I have been compiling burial info on my Cannon ancestors who settled in
Ascension Parish, LA circa 1840. Below is a list of tombstone
inscriptions/burial and my brief notes on the Cannons, their spouses and
related families. I am posting it, in case anyone else needs this info.
Heidi
FIRST NAME LAST NAME
BIRTH DEATH (will say NOT, if not deceased, but plot reserved)
INSCRIPTION
CEMETERY
OTHER INFO
MERKLEY D. CANNON*
AUG. 21, 1916 NOT
CARPENTER'S CHAPEL CEMETERY
NEAL C. CARPENTER
AUG.29, 1881 JAN. 3, 1953
S/O ALFRED CARPENTER & ELIZABETH DEVALL
CARPENTER'S CHAPEL CEMETERY
ADA C. KELLEY
AUG.5, 1883 NOV. 15, 1957
S/O ALFRED CARPENTER & ELIZABETH DEVALL
CARPENTER'S CHAPEL CEMETERY
ROCKEY NICKENS
APR. 2 1883 May 18, 1971
D/O CORNELIUS DEVALL & SARAH GOODINS
CARPENTER'S CHAPEL CEMETERY
MARTIN CANNON
B. 1912 JULY 4, 1858
CORNERVIEW, GONZALES
INFO: THIS IS MARTIN ANSIL CANNON, SR., S/O LORENCE & JUDITH CAN(N)ON
OF GALWAY, IRELAND
ALFRED D. CARPENTER
APR. 4, 1838 July 27, 1916 CO. B 9 LA. INF. CSA.
S/O ??? & MARY ANN CARPENTER
CORNERVIEW, GONZALES
REV. R.T. CARPENTER
SEPT. 25, 1878 APR.1, 1918
S/O ALFRED CARPENTER & ELIZABETH DEVALL
CORNERVIEW, GONZALES
ELIZABETH J. DEVALL
FEB. 20, 1846 July 27, 1916
W/O A.D. CARPENTER, D/O RICHARD DEVALL & SARAH ANN ALLEN
CORNERVIEW, GONZALES
INFO: BURIED NEXT TO HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER, SARAH
MARIE LEBLANC
B. 1833 March 29, 1905
D/O ELIE LANOUX & PAULONNE GAUTREAU
CORNERVIEW, GONZALES
BIRTH: SEPT. 9, 1833
SEPTINE LEBLANC
B. 1871 D. 1918
S/O PIERRE ELIE LEBLANC & MARIE LANOUX
CORNERVIEW, GONZALES
ELIZABETH WOODS
OCT. 6, 1851 DIED AGE 1 YEARS, 2 MOS. & 6 DAYS,
D/O JAMES WOODS & ADALAIDE LEGERE
CORNERVIEW, GONZALES
LUCINDA WOODS
MAY 12, 1860 DIED AGE 7 YEARS, 7 MOS. & 6 DAYS,
D/O JAMES WOODS & ADALAIDE LEGERE
CORNERVIEW, GONZALES
LILLIE D. FICKLIN
JULY 18, 1879 MAR. 10, 1970
D/O RICHARD DEVALL & SARAH ANN ALLEN
FICKLIN CEMETERY
MRS. M.F. NORWOOD
MAR. 14, 1871 FEB. 23, 1960
D/O RICHARD DEVALL & SARAH ANN ALLEN
FICKLIN CEMETERY
BEULAH M. CANNON
APR. 28, 1904 SEPT. 6, 1911
