Brief Life History of Josephine
When Josephine Langley Crossgrove was born on 7 September 1848, in Centreville, New Castle, Delaware, United States, her father, Charles Wright Crossgrove, was 45 and her mother, Theresa Raymond, was 46. She married David Henry Cannon on 19 October 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 23 October 1929, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Josephine Cannon in household of David Cannon, "United States Census, 1870"
- Josephine Langley Crossgrove Cannon, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Josephine C Cannon in entry for Theresa Cannon, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1852
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
1855 · Prohibition Law
Delaware enacted a statewide prohibition law in 1855.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Langley or Longley (in Kent, Sussex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Somerset, Shrops, Lancashire, Durham, and many other counties), themselves from Old English lang ‘long’ + lēah ‘wood, glade, clearing’.
English: from the Middle English female personal name Langlif (Old Norse Langlíf ‘long’ + ‘life’ or ‘body’).
Americanized form of French Langlais .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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David Henry Cannon By Beatrice Cannon Evans
Cannon Family Historical Treasury Published by George Cannon Family Association 1967 David Henry Cannon By Beatrice Cannon Evans Sources: George Cannon the Immigrant, by John Q. Cannon. Talk on Hi …
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