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Shannon Family Cemetery

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Location	:	Surfside Beach, Brazoria County, USA
Coordinate	:	28.9455000, -95.3072000
Description	:	The Shannon Family Cemetery formerly existed along the south bank of East Union Bayou near the point where it emptied into the Brazos River, and was used as a burial ground for a small number of people from the town of old Velasco in the last half of the 19th century, many from the Shannon family. In modern times, only three graves are recollected. Due to development for the Intracoastal Canal and the Dow Chemical Company's Plant A, beginning in the 1940's, the surrounding area was dredged and removed to the create the canal and adjacent dock facilities,... Read More	The Shannon Family Cemetery formerly existed along the south bank of East Union Bayou near the point where it emptied into the Brazos River, and was used as a burial ground for a small number of people from the town of old Velasco in the last half of the 19th century, many from the Shannon family. In modern times, only three graves are recollected. Due to development for the Intracoastal Canal and the Dow Chemical Company's Plant A, beginning in the 1940's, the surrounding area was dredged and removed to the create the canal and adjacent dock facilities, so is now open water. According to research done by volunteers of the Texas Historical Cemetery Guardianship Association (THCGA), their database has the following: "Information on the Shannon Cemetery was found in the Follett family folder at the Brazoria County Historical Museum. The cemetery is located by the intracoastal canal near where the "Old Lighthouse" was located. The exact location is unknown. According to records found in the Follett family folder, James Thompson SHANNON, James Thompson SHANNON Jr. and Mary Susan (Minnie) SHANNON are the only ones buried in the family plot." More details at https://bcgen.org/cemetery-records-data/entry/174312/ The cemetery can be found on the 1888 USCGS map and the 1890 Sir John Coode map drawing No.2, for the mouth of the Brazos River, labeled as "Graveyard", on a small oval-shaped rise along East Union Bayou. The lower portion of this bayou was then used as a shallow canal, joining the Brazos River to Oyster Creek, beginning in the late 1850's and through the 1930's. After the town on Velasco was moved upstream in 1891, the area was renamed Surfside (now Surfside Beach), and a road was established across the canal into Surfside, crossing very near to the location of the cemetery. The cemetery is no longer marked on the 1904 or 1912 USCGS or later maps, when little except a Lifesaving Station (later, Coast Guard Station) existed at Surfside.

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Latitude: 28.9455000
Longitude: -95.3072000

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