Hello,
I'm looking for information regarding my ggg-grandfather Richard Cannon. He was born
in SC near the border with NC in 1797. He moved to Morgan Co., IL in 1822 and then to
Hancock Co., IL, where he spent the rest of his life, in 1832. He married Mary (Grove?)
around 1826. During his life he held many positions including Justice of the Peace and
County Collector in Hancock Co. Below is the most complete account I can give of his
descendants, ending with myself. Any help would be appreciated.
1 Richard Cannon b.SC 1797 d.Carthage, Hancock Co., IL 6/27/1871 m.IL abt.1826 Mary
(Grove?) b.VA abt. 1806 d.IL abt.1880
2.Robert Bradley Cannon b.Morgan Co., IL 1828/9 d.Sonoma Co., CA post 1890 m.abt
1853
Nancy Ellen "Ellen" Cannon b.IL 5/3/1833 d.At Sea (daughter of Rev. Thomas
Harvey
Owen and Mary Paine Wren)
3.James K. Polk Cannon b.IL 1854/5 d.post 1890
3.Lewis Linn Cannon b.IL 1856/7 d.post1890
3.Jerome Bonaparte Cannon b.IL 1858/9 d.Mendocino Co., CA post 1926
3.Stella Minerva Cannon b. 1860/1
3.Richard Douglas Cannon b.abt. 1863 d.post 1934 m.Sonoma Co., CA 1886
Mary Margaret "Shade" Bishop b.Sonoma Co., CA 7/30/1866 d.San
Francisco, CA 1943
4.Eleanor Bond Cannon b.abt. 1889 d.abt. 1958
4.Margaret "Margie" Cannon b.St.Helena, Napa Co., CA 1900
d.Portland, OR 1934
(1)m.1919 John Royall Jr. b.Savannah, GA 1895 d.Phoenix, AZ Oct. 1959
5.Eleanor Ann Royall b.Nashville, TN 1/2/1920 m.1938 Kenneth
Simpson
b.KS 2/16/1917 d.OR 4/26/2001
6. Keni-Ellen Simpson b.Portland, OR 1951 m.1978
Donald Owings
3.Robert Eugene Cannon b.1868/9 d.post 1890
2.William B. Cannon b.Morgan Co., IL 1831/2 m.Hancock Co., IL 10/9/1878 Eva Tolman
(the granddaughter of Nathan Tolman and Sarah Hewitt of ME and Nauvoo, Hancock Co.,
IL)
2.Cornelius Cannon b.Hancock Co., IL 1833/4 m.abt. 1855 Nancy A. -----?
3.Alevedale Cannon b.IA 1856
3.Georgianna Cannon b.IL 1857
3.Olney Cannon b.IL 1859
3.Rolen Cannon b.MO 1860
3.Ellen Cannon b.IL 1862
3.Robert Cannon b.IL 1865
2.Elam S. Cannon b.Hancock Co., IL 1835/6 m. Parthena F. ----?
Keni-Ellen (Simpson) Owings