Carol, I do not think I know the family that you are looking but your
post peaks my interest. My husband's gggrandmother was Martha Jane
Cannon married c1848 Stephen Adkerson in Rockingham County, NC. The
marriage of my husband's ggrandfather list his mother as Jane. My
husband is also off the Nelson line.
Pat Nelson
nels095(a)attglobal.net
CAROLASAPP(a)aol.com wrote:
I have been looking for the family of Jane Cannon for years and think
there
might be a connection to John O. Cannon (b 9 Sep 1803 in NC--d 1846 in Bradley
Co. TN). John married Caroline Nelson in 1829. She died in 1839 and he
married his second wife, Mahala Torbett 1 Oct 1840.
The record shows that John served in the Tennessee House 22nd General
Assembly 1837-1839, and was a Democrat. He was elected Judge of the 3rd Judicial
Circuit in 1844 and served until his death in 1846.
My gt-gt grandmother Jane Cannon (b 1833) was reputed to have been from a
family who lived near Chattanooga, and her father was supposed to have been a
member of the Tennessee legislature according to stories passed on in the family
for several generations. I am theorizing that if this scenario fits, Jane
would have lost her mother when she was a child of six, and her father by the
time she was thirteen. I haven't been able to locate her in the 1850 cenus, but
that might be explained if she went to live with other family members rather
than remaining with her step-mother. She married Abraham Fine in Washington
Co., TN in 1854 and lived there for the rest of her life. She died sometime
after 1904.
I would be very grateful for any information about John O. Cannon, especially
the names of his children. (A Bible record or copy of his will would be a
godsend, but anything will do.) So far I have found names of two sons from his
first marriage and one from his second; unfortunately, it is often more
difficult to trace the names of female family members.
Hope someone out there can help me.
Carol in CA
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