Valiant Virginian : story of Presley Neville O'Bannon, 1776-1850 : first lieutenant U.S. Marine Corps, 1801-1807
Trudy J. Sundberg (Componist), John K. Gott (Redacteur)
Presley Neville O'Bannon (1776-1850) was born in Virginia and in 1801 was commissioned an officer in the United States Marine Corps. He was involved in America's war with the Barbary states of northern Africa and marched across the deserts of northern Africa and helped capture Tripoli. Presley was a descendant of Bryan O'Bannon who immigrated from Ireland in about 1702 and settled in Virginia. He was the father of six children. Descendants live throughout the United States
Gedrukt boek, English, ©1994
Heritage Books, Bowie, Maryland, ©1994