Rachel Starnes Cannon

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Rachel Starnes Cannon (Wellborn)

Also Known As: "Wellborne", "Stearns", "Willborn"
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Birthplace: Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 03, 1867 (71)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States
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Daughter of Brigadier General James Wellborn and Rebecca Valerie Wellborn
Wife of Newton Cannon, 8th Governor of Tennessee
Mother of Mary Macon Bryant and Rachel Adaline Maney
Sister of Nancy Matilda Wellborn; William Wilkes Wellborn; Rebecca Meriah Franklin; Lucy Barton Calhoun; Catherine Sloan Wellborn and 5 others

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About Rachel Starnes Cannon

Biography

Rachel Starnes Cannon was born on November 11, 1795 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. Her parents were Brigadier General James Wellborn and Rebecca Valerie Wellborn.

Rachel married Newton Cannon, 8th Governor of Tennessee in 1818. Together they had the following children:

She died on April 3, 1867 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States.



http://www.tnportraits.org/cannon-rachel-oak.htm

Rachel Stearns Welborn, b. 11 November 1795; d. 29 September 1841, was the daughter of James Welborn and Rebecca Montgomery Welborn. She married Newton Cannon on 25 August 1818 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Governor Newton Cannon was the first Whig Governor of Tennessee.

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Rachel Starnes Cannon's Timeline

1795
November 11, 1795
Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States
1867
April 3, 1867
Age 71
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States
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