Lois, there was a William Canada who lived in Bedford Co. Va. in the
late 1700's when my William Cannaday was in the adjacent county of
Franklin. I thought when the Canada died and named a William in his
will that it was my William, but lo and behold I found records in
Bedford which shows that the Bedford Co. William Jr. must have been an
invalid or retarded for his father had set up caretakers for him for
the rest of his life. I never could connect the two Williams living
so close to one another and having the same name. Is the Willim in
Bedford yours? Billie
-----Original Message-----
From: Lois Hupfer <hupfer(a)sundownnet.com>
To: CANADAY-L(a)rootsweb.com <CANADAY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Friday, February 04, 2000 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [CANADAY] Message from List Admin
Glad to see that you are encouraging some activity. I thought maybe
I was
just out of the link.
For several generations, we have spelled the name CANADAY, although
one of
the sons of John Canaday, the Rev. War soldier, chose to go by
Kennedy. This
branch of our line is found primarily in Iowa. The Revolutionary
soldier's
name is found on some documents as Kanaday and Cannaday, as well as
other
such similar spellings.
As for geographic locations - let's start with John who was born 1763
in
King George County Virginia. By 1781, the family was in Bedford Co
VA; by
1782 in Cumberland Co VA; and in 1783 in New London, Campbell Co VA.
It was
in Campbell CoVA that he married Mary Shearer. On the marriage
record, his
name appears as Kennady. They remained in Campbell Co VA until 1801,
when
they relocated to Bourbon Co KY. By 1807 they were residing in Casey
Co KY.
They continued to reside in Casey Co KY until about 1835, when they
relocated to Montgomery Co, Illinois. John (the Rev soldier) died
in
Hillsboro, Montgomery Co IL Dec 15, 1836, and his wife died there in
1844.
The next one in our direct line was Robert Canaday, born 1791 in
Campbell Co
VA. and followed his parents until 1828 when he moved his family to
Morgan
Co Illinois, remaining there until 1833; and then moved to a
neighboring
county - Montgomery County Illinois. Their next move occurred in
May of
1846, when they went to Missouri. Robert erected the first frame
house in
1846 in Athens Missouri, which later changed its name to Albany,
Gentry Co,
Missouri. Robert died there on May 31, 1847.
Next in the direct line was Caleb S. Canaday, quite prominent in
Gentry
County history, who died there in 1888.
Caleb's son, James Monroe Canaday was born in Montgomery Co
Illinois, moved
to Gentry Co Missouri, where in 1869 he married Lanorah Francis
Ragland.
James Monroe Canaday was among those that lined up in Sept 1893 for
the land
rush in Oklahoma. They homesteaded in the Cherokee Strip which later
became
Major County, Oklahoma. James and his wife died there - he in 1921
and she
in 1935.
Clarence Elmer Canaday, son of James & Lanorah, spent all of his
adult life
in the general vicinity of this location, passing away in Woodward
Oklahoma
in 1960. Clarence's son, James Elmer Canaday (my father) grew up
in
Oklahoma and after marriage moved to Kansas and later to Colorado.
Will look forward to hearing this same type of information from other
members.
Lois (Canaday) Hupfer of Colorado.
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