W. Bannon (1841-1916), was a Scioto County Common Pleas Court judge (1884-1887), attorney and businessman in Portsmouth.

[1] Henry Bannon was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, Bannon attended the public schools of Portsmouth, Ohio State University in Columbus in 1885 and 1886, and graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1889.

Bannon wrote two popular books on local Portsmouth and Scioto County history.

Scioto Sketches: An Account of Discovery and Settlement of Scioto County, Ohio was published in 1920 and described Indian settlements and early interactions with European settlers, historic flora and fauna, and Indian mounds and relics.

[2] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress