My gr-gf, John Henry Cannon was born in 1840 on the Eastern Shore of MD, in
Caroline Co. John Henry enlisted in the Confederate Army in Baltimore. He
served for the duration of the war, and was wounded twice.
According to undocumented research done by a relative in 1929, John Henry
married Addie Francis Watterman May 14, 1865. This research says she was from
Vermillion, SD.
The 1870 and 1880 census returns say Addie (& her parents) were born in
Vermont.
I haven't found any evidence to confirm either place. My library doesn't
have many SD records. There are some Watterman's in VT in 1860, but none that
I've found with a daughter named Addie Francis. I haven't found any in
Caroline Co. MD.
Am I supposed to believe John Henry went to SD or VT less than a month after
the war was over to marry Addie? How & where did he meet her? Where did
they get married?
They were not married in Caroline Co. MD, but their first child was born
there in 1866.
This is one of those problems that keeps me awake at night. The curiosity
is killing me about the origins of Addie Francis Watterman.
Does anybody have an idea?
Thanks,
Mary