James Cannon

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James [William] Cannon BIRTH 11 Dec 1762 Newberry County, South Carolina, USA DEATH 30 Apr 1842 (aged 79) Lincoln County, Missouri, USA BURIAL Elsberry City Cemetery Elsberry, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA PLOT CANNON BLOCK MEMORIAL ID 6589381 · ACCORDING TO "THE CANNON BOOK" BY CLARENCE CANNON, "JAMES WAS THE SON OF SAMUEL AND LYDIA (UNKNOWN) CANNON. JAMES MARRIED RACHEL STARK CIR. 1785. JAMES SERVED AS A REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER UNDER GENERAL ANDREW PICKENS FROM 1778 UNTIL PEACE WAS RESTORED. JAMES WAS ORIGINALLY BURIED ON THE "OLD STINEBAUGH PLACE" IN LINCOLN CO.. IN DECEMBER 1941, THE REMAINS WERE MOVED TO THE ELSBERRY CEMETERY. IN 1910, A MARBLE SLAB WAS PLACED OVER THE GRAVE." Served in REVOLUTIONARY WAR

FATHER OF: Samuel John Lydia Collard Thurman Sinklear Isaac William Elizabeth Pyle Nancy Stinebaugh Rachel Trail Ephraim Mary McCoy Kizia Hubbard Rebecca Barnett Margarette Hubbard Jane Dameron

Family Members

Parents Samuel Cannon 1735–1791

Lydia Pennington Cannon 1731–1791

Spouse Photo Rachel Stark Cannon 1767–1831

Siblings Photo Isaac Pennington Cannon 1759–1808

Mary Campbell Cannon Entrekin 1762–1852

Children Photo Samuel Cannon 1786–1857

John Cannon 1790–1871

Photo Lydia Cannon Sinklear 1791–1869

Photo Isaac Cannon 1793–1862

William Cannon 1795–1861

Elizabeth Cannon Pyle 1798–1839

Photo Nancy Cannon Stinebaugh 1800–1875

Photo Ephraim Cannon 1802–1867

Rachel Cannon Trail 1804–1876

Keziah Cannon Hubbard 1806–1828

Rebecca Cannon Barnett 1808–1837

Photo Margaret Cannon Hubbard 1811–1879

FATHER OF: Samuel John Lydia Collard Thurman Sinklear Isaac William Elizabeth Pyle Nancy Stinebaugh Rachel Trail Ephraim Mary McCoy Kizia Hubbard Rebecca Barnett Margarette Hubbard Jane Dameron

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GEDCOM Note

He served in Capt. Matthew Gillespie's company during the Revolutionary Was. In the army he served 7 years as a private. During part of this service he was in Capt. Thomas Stark's company in the army of General Pickens. He was a slave holder and a relative of Gen. John Stark, hero of the Battle of Bennington. The Stark family migrated originally from Germany to Scotland. One of his forebears was Bishop of Glasgow.

Source: Jess M. Thompson's Pike County History. Found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City September 1996.