William Kennon, Jr.

William Kennon Jr. (June 12, 1802 – October 19, 1867) was a lawyer, judge, and a U.S. representative from Ohio. He served for one term from 1847 to 1849.

Early life Born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim on the island of Ireland (the entirety of which was then part of the U.K.), Kennon, known locally as 'Kenno', immigrated to the United States in 1816 with his parents, who settled near Barnesville, Ohio. He was a first cousin of fellow U.S. Representative William Kennon Sr. Together, they were the parents of:

Margaret A. Kennon (1852–1922), who married Allen C. Miller (1848–1892) in 1870. Newell Kirkwood Kennon (1855–1937), an attorney. Albert Wilson Kennon (1861–1949), an 1886 graduate of the Cincinnati Law School who married Ida Belle Updegraff (1868–1941), of Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1904.

He died in St. Clairsville on October 19, 1867, and was interred in Union Cemetery.