Brief Life History of James Thomas
When James Thomas Cannon was born on 4 December 1865, in Saint Charles, Missouri, United States, his father, George M. Cannon, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Catherine Lewis, was 25. He married Frances May Wilkinson on 13 October 1897. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Cuivre Township, Saint Charles, Missouri, United States in 1930 and St. Charles, Saint Charles, Missouri, United States in 1940. He died on 19 April 1951, at the age of 85.
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- James Cannon in household of Geo Cannon, "United States Census, 1870"
- James T Cannon, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- James C Cannon in entry for James Curtis Cannon, "Missouri, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Ó Canann or Ó Canáin ‘descendant of Cano or Canán’. Occasionally, and in the Isle of Man, the surname derives from Mac Canann ‘son of Cano or Canán’, which in Ireland was Anglicized McCann or McConnon . See also Connon . The personal name is from Gaelic cano ‘wolf cub’, of which Canán is a diminutive. In Ulster Cannon may also be shortened from Ó Canannáin ‘descendant of Canannán’, a pet form (double diminutive) of the personal name. This was a cheiftan family in Donegal, and the name was particularly common there.
English: from Middle English canun ‘canon’ (Old Norman French canonie, canoine, from Late Latin canonicus). In medieval England this term denoted a clergyman living with others in a clergy house; the surname is mostly an occupational name for a servant in a house of canons, although it could also be a nickname or even a patronymic.
French: variant of Canon .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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