Sometime ago someone asked me about a Clemont Cannon. I found an article on a Mary who was married to Minos Cannon in 1810. He was the second of several Minos Cannon prominent in Shelbyville history. Minos Cannon died in 1823. On July 4th, 1825 Mary Cannon married Thomas F. Ashburn. In 1833, the awful plague of asiatic cholera killed over 20% of Shelbyvilles population in 30 days. Among the dead was Thomas F. Asburn -- almost upon their eight anniversary. They had 2 girls and 2 boys. Before the sap rose in the spring she married the good natured, six foot widower, Archibald Dobson on Feb 11, 1834. "Archibald and alcohol" were about to give her a new insight into married life. By the early 1840's Archie had become a bitter and depraved individual. On Nov 23, 1840, well meaning neighbors procured Lawyer Thomas C. Whiteside to draft an instrument for Mary and Archie to execute. , turning everything over to Robert T. Cannon as Trustee. On Jan 11, 1941 Archibald died, making Mary a widow for the third time. It was no trouble for Henderson Yoakum, Mary's lawyer, to set aside the deed of trust to Robert T. Cannon by the bill in Chancery. All agreed that Archie was incompetent at the time he signed,. James Wortham, one time Sheriff, said he saw Archie a few days before the deed was executed and that he was at that time "Drunk, stupid and incapable of business." It took Mary seven or eight years to finally settle in the muddled Dobson estate. She wound up however with the Dodson cottage and most of the Cannon and Asburn property as her own. (The Dodson cottage was at the corner of McGrew and North Main where the Church of Christ stood in 1969) Except for the young child, Hazard T. Ashburn, who passed away quite young, all of Mary's children lived useful lives and made good citizens. The oldest boy, Clement Cannon Ashburn, namesake of the famous relative of her first husband, was very successful in business. One of the girls, Justina, Married James M. Elliott, Shelbyville merchant, for whose family Elliott Street is named. The other girl, Mary T. Asburn, married John P. Dromgoole, promient Shelbyville Doctor. Mary never remarried and lived happily ever after. (this is but a small clip of the article written by John D. Templeton)

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha Mendez" <MMendez930@comcast.net> To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:03 PM Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Cannon researchers > Sometime ago someone asked me about a Clemont Cannon. > > I found an article on a Mary who was married to Minos Cannon in 1810. He > was the second of several Minos Cannon prominent in Shelbyville history. > Minos Cannon died in 1823. On July 4th, 1825 Mary Cannon married Thomas > F. > Ashburn. In 1833, the awful plague of asiatic cholera killed over 20% of > Shelbyvilles population in 30 days. Among the dead was Thomas F. > Asburn -- > almost upon their eight anniversary. They had 2 girls and 2 boys. Before > the sap rose in the spring she married the good natured, six foot widower, > Archibald Dobson on Feb 11, 1834. "Archibald and alcohol" were about to > give her a new insight into married life. By the early 1840's Archie had > become a bitter and depraved individual. On Nov 23, 1840, well meaning > neighbors procured Lawyer Thomas C. Whiteside to draft an instrument for > Mary and Archie to execute. , turning everything over to Robert T. Cannon > as > Trustee. On Jan 11, 1941 Archibald died, making Mary a widow for the > third > time. It was no trouble for Henderson Yoakum, Mary's lawyer, to set aside > the deed of trust to Robert T. Cannon by the bill in Chancery. All agreed > that Archie was incompetent at the time he signed,. James Wortham, one > time > Sheriff, said he saw Archie a few days before the deed was executed and > that > he was at that time "Drunk, stupid and incapable of business." > > It took Mary seven or eight years to finally settle in the muddled Dobson > estate. She wound up however with the Dodson cottage and most of the > Cannon > and Asburn property as her own. (The Dodson cottage was at the corner of > McGrew and North Main where the Church of Christ stood in 1969) > > Except for the young child, Hazard T. Ashburn, who passed away quite > young, > all of Mary's children lived useful lives and made good citizens. The > oldest boy, Clement Cannon Ashburn, namesake of the famous relative of her > first husband, was very successful in business. One of the girls, > Justina, > Married James M. Elliott, Shelbyville merchant, for whose family Elliott > Street is named. The other girl, Mary T. Asburn, married John P. > Dromgoole, > promient Shelbyville Doctor. > > Mary never remarried and lived happily ever after. > > (this is but a small clip of the article written by John D. Templeton) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >