This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YYB.2ACI/886.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Okay, jere's some stuff I have on the Cannon's in Adams County. Please contact me if you recognize anybody, have some info, etc. Here is some other information I received from an elderly lady near Indianapolis. She sent this to me in a letter, so it’s a bit confusing. Her husband, Benson Corwin Zile, was a nephew of my great-grandfather, Montier Cannon. She sent me a diagram/notes written by somebody else in the family. This diagram was “sent to Verda McNulty by Evalina via Caryl & Aunt Ruth Eylar.” We do not know the exact name of the person who created the diagram – only that he/she must have been the child of Hettie Eylar, granddaughter of Jerry Cannon. The diagram is confusing. It took me awhile, but I was able to suss it out finally. I’ve written my findings below. I’ve also included information from the diagram/notes that did not easily fit into outline format. This information appears in bold red type. (If you can’t see color, then it’s simply the information that is in bold typeface.) I have added some of my own Information for the sake of clarity; my information appears in italics. My greatest concern, given all of the following information, is how Handy Cannon fits into these five Cannon brothers. If he was born in 1793, the next child would be Tobias, born in 1800 – that’s a mighty big spread for the time. And away we go…. There were five Cannon brothers (“from Staunton, VA”): 1. Tobias 2. Urban W. 3. Levin 4. Jerry [A.B. Jeremiah Cannon, I’m sure] 5. Edward Here is what I “know” about Tobias N. Cannon: b. 1800 in MD d. sometime after 1848 in Ohio (I assume it was Ohio) m. 2-21-1822 in Adams County, OH Spouse: Julia Ann Horn (1805 - 1891) Children: William (1823 - 1825) Caroline R. (1825 - 1905) m. Lewis Zile (1821-1865) on 3-30-1848, Adams County, OH James Quincy (1828 - 1901) m. Ann Holmes (1821-1896) on 10-13-1853 in Bellview, OH Benny J. Cannon (1829 - ) [can’t find this son on any census] Curtis W. (1830 - 1856) Elizabeth M. (1833 - ?) m. Nyran ? Randolph N. (1835 – 1903) Cyrus R. or H. (1840 - 1872) Wellington Corwin (1843 - 1953) m. Mary Amanda Reese (1849-1892) Narcissus V. (1845 - 1861) Montier B. (1846 - 1928) [my great-grandfather]m. Icie V. Elgin (1843 – 1907) Victoria D. ((1848 -?) Uracha V. (about 1850 - ?) m. Lovett I. Tobias had several children, but the author only mentions his son, Wellington [Corwin] Cannon and Wellington’s daughter, Carryl Victoria Cannon (later married to Harry Parker). (Benson Corwin Zile – see opening paragraph above – received his middle name from Wellington, according to Benson’s wife, Anna.) II. Urban W. Cannon (1801 - 1845) a. He is buried in Locust Grove, Franklin Township, Ohio. b. Married at one time to “Aunt Cas” (nickname of Jennie Roberts, sister – possibly twin – of Martha Roberts). c. He had no children with “Aunt Cas.” d. “Aunt Cas” outlived him and later married his brother, Levin. e. Cannon Cemetery lists Urban as having a wife named Elizabeth who died at the age of 81. f. According to the Adams County history below, Urban was an innkeeper. The 1850 census shows an Elizabeth Cannon as being an innkeeper. She also has a daughter named Martha, aged 16. Since Urban died five years prior, this would fit. III. Levin Cannon a. Was married at least once before he married “Aunt Cas.” b. Was the fourth husband of “Aunt Cas” but had no children with her. c. Again, “Aunt Cas” outlived her husband. d. No mention of any children or grandchildren, but one great-granddaughter, Flo Wickerham Giffin, is named. IV. Jerry Cannon married Martha Roberts (sister – possible twin – of Jennie Roberts, AKA: “Aunt Cas”) on 10-13-1825 (Adams County Marriage records) and they had five daughters: 1. Martha (also referred to as “Grandmother Eylar”) m. David Shoyer Eylar and had the following children: a. Jennie b. Allie c. Hettie (referred to by the diagram’s author as “my mother”) d. Lizzie e. Oscar f. Ella g. Ruth (this would be the “Aunt Ruth” referred to below) h. Verda i. John NOTE: Jennie (“Aunt Cas”)and Martha (“Grandma Eylar”) Roberts were children (possibly twins) of [Unknown] Roberts and wife, Martha. 2. Thermirthia (“Aunt Mirth”) m. Dr. Harvey Clark and had a son, Dr. Frank Clark 3. Elizabeth 4. Evalina 5. Rebecca Of the three remaining daughters [Elizabeth, Evalina, and Rebecca], “one of them married a Kelly and her daughter married William Reed, who was cousin Cora - mother Kansas where Aunt Ruth visited her for a long time” Note: Adams County marriage records show that Elizabeth R. Cannon married Elisha Kelly on Sept 1, 1849. V. Edward Cannon Nothing is written about Edward. Here are quotes taken from the diagram/notes: “Aunt Cas was actually named Jennie (my aunt Jennie Copeland was named for her) and raised Grandmother and her sisters (5 girls) – Lived with Grandma and Grandpa Eylar. Was married four times. 1st husband - Urban Cannon, 4th husband Levin Cannon. 