Brief Life History of David Wesley
When David Wesley Canon was born on 29 December 1854, in Perry, Alabama, United States, his father, Malcolm Demus Canon, was 51 and his mother, Nancy Blackburn Boyd, was 36. He married Martha Ann Moore on 24 October 1878, in Perry, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Marion, Perry, Alabama, United States in 1870 and Troy, Pike, Alabama, United States in 1900. He died on 6 December 1936, in Talladega, Talladega, Alabama, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Talladega, Talladega, Alabama, United States.
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- D W Cannon, "United States Census, 1930"
- D W Canon, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- D. W. Canon, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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1857
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Perry, Alabama, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
Name Meaning
English, Irish (Donegal), and Scottish (Dunbartonshire): variant of Cannon .
French: topographic name from (Old) French canon ‘tube, pipe, channel (for water flow)’. Compare Cannon .
Americanized form of Assyrian/Chaldean Kanon and perhaps also of any of its variants such as Kanoun.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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