George Shannon - Palmyra, MO
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 39° 47.957 W 091° 31.401
15S E 626417 N 4406522
Private George Shannon, after the adventure, was a lawyer and died here while defending a client.
Waymark Code: WMMRRF
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member A & W
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County of marker: Marion County
Location of mark: US 61 (business)/MO 168, [Main St.], courthouse lawn, Palmyra
Marker erected by: The Missouri State Society, DAR and The Hannibal Heritage Chapter, DAR
Date marker erected: June 13, 2004

Marker text:

GEORGE SHANNON
1787- 1836
This marker commemorates George Shannon
The youngest member of the Corps of
Discovery, on the occasion of the
Bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition

He died in Palmyra, Missouri, while on legal
business, August 30, 1836, and is buried one
mile north of Palmyra in the Messey Mill
Cemetery

"George Shannon died in 1836 in Palmyra while defending a client. He was buried in the old Massey Mill cemetery north of Palmyra. His grave was disturbed and lost when the old Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad roadbed was being upgraded. He was also elected to the Missouri State House in Jefferson City, but died before being able to serve his term. he was a friend of Henry Clay and Stephen F. Austin while in Lexington, Kentucky. His obituary never mentioned his great adventure with Lewis & Clark. In 2004 the Missouri State DAR remembered George's service by erecting this marker on the Marion County Courthouse grounds." ~ Carpe Diem59

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"Must Sees"at this location":
Massacre Monument to Confederates massacred, old jail which was Federal Prison during Civil War, and a couple of neat parks

Date Waymark Created: 06/13/2004

Do they allow dogs at this location?: Yes

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