4 times a widow. They were from Staunton, VA. Aunt Jennie never had any children of her own, but was said to have raised 25, one of them a colored girl whom they called ‘Black Ann’ (last husband). Aunt Jennie’s 2nd and 3rd husbands were John Taylor and a Mr. Logan. Levin Canon was great-grandfather of Flo Wickerham Giffin - + their children – he was previously married (before Aunt). Cousin Jennie Young was Aunt Cassie’s daughter. “A cousin to the Cannon’s lives in Cherry Fork, OH. Her name: Mrs. Nellie Kepperling. Her mother was a half-sister to Grandma Eyler.” Grandmother’s [Grandmother Eylar, I assume] father – Urban – must have married her mother [Martha] after his wife Martha’s death. [This is the only troublesome statement on the page because it doesn’t go with all of the other notes and diagram; it contradicts them, in fact. Unless, of course, there is information that has been left out. Which may have been the case when you consider the note about Grandma Eyler’s having a half-sister.] “Montier Cannon [and his siblings] are first cousins to Grandma Eylar.” “Grandma Eylar’s mother was named Martha.” “Am pretty sure that Aunt was a twin sister of Grandmother Eylar’s mother (Martha). I definitely remember a twin relationship on direct line.” Here is some nice information I came across at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/newspapers/tidbits/tbs48a.txt Franklin Township Franklin Township was organized Feb 25, 1828 from territory taken from Meigs Township, and at the time of its organization included what is now Bratton Township. It takes its name from America's wisest patriot Benjamin Franklin. Early settlers were Peter Platter, Peter Wickerham, James Horn, James Boyd, Aaron Freeman, Robert Earl, William Pemberton, William Ogle, George Heller, Jesse Wethengton, John Evans, and John Chapman. Platter and Wickerham came in 1797/98 and the following year Wickerham opened a tavern at what was know as Palestine, then on the line of Zane's Trace. Afterwards, James Horn, who lived a mile north of Wickerham's on the Trace, opened a tavern where a public house was kept for many years. Wickerham built the first brick house in the region. Locust Grove is the first village in the Township. Curtis Cannon in 1805 kept a tavern on the site of the of the residence of John Kendall. He also carried on a tannery, the first in the region. In 1830, his son, Urban W. Cannon built a hotel and planted a grove of Locusts opposite the hotel, where he had a flourishing trade in the days of the old stage coach line from Maysville to Chillicothe. In 1835, he laid out a town about the site of his hotel, which he called Locust Grove. CANNON Cemetery from http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/adams/cemeteries/franklin.txt Curtis and Rebecca Cannon’s children: L M 1810 – 1878 (I am quite sure this is Levin Cannon because of 1850 census record – Rebecca [his mother], age 77, is listed as living with him - and because of the rest of the people listed in this cemetery.) Lidia J 1820 – 1860 (I’m betting this is Levin’s wife – again, 1850 census records back this up. However, I am unsure as to whether this is the Aunt Jennie AKA: Aunt Cas mentioned in the diagram. Given that the two children below died so young, this would work with the comment that Aunt Jennie had no children of her own.) Infant s/o L M & L J CANNON d 19 Jan 1860 Esther A d/o L M & L J CANNON d. 7 Feb 1856, 8y 8m Urban W d. 11 Dec 1845, 44y Elizabeth w/o Urban W d. 22 April 1882, 81y 8m 1d Children of Tobias Cannon: William W s/o B N & J d. 11 May 1825, 2y 5m Curtis W b. 25 May 1830 - d 5 April 1856 Dr Curtis W b. d. 5 April 1857, 26y 11m _d s/o B N & J A [These two markers appear to be for the same person.) Cyrus R 18 Nov 1840 - 3 Nov 1872 child of B N & J W.C. 27 April 1843 - 18 April 1915 child of B N & J [Wellington Corwin Cannon] Amanda w/o W C 4 April 1849 - 6 Dec 1892 Carryl V d/o of ? b. 23 Jan 1873 Narcissus V 13 March 1849 - 30 Dec 1861 child of B N & J M B 1 Jan 1846 - 14 Feb 1928 [This is my great-grandfather Montier Cannon] Icie 24 Jan 1843 - 22 Aug 1907 [Montier’s wife] The following are markers for people I can’t place: America w/o J A B 2 May 1835 - 27 Aug 1873 Annie DUNBAR Cannon 1867 - 1940 Alvin M 1890 - 1967 Laura B 1893 - 1974 Anna F 22 Jan 1877 - 8 Jan 1961 Henry L 7 Oct 1906 - 21 Aug 1968 Oh Tec 4 1398 Engr Const WWII Nellie M 1896 - 1964 Eva d/o ? 7 Aug 1876 - 22 Oct 1876 Emmons W s/o O J & Ann CANNON d. (no day) Sept 1861, 6y 8m 12d Strangely enough, there is another listing of some of these markers in the Peebles Cemetery in Peebles, Ohio: W.C. CANNON b. 4-27-1843 d. 4-18-1915 Husband of MARY AMANDA CANNON b. 8-14-1849 d. 12-6-1892 Next to this/these marker(s): CARRYL V. CANNON b. 1-28-1873 d. 6-6-1903 (According to Anna Zile, Carryl died 10-21-1962) Directly below this marker: EVAN CANNON b. 8-17-1876 INFANT SON d. 10-21-1876 (Evan and Infant Son are the same and brother to Carryl, according to Anna Zile.) Close to these markers: M.B.CANNON [My great-grandfather] b. 1-1-1846 d. 2-14-1928 ICIE CANNON His Wife b. 1-24-1928 d. 8-22-1907