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George Ross Shannon

Full Name: George Ross Shannon
Birth date: October 23, 1818
Death date: January 25, 1891

Terms of Service

  • Senate, 12th (1) (2) Legislature
    2/8/1870 - 1/14/1873
     
(1) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) Party affiliation, Democrat. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

  • Texas State Troops, Captain, Company I of Mounted Militia, 1st Regiment, Col. J.F. Davis Commanding, 2nd Brigade. George R. Shannon, age 46 at enlistment. Texas, U.S. Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ancestry.com .
  • Census of 1870 - G.R. Shannon, Johnson County, age 50, born circa 1820 in Kentucky, farmer.
    Census of 1880 - G.R. Shannon, Johnson County, age 56, born circa 1824 in Kentucky, farmer. FamilySearch . 1880 1870
  • G.R. Shannon, birth date 10/23/1818, death date 1/15/1891, burial in North Selma Cemetery, Selma, Fresno County, California. Find a Grave .
  • Death notice, George Rose Shannon, The Daily Morning Republican (Fresno, California), 1/28/1891, p. 4. Newspapers.com .
  • Biographical sketches, William Russell Shannon. Relatives: George Ross Shannon and William R. Shannon - brothers, p. 112. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999. Brothers Shannon, p. 112 16th Legislature, p. 255
    • 11th Legislature, p. 61
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