Josephine Langley Crossgrove

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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Family Time Line

David Henry Cannon
1838–1924
Josephine Langley Crossgrove
1848–1929
Marriage: 19 October 1867
Charles Crossgrove Cannon
1869–1870
John Crossgrove Cannon
1871–1877
Mary Alice Cannon
1873–1874
Effie Cannon
1875–1875
Leonora Crossgrove Cannon
1876–1899
Erastus Snow Cannon
1878–1883
Bayard Cannon
1881–1968
Eugene Crossgrove Cannon
1883–1955
Theresa Cannon
1885–1979
Claude Cannon
1887–1976
Raymond Cannon
1890–1977

Sources (49)

  • 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"

World Events (8)

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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Story Highlight

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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