Ann,
Your Cannon's may go back to the SC Cannons who were in Spartanburg Co.
by the late 1700s coming here from VA. They left this area and went on to
several states and finally AR. They came here from VA. I believe John
Cannon was the name of the oldest who came to Spartanburg with several sons
and daughters. I remember there was a James, b. near my James in the 1790s,
Lewis, Jesse, Henry, and a couple others. I have some charts on this family
sent to me by a gentleman in Seattle, WA several years ago. His wife had
e-mailed me that his memory was failing and sometimes he got facts confused,
but he seem to have done a pretty good job on the research although, he
didn't have documentation on some of it. I will try to locate the charts
and tell you more. There is a James Cannon in Spartanburg who disputed some
of the data due to no documentation, but I think it is a very good
possibility, this gentleman was correct.
Joyce McManus
joymac(a)emeraldis.com
http://www.geocities.com/joymac117/
My Web Page. Includes history on Greenwood, SC and surrounding counties,
links to other
great sites. Enjoy!
----- Original Message -----
From: <GraniAnn(a)aol.com>
To: <CANNON-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 5:25 PM
Subject: [CANNON] Cannon from AR to TX
brian cannon <hail_hail_rocknroll)
I have a Joseph Cannon and Eliza A Cannon..both born in the 1820s. Joseph
and Eliza married on the same day 12 Apr 1849 Union Co AR. In the marriage
records , his last name is Cannons but hers is Cannon. I believe they
were
siblings. Joseph m. Synthia Norman and Eliza A. married my
husband's many
great
grandfather Gilbert M.C .Wise. (His name is misspelled on the
marriage
record but
its defintely him). Gilbert and Eliza A . lived in Webster Parish
or
Claiborne Parish LA. The Wise family came there from Copiah Co MS.
I have no clue where Joseph Cannon lived. I know that they were married
in
the home of Freeman Norman of Union Co AR. He has to be some relation
to
Synthia Norman. There seems to have been other Normans there too at one
time.
I have been unable to find Joseph and Synthia Cannon on any census
at
all.
I know there was a Robert Cannon in 1840 Webster Parish LA. Perhaps
this
is
the father of Joseph and my Eliza A. I have tried to track this
Joseph
because
I have had no luck with my Eliza. I know she married Gilbert
Wise...after
his death in mid 1860s, she left the "country" with her children ...did
not make
a claim for in their grandfather's will...she died by 1870
census. ...Two
of
her children are back in LA in that census with their uncle Joseph
Wise.
Where Eliza went after her husband died is a mystery. If Joseph was her
brother
, then perhaps she went to her family somewhere.....if I could just
find
Joseph and Synthia Norman Cannon perhaps I could find more about her.
Email me if
you like..
Ann Wise.....graniann(a)aol.com