Governor Wilson Shannon / Barnsville Shannon Family #7-7
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Quick Description: Barnsville, Ohio
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 4/21/2008 2:13:02 PM
Waymark Code: WM3MQA
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Long Description:"Governor Wilson Shannon 1802-1877"
Ohio, first native-born governor, Wilson Shannon was born in
February 1802 in the Mt. Olivet area near Barnesville. After
attending Ohio University and studying law in Kentucky, he returned
to Belmont County to practice and was elected county attorney in
1833. Shannon served two terms as governor of Ohio, from 1838 to
1840 and again from 1842 to 1844, resigning to accept a
presidential appointment as minister to Mexico. After participating
in the California Gold Rush, Shannon returned to Ohio and was
elected to Congress in 1852. President Pierce then appointed him
territorial governor of Kansas, an office he held until 1857. After
a notable career of public service, Shannon died in Lawrence,
Kansas, in 1877.
Side B : "Barnesville Shannon Family"
Four of Governor Wilson Shannon's brothers and a nephew
distinguished themselves as public servants during the nineteenth
century. George Shannon III (c. 1785 -1836) scouted for the Lewis
and Clark Expedition and served as a Kentucky judge and senator.
Thomas Shannon (c. 1787 -1843) served in the War of 1812 and later
in the U.S. Congress and the Ohio Senate. James Shannon (c.
1791-1832) was appointed U.S. Charge d'Affaires to the short-lived
Federation of Central America in 1832. David Shannon (c. 1793
-1823) served as Gen. Andrew Jackson's private secretary and as
acting territorial governor of Florida. Isaac Charles Parker
(1838-1896) was appointed federal judge of the West District of
Arkansas in 1875, a notoriously lawless area now part of Oklahoma.
His commitment to law and order earned him legendary status as the
"Hanging Judge of Fort Smith."