George Shannon died suddenly in court at Palmyra, Missouri in 1836 at the age of 51, and is buried in that city. Shannon’s Brother William, was a member of Congress in Ohio. Shannon then practiced law in Missouri and served as a Senator from Missouri before returning again to law. He sold his land warrants ( awarded by congress to the men of the expedition) to the Honorable Henry Clay. He was elected a member or the Kentucky House or Representatives in 18. In February of 1814, he spoke at a remembrance of George Washington’s birthday celebration.īy 1818 he was practicing law at Lexington, Kentucky. Shannon eventually had seven children all born in Lexington between 18. He went to Transylvania University, studied law and became a lawyer practicing in Lexington, Kentucky. Clark asked him to join him in the fur trade business, but Shannon had other plans. In 1810 he went to Philadelphia to start working on them. In 1809 Clark asked him to assist Nicholas Biddle in preparing the first edition of the Lewis and Clark Journals. Shannon was with William Clark in Shelbyville, Kentucky on Octowhen Clark saw the account of Lewis death in the Frankfort Argus. After that he became known as “Peg Leg” Shannon. The return party got into a fight with Arikaras, and Shannon was severely wounded.
In 1807, he was part of the party that attempted to return the chiefs such as the Mandan chief Shekeke his wife and son to their villages. They selected him to be part of the expedition that returned to Washington along with some Indian chiefs to meet with Jefferson. The high regard that Lewis and Clark had for Shannon was shown by their actions. On September 23, 1808, George Shannon Learned his father had died during the first winter of the expedition – having become lost in a blizzard while hunting. In reality he was not lost, but he had been ahead and not behind the group.Īfter the expedition he returned to St. However on Septemaround the bend came the expedition. He sat down on the riverbank hoping some Indians or trappers would come along and take him down river.
With all hope gone, He finally decided to give up trying to catch up to the expedition. He did manage to kill a rabbit with a stick he shot from his rifle. He used up all his bullets and nearly starved. He had gone hunting and thought he had fallen behind and tried to catch us.
Early in the journey he was “lost” for sixteen days.
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