Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Maysville, KY. and J. A. & U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. Volume 1. Reprinted 1968. Fleming County. The Poets and Poetry of Kentucky, page 583. MRS. MARY EULALIE FEE SHANNON Was a native of Flemingsburg, Ky., born Feb. 9, 1824; left an orphan at 11; educated in Cincinnati; married in 1854 to an editor from California; and died in that State, Dec. 26, 1855, age 31. In Aug., 1854, her poems were published at Cincinnatti, "Buds, Blossoms, and Leaves," 12mo., 194 pages. [Note: Poem shown: "A Wish."] Fee Shannon = OH CA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/fleming/shannon.mef.txt