancy Virginia Brown	(1888- ?)	Andrew Kruger (0ch)
Ollie Eliza Brown	(1889- ?)	Jacob "Jake" Snapp (4ch)
Robert A. Shoun	(1861-1938	(1) Clara Loretta Sparks (1902)(3ch) (2) Belle Gibson (1916)
Cora Ethel Shoun	(1904-1973)	Richard Moreller (1923)(3ch)
Roy "Allen" Shoun	(1906-1984)	M. Pauline "Polly" Hudson (1942)(2ch)
Carl Shoun	(1913-1996)	Dorothy Schmidt (5ch)
William S. Shoun	(1867-1941)	Emma Hawks (1906)(3ch)
John Eugene Shoun	(1908-1982)	Joan Tretheway (1939)(1ch)
Ruth Eva Shoun	(1910-1968)	Harold Everett Johnson (1929)(5ch)
Ralph Vernon Shoun	(1916-1970)	Eleanor Leckrone (1947)(1ch)
Andrew Henderson Shoun	(1870-1946)	Minnie Belle McBride (1895)(6ch)
Frances Ann Shoun	(1896-1987)	Walter Fields Cook (1928)(2ch)
Eleanor C. "Nelle" Shoun	(1897-1984)	Charles Grady Nelson (1929)(2ch)
William Louis Shoun	(1902- ?)	Bertha "Louise" Hobson (1927)(5ch)
Constance Shoun	(1904-1982)	Bernard Wright Stallings (1940)(2ch)
Joseph Clinton Shoun	(1908-1980)	Mary Lee Shull (1937)(3ch)
Janice Elizabeth Shoun	(1912-L)	(1) Benjamin F. Millsaps (1936)(3ch) (2) Eli S. Sabre (1980)
Cora Alice Shoun	(c. 1874-1956)	W. Joseph Pierce (1901)(1ch)
J. Haskel Pierce	(? - ?)	Margaret Talley (1ch)
Venie Shoun	(1878-1957)	Samuel Clayton Rambo (1899)(7ch)
Wendall Clyce Rambo	(1900-1964)	Olga Grindstaff (1ch)
Earl Tipton Rambo	(1902-1980)	Ruth Opal Reece (1922)(3ch)
Beulah Elva Rambo	(1904-1989)	Ronder Hubert Goodwin (1922)(5ch)
John Ohlan Rambo	(1906-1985)	Nell Wilson Nave (1932)(2ch)
Argil Gresham Rambo	(1908-1997)	Gladys Snyder (1927)(3ch)
Mary G. "Venie" Rambo	(1911-L)	Hugh Tester (1935)(2ch)
Samuel C. Rambo, Jr.	(1911-L)	Esther E. Thayer (6ch)
John Clinton Shoun	(1881-1964)	Adeline Pearl Oldfield (1909)(2ch)
Mary "Kerwin" Shoun	(1912-L)
Wendell "Keith" Shoun	1922-L)	(1) Anne Kulamer (1946)(2ch) (2) Elizabeth 'Betty" Downey
Murray Chase Shoun	(? - ?)	Retta Clark (2ch)
Anne Shoun
Retta Shoun

      (5) Vespasian P. "Vest" Shoun (1837-1926) married Nellie G. Timmons, but we do not know the date nor the place. Vest was a real pioneer of the west, along with his brother Solomon. He was a very large man, and as he reached his latter years, he built his own coffin, as there were no coffins that would fit his height and large frame. Vest and Nellie never had any children, but raised Colomon and Cornelia's children.

      I was a very small boy when Vest would visit my parents, but he scared me to death by his size and his big old black hair and beard.

      (6) David Elihu Shoun (1843- ?) married Mary E. Goodwin (1844-1915), in 1862 in Johnson County, Tennessee. Mary was another of Katy and Allen Goodwin's daughters. David and Mary had three children which grew to maturity, and are listed below, with the year of birth/death, name of spouse(s), year of marriage, and number and names of children, if known:

Nancy Jane "Jenny" Shoun	(1866- ?)	Samuel C. Lowe (1885)(9ch)
Malissa Lowe	(c. 1886- ?)	James E. Wilson (1903)(5ch)
Marelda Lowe	(c. 1886 -?)
Emma E. "Effie" Lowe	(c. 1889- ?)
Vada Lowe	(c. 1890- ?)	R.S. Dugger
Walter Gresham Lowe	(c. 1893- ?)	Reba Long (3ch)
Clay E. Lowe	(c. 1895- ?)
William E. "Willie" Lowe	(c. 1901- ?)
Wylie Lowe	(c. 1901 -?)
Wiley Hector Shoun	(1868- ?)	Myrtle M. Greenwell (1895)(0ch)
Matilda Lucinda "Cinda" Shoun	(1870-1954)	Noah Thomas Shoun (1893)(5ch)
Golda Shoun	(1894 - ?)	Robert Birkhalter
Bert R. Shoun	(1895- ?)	Mabel (Unknown)
Margaret L. "Maggie" Shoun	(1897- ?)	Clyde Britt
John Winsel Shoun	(1899- ?)	Carrie Loriel Lowe (2ch)
Ellirea Shoun	(c. 1901- ?)

