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Robert Boyd Cannon 1819 – 1880 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1819

Birth Location: Monroe, Overton, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 1 Mar 1880

Death Location: Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, United States

Father: Jonathan Cannon

Mother: Sarah Boyd

Spouse(s): Nancy Lane

Children(s): Jesse Cannon, Thomas Cannon

In 1819, Robert Boyd Cannon entered the world in Monroe, Overton, Tennessee, USA, born to Jonathan Cannon and Sarah Boyd. Years later, Robert Boyd Cannon married Nancy Lane, and the couple became parents to Jesse Lane Cannon and Thomas Alexander Cannon. Robert Boyd Cannon died in 1880 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, United States.

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Parents

Jonathan Cannon
1787 – 1850
Birth Location: , , South Carolina, USA,
JC
Sarah Boyd
1790 – 1843
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
SB

Spouses(s)

Nancy Lane
1820 – 1885
Birth Location: Georgia, United States
NL

Children(s)

Jesse Cannon
1857 – 1950
Birth Location: Alabama, United States
JC
Thomas Cannon
1859 – 1947
Birth Location: Alabama, United States
TC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1819
    Event Place: Monroe, Overton, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations, compiled 1903 - 1927, documenting the period 1861 - 1865; Catalog ID: 586957; Record Group #: 109; Rol

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1840
    Event Place: Alabama, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Indexed Early Land Ownership and Township Plats, 1785-1898, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Township Plats of Selected States; Series #: T1234; Roll: 1

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1 Mar 1880
    Event Place: Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, United States

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