Person:Cornelius Canon (2)

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Cornelius Beard Canon
b.8 Jul 1822 Delaware, New York, United States
d.2 Aug 1895 Emmet, Iowa, United States
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  • H.  Cornelius Beard Canon1822 - 1895
  • W.  Ruth M. Wood1829 - 1902
m. Abt 1849
  1. Lovina Estelle Canon1849 - 1896
  2. Ira H. Canon1851 - 1912
  3. Tammie O. Canon1854 - 1904
  4. Mary S Canon1856 - 1896
  5. Benjamin James Canon1858 - 1924
  6. Cornelius Beard Canon1861 - 1936
  7. George W. Canon1865 - 1929
  8. Aura Philip Canon1867 - 1934
  9. Eddie Grant Canon1870 - 1876
  10. M Winnifred Canon1875 -
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Name Cornelius Beard Canon
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 8 Jul 1822 Delaware, New York, United States
Marriage Abt 1849 to Ruth M. Wood
Residence[6] 1850 Sullivan, New York, United StatesCalicoon ; Laborer
Residence[7] 1855 Fremont, Sullivan, New York, United Statesfarmer
Residence[8] Aug 1860 Fremont, Sullivan, New York, United Statesfarmer
Residence[9][10] 1867 Ohio, United StatesTrumble
Residence[10] 1868 Ogle, Illinois, United States
Residence[11] 1870 Pine Rock, Ogle, Illinois, United Statesfarmer
Residence[5][10] Jun 1872 Armstrong Grove, Emmet, Iowa, United States
Residence[12] 1880 Armstrong Grove Township, Emmet, Iowa, United Statesfarmer
Residence[13] 1885 Range 31, Section 12, Se, Armstrong Grove Township, Emmet County, Iowa
Death[4][3] 2 Aug 1895 Emmet, Iowa, United StatesCause: Sun Stroke After Being Ill For Five Hours
Burial[4][3] Armstrong Grove Cemetery, Armstrong, Emmet County, Iowa
Religion[5] Methodist

From "Remembering Armstrong - A Centennial History of Armstrong, EmmetCounty, Iowa 1992":

Arrivals in 1872

Cornelius and Ruth Cannon, in their fifties, and family were native NewYorkers who came here from Illinois. They settled on the SoutheastQuarter of Section 12, to be joined later by Cornelius' father, James, 78years old and a veteran of the War of 1812, who had been living in Ohio.

In 1874 Methodists formed an organization. Cannon family included.


Notes From Frances Hays February 2003:

June 28 1865 Cornelius sold his land in Fremont, New York to a JacobEbert, who had adjoining land. The deed stated that it had one hundredtwenty eight rods of land more or less. In an earlier deed transfer fromJames Canon to Cornelius B Canon the later paid three hundred seventydollars for forty five and a quarter acres more or less in Calikoon(later spelled Calicoon) Township, just east of where they later lived.Cornelius sold this land to Ira H. Canon for four hundred dollars.Cornelius' wife Ruth M. matches the Ruth M. Wood, daughter of BenjaminWood of Liberty, Sullivan County. They named one son Benjamin, after herfather but did not name a daughter after her mother, Tammy.

The family moved to Iowa in 1872 and took up a homestead. Cornelius B.Canon served during the Civil War from NY.

References
  1. ↑ 1880 U.S. Census, Iowa, Emmet County, Armstrong Grove, Image 4.
  2. ↑ Frances Hays - [email protected] - February 2003.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gravestone.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Iowa Cemetery Records.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Remembering Armstrong - A Centennial History of Armstrong, Emmet County, Iowa 1992.
  6. ↑ 1850 U.S. Census, New York, Sullivan County, Caliccon, M432 603, p. 158.
  7. ↑ 1855 Census of Fremont, Sullivan County, New York (Paul J. Moore).
  8. ↑ 1860 U.S. Census, New York, Sullivan County, Fremont, M653 866, Image 559 (ancestry.com).
  9. ↑ Paul J. Moore.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Obituary of Cornelius B. Canon, Jr.
  11. ↑ 1870 U.S. Census, Illinois, Ogle County, Pine Rock Township, Page 15.
  12. ↑ 1880 U.S. Census, Iowa, Emmet County, Armstrong Grove Township, T9 0338, Page 507D.
  13. ↑ 1885 Iowa State Census, Emmet County, Armstrong Grove Township, Volume 183, Page 7.
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