      (7) Sabra S. "Sarah" Shoun (c. 1847- ?) married a gentleman by the name of Stone. We believe they lived, at one time, at Jonesboro, Tennessee, but we have no further information on this family.

      (8) Susan Evelyn Shoun (1848-1929) married Elbert Franklin Johnson (1845-1926), in 1867 at Johnson County, Tennessee. This family moved to Oregon, where they built a large ranch in Wheeler County. To this union were born seven children that are listed below, with the year of birth/death, name of spouse(s), year of marriage, and number and names of children, if known:

William Thomas Johnson	(1868-1913)	Charlotte Olive Baxter (1904)(3ch)
Sophia Bernice Johnson	(1905-1968)	Earl Deleplain Nutter (1928)(2ch)
Joseph Elbert Johnson	(c. 1908- ?)	Lillie Doris Gaines (1935)(2ch)
Ada Floy Johnson	(1910-1985)	Aubrey Miles (1ch)
Robert Winfield Johnson	(1869-1948)	Bessie Jane Dugger (1906)(5ch)
Arlene Johnson	(1906- ?)	Dennis L. Dunkeson (1926) (2ch)
Mildred Johnson	(1908-1979)	Bert Guns (0ch)
Winston Johnson	(1910-1946)	Amy Taylor (c. 1932)(1ch)
Carlock Eugene Johnson	(1914- ?)	Helen Hatz (1937)(2ch)
Robert Laurence Johnson	(1920-1982)	Gertrude (Unknown)(1ch)
Ida E. V. Johnson	(1871- ?)	James "Allen" C.B. Pierce (1894)(6ch)
Carl Gurney Pierce	(1895- ?)	Myra J. Belle (1940)(0ch)
Mary Essie Pierce	(1896- ?)	John Henry Osbourne (1943)(0ch)
Elbert Dugger Pierce	(1898- ?)	(1) Nora Pelton (1920)(2ch) (2) Aileen King
Susan Earline Pierce	(1901- ?)
Wesley Pierce	(c. 1903- ?)
Berta Marie Pierce	(1905- ?)
Isaac Alex Johnson	(1874-1954)	Maud Flaugher (1904)(3ch)
Susan Isobel Johnson	(1905-1987)	(1) Walter Blevins (1927)(2ch) (2) Fred Edwards
Margaret Johnson	(1906-L)
Helen Johnson	(1909-1987)
Hugh Solomon Johnson	(1876-1937)	Beulah A. James (1916)(0ch)
Elihu Emory Johnson	(1878-1903)	Susan Rebecca "Callie" Thomas (1902)
Ruth Thomas	(1903- ?)
Victor Newton Johnson	(1886-1965)

      (9) Eliza J. Shoun (1851-1918) married James Hamilton Barry (1851- ?) in 1875 in Johnson County Tennessee. James was a veteran of the Civil War, having served on the Union side. To this union were born five children, and we believe they were all born in and around Mountain City, TN. Sometime around the turn of the century, the couple moved to South Dakota, where Eliza's older brothers and sisters had gone.

      Their children are listed below, with their year of birth/death, names of spouse(s), and year of marirage, along with the names of their children, the year of birth/death, name of spouse(s), and number of children, if known:

Noah Barry	(1877- ?)
Robert William Barry	(1878-1944)	(1) Laura Fritts (1900)(2ch) (2) Josephine Grove (1908)(4ch)
Bonnie Barry	(1900-1980)	Henry Hock (1918)(5ch)
Clarence Barry	(c. 1903-c. 1940)
Gladys Lucille Barry	(1910-1940)	Robert "Bob" Offitt (1937)(1ch)
Muriel May Barry	(1912-1985)	Wayne Gilstrap (1938)(1ch)
Clyde Wesley Barry	1915-1990)	Zora Harwood (1952)(4ch)
Clinton Lesley Barry	(1915-1995)
Stanley Barry	(1880-1958)	Abbie Leary (1909)(4ch)
Ethel Barry	(1910- ?)	Harold L. Limbo (1969)(0Ch)
Mabel Barry	(1911-L)	Earl W. Schwenk (1932)(2ch)
Fern Barry	(1913-L)	(1) Amel Palmer Amberson (1938)(2ch) (2) Herbert M. Brettin (1964)
Ruth Barry	(1915-L)	Arnold A Aby (1933)(2ch)
Bessie Barry	(1888-1977)	Charles V. "Tim" Phillips (1908)(0ch)
Cordelia "Cordie" Barry	(1891-1977)	Olin Harris (1918)(0ch)
Clarence Harris	(1920-1940)
Nona L. Harris	(1925-1993)	(1) Ernest H. Niedewerder (1946)(9ch) (2) (Unknown) Roth (c. 1980)
Regina Mae Harris	(1930-L)	Raymond Hock (1948)(5ch)

      (10) Leonard Shoun (c. 1853- ?) has not been documented, and we are not sure that Leonard was the son of William and Jane, or if he was a child of one of the other Shoun families. We find him listed in some of the documents that are connected to this family, however, nothing has been found that can be documented.



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