HOLY ROSARY CEMETERY
CHESTER A. CANNON
APR. 29, 1912 AUG. 19, 1980
HOLY ROSARY CEMETERY
INFO: (S/O MARTIN M. CANNON & MARIE ELISKA MELANCON)
ELISKA M. CANNON
MAR. 1, 1867 FEB. 5, 1951
D/O RICHARD MELANCON & MARIE BRAUD
HOLY ROSARY CEMETERY
INFO: MOTHER IS MARIE (VIRGINIE) BRAUD
JOHN RICHARD CANNON
JUNE 29, 1896 SEPT. 15, 1970
HOLY ROSARY CEMETERY
INFO: (S/O MARTIN M. CANNON & MARIE ELISKA MELANCON)
JOSEPH E. CANNON
JAN. 17, 1906 AUG. 6, 1908
S/O M. & G. CANNON
HOLY ROSARY CEMETERY
JULIAN C. CANNON
SEPT. 23, 1906 AUG. 7, 1936
HOLY ROSARY CEMETERY
INFO: S/O MARTIN M. CANNON & MARIE ELISKA MELANCON
VIVIAN V. CANNON
SEPT. 27, 1898 OCT. 23, 1969
HOLY ROSARY CEMETERY
MARTIN M. CANNON
D. 10 AUG. 1913 AGE 50
HOLY ROSARY CEMETERY
INFO: S/O JOHN CANNON & CATHERINE MAURIN OF GALWAY, IRELAND
CLARA C. CANNON*
MAR. 25, 1909 NOT
HOLY ROSARY CEMETERY
MRS. MERCEDES DEARMOND
B. 1875 D. 1941
D/O RICHARD MELANCON & MARIE BRAUD
HOLY ROSARY CEMETERY
INFO: MOTHER IS MARIE VIRGINIE BRAUD
GEORGE MELANCON
B.1885 D. 1946
S/O RICHARD MELANCON & MARIE VIRGINIE BRAUD
HOLY ROSARY CEMETERY
MRS. MARY MELANCON
NOV. 10, 1842 May 17, 1911
W/O RICHARD MELANCON, D/O SOSTENE BRAUD & CARMELITE GUEDRY
HOLY ROSARY CEMETERY
WILLIAM H. MYERS
SEPT. 11, 1898 FEB. 21, 1979
HOLY ROSARY CEMETERY
H/O CARRIE CANNON
CARRIE C. MYERS (NEE:CANNON)
SEPT. 13, 1902 FEB. 13, 1973
HOLY ROSARY CEMETERY
INFO: D/O MARTIN M. CANNON & ELISKA MELANCON, W/O WILLIAM H. MYERS
MARY MARGARET ROGERS
MAR. 12, 1893 OCT. 2, 1918
HOLY ROSARY CEMETERY
INFO: D/O MARTIN M. CANNON & MARIE ELISKA MELANCON
EFFIE M. BRASHEAR
DEC. 18, 1891 NOV. 18,. 1960
D/O DAVID B. MILLER & MARTHA FICKLIN
MT. ZION CEMETERY
RICHARD BRASHEAR
SEPT. 5, 1887 OCT. 16, 1963
S/O WALTER BRASHEAR & SARAH ANNIE DEVALL
MT. ZION CEMETERY
V.B. BRASHEAR
NO DATE NO DATE INFANT
MT. ZION CEMETERY THIS IS VERNON BRASHEAR
JOE BRESHEARS
JULY 17, 1894 FEB. 12, 1984
S/O WALTER BRASHEARS & SARAH ANNIE DEVALL
MT. ZION CEMETERY
MYRTLE BERTHA BRESHEARS
July 27, 1905 SEPT. 25, 1987
MT. ZION CEMETERY
CORNELIUS DEVALL
NO DATE NO DATE CO. B 1 LA. CAV. CSA.
