Person

Willis L. Shannon (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer)

b. 1822-11-07 d. 1909-09-01

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.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

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.

Citation

Shannon, Willis L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206154 (November 12, 2026).

The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as Willis L. Shannon (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (1)

People

Organizations

Places

Loading network...

Network Visualized

How to use the visualization

CWGK’s network visualization brings the edition’s documents to life. The network on this page centers around Shannon, Willis L.. Click on the light blue dot to see the documents in which the entity appears. You can also click on the dark orange dots to see other people linked to Shannon, Willis L., a light orange dot to see the places connected to Shannon, Willis L., or dark green dots to see organizations linked to Shannon, Willis L..

Additionally, the lines between the dots add additional information. The light green lines demonstrate direct connections between Shannon, Willis L. and another person, place, or organization. The light pink lines highlight that the dots appear in the same document.