Individual Details
Phillip Samuel CANNON
(19 Nov 1809 - 3 Apr 1856)
Of St. Charles County, per Pioneer Families of Missouri.
From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous
sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in
Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan,
Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876.
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Joseph Cannon married Nancy Sitton, of North Carolina, and settled
first in Tennessee, where he remained until 1811, when he removed to
St. Charles County, Missouri. During the Indian War he and his family
lived in Kennedy's Fort. Mr. Cannon was a great hunter and Indian
fighter, and had a great many adventures. He once tracked a bear to a
hollow log, and began to kindle a fire to smoke it out; but as he was
stooping down to blow the flames, the bear sprang out of the log and
threw him on his back, and then ran away. He was so badly scared that
he never saw the bear any more. The names of Mr. Cannon's children
were: Phillip, Sarah, Rachel, Keziah and Nancy. Phillip married Eliz-
abeth McCoy, and they had ten children: George, Julia A., Rachel,
William R., Nancy, Ellen, John, David M., Sarah and Mathaneer. Sarah
married Jerry Beck, of Lincoln County, and is now a widow. Rachel
married John Creech, of Lincoln County. Keziah died single.
Gedcom (see Daniel McCoy notes) has:
Came to St. Charles County at age 2 with his parents. Grew up at thefamily homestead on Big Creek. Was a farmer all his life, working theold family homestead on Big Creek. He left his family a comfortableestate.
From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous
sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in
Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan,
Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876.
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Joseph Cannon married Nancy Sitton, of North Carolina, and settled
first in Tennessee, where he remained until 1811, when he removed to
St. Charles County, Missouri. During the Indian War he and his family
lived in Kennedy's Fort. Mr. Cannon was a great hunter and Indian
fighter, and had a great many adventures. He once tracked a bear to a
hollow log, and began to kindle a fire to smoke it out; but as he was
stooping down to blow the flames, the bear sprang out of the log and
threw him on his back, and then ran away. He was so badly scared that
he never saw the bear any more. The names of Mr. Cannon's children
were: Phillip, Sarah, Rachel, Keziah and Nancy. Phillip married Eliz-
abeth McCoy, and they had ten children: George, Julia A., Rachel,
William R., Nancy, Ellen, John, David M., Sarah and Mathaneer. Sarah
married Jerry Beck, of Lincoln County, and is now a widow. Rachel
married John Creech, of Lincoln County. Keziah died single.
Gedcom (see Daniel McCoy notes) has:
Came to St. Charles County at age 2 with his parents. Grew up at thefamily homestead on Big Creek. Was a farmer all his life, working theold family homestead on Big Creek. He left his family a comfortableestate.
Events
| Birth | 19 Nov 1809 | Wilson Co., TN | |||
| Marriage | 15 Mar 1827 | St. Charles Co., Missouri - Elizabeth MCCOY | |||
| Census | 1 Jun 1850 | District 78, St. Charles Co., MO, stamped pg. 99; Phillip Cannon (ancestry indexed Camron), head, 41 (1808-09), born TN, real estate of $2, 000, farmer.No wife. A Thomas Riley is living in household. Children not in birth order. Are they all his? | |||
| Death | 3 Apr 1856 | ||||
| Burial | Cannon Cemetery, old Cannon homestead on Big Creek, St. Charles Co., MO | ||||
| Reference No | 5273 |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth MCCOY (1812 - 1849) |
| Child | Julia Ann CANNON (1828 - ) |
| Child | George Moore CANNON (1830 - ) |
| Child | Rachel CANNON (1833 - ) |
| Child | William Riley CANNON (1835 - ) |
| Child | John B. CANNON (1838 - ) |
| Child | David M. CANNON (1839 - ) |
| Child | Nancy L. CANNON (1841 - ) |
| Child | Eizabeth C. CANNON (1842 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Ann CANNON (1843 - ) |
| Child | Nathaniel CANNON (1845 - ) |
| Father | Living |
| Mother | Living |