S/O RICHARD DEVALL & SARAH JANE ALLEN
MT. ZION CEMETERY
INFO: H/O SARAH GOODINS DEVALL
SARAH GOODINS DEVALL
MARCH 1852 October 1, 1924
SLAB, NO NAME
MT. ZION CEMETERY
INFO: W/O CORNELIUS DEVALL
AMADAY PARKER
SEPT. 23, 1897 AUG. 8, 1923
S/O JOSEPH L. PARKER & ANNIE DEVALL
MT. ZION CEMETERY
INFO: MOTHER IS SARAH ANNIE DEVALL. THIS IS SARAH ANNIE DEVALL'S
SECOND MARRIAGE, HER FIRST BEING TO WALTER BRESHEARS, BY WHOM SHE HAD 3
CHILDREN
ANNIE D. PARKER
FEB. 18, 1869 May 14, 1956
MT. ZION CEMETERY
CARRIE LOTTIE PARKER
JAN. 20, 1909 May 27, 1987
MT. ZION CEMETERY
ELBERT PARKER
MAR. 23, 1909 July 24, 1984
MT. ZION CEMETERY
JOSEPH L. PARKER
MAR. 12, 1866 MAR. 11, 1932 S/O GREY W. PARKER & MARGARET ANN BROWN
MT. ZION CEMETERY
FRED HICKS BATTS
B. NOV. 18, 1909 (D. ???? )
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
EDGAR WM. BELL
SEPT. 20, 1905 AUG. 22, 1967
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
DELPHINE F. CANNON
JAN. 16, 1884 JAN. 30, 1967
D/O BENJAMIN FAIRBANKS & PAULINE BRAUD
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
ELLA CANNON
SEPT. 13, 1872 FEB. 25, 1955
W/O HENRY JAMES WOODS, D/O MARTIN CANNON & ADA BULLOCK
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
INFO: FATHER IS: MARTIN ANSIL CANNON, JR.
GRACE COLLIER CANNON
BORN: OCT. 10, 1909
W/O JOSEPH AYNAUD CANNON
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
JOHN WILLIAM CANNON
SEPT. 29, 1896 MAR. 6, 1960
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
JOSEPH ALLEN CANNON
SEPT. 3, 1918 FEB. 6, 1922
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
JOSEPH AYNAUD CANNON
July 15, 1908 DEC. 5, 1979
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
INFO: S/O MARTIN M. CANNON & MARIE ELISKA MELANCON
JULIA CANNON
SEPT. 23, 1906 JAN. 1, 1953
W/O RUSSELL BRIGNAC
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
INFO: D/O MARTIN M. CANNON & ELISKA MELANCON, TWIN OF JULIAN
LAWRENCE L. CANNON
MAR. 12, 1882 APR. 8, 1960
S/O MARTIN A. CANNON & ADA BULLOCK
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
INFO: FATHER IS MARTIN ANSIL CANNON JR.
MARGARET E. CANNON
NOV. 24, 1859 MAR. 21, 1925
W/O WILLIAM T. HEATH,
D/O JOHN CANNON AND CATHERINE
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
INFO: MOTHER IS: CATHERINE MAURIN
SARAH DEARMOND CANNON
JUNE 2, 1888 July 1, 1937
D/O JOSEPH DEARMOND & ORILLA ATKINSON
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
SIDNEY MARTIN CANNON
AUG.5, 1903 MAR.10 1921
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
VIVIAN CANNON BATTS
OCT. 18, 1916 SEPT. 29, 1972
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
INFO: W/O FRED HICKS BATTS MD. JULY 25, 1935
FLORENCE V. CANNON BELL
(D.) AUG. 6, 1908
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
ALFRED JOE CARPENTER
JULY 6, 1897 NOV. 17, 1966
S/O JACK CARPENTER & CORA LEBEAU
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
VELMA FRANCIS CARPENTER
(D.) AUG. 16, 1986 DIED AGE 81
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
CATHERINE DEARMOND
MAR. 20, 1892 SEPT. 28, 1964
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
INFO: (D/O MARTIN M. CANNON & MARIE ELISKA MELANCON)
H. ALLEN DEARMOND
AUG.2, 1890 June 10, 1958
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
MARY H. FAIRBANKS
OCT. 11, 1884 May 12, 1967
D/O WILLIAM T. HEATH & MARGARET CANNON
NEW RIVER BAPTIST
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