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Robert Thompson Cannon 1791 – 1864 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1791

Birth Location: , Guilford, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: Mar 1864

Death Location: Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee

Father: Minos CANNON

Mother: Letitia Thompson

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Scales

Children(s):

It was in 1791 that Robert Thompson Cannon was born in , Guilford, North Carolina, USA, a child of Minos CANNON and Letitia Thompson. Robert Thompson Cannon went on to marry Elizabeth Scales. Robert Thompson Cannon was deceased by 1864 in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee.

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Parents

Minos CANNON
1756 – 1829
Birth Location: Maryland
MC
Letitia Thompson
1754 – 1832
Birth Location: Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
LT

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Scales
Birth Location: –
ES

Children(s)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1791
    Event Place: , Guilford, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 7, Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1239; Page: 128; Family History Library Film: 805239, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 7, Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: M432_869; Page: 151A; Image: 303

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: District 7, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 7, Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: M432_869; Page: 151A; Image: 303

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: District 7, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 7, Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1239; Page: 128; Family History Library Film: 805239

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Mar 1864
    Event Place: Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee
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