Willis L. Shannon

Birth Date

1822-11-07

Death Date

1909-09-01

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Warren County and Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary E. Hill Shannon in Butler County, Kentucky, on November 7, 1843. Father of James Shannon, John Shannon, Sarah Shannon, William Shannon, Thomas Shannon, Annie Shannon, Emma Shannon, and Frank Shannon. Farmer in Warren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 60A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 809-10.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Seminary, p. 134A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Butler County Marriages, Film #000367208, p. 48.
"Willis L. Shannon (1822-1909)," Find A Grave, Memorial #21894447, accessed August 10, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21894447.

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