Canon Family    

CANON FAMILY. —Among the earliest settlers of Mercer County, Penn., were Thomas and Margaret (Heath) Canon, who came from Philadelphia, Penn., about 1796-97, and located in what is now Hickory Township. He was twice married, and was the father of eleven children: Moses, John, Rachel, Rebecca, Thomas, Ruth, Ross, James, Margaret, Samuel and William, all of whom may be classed as pioneers of the Shenango Valley. Moses was the eldest son of the first marriage, and was born in Philadelphia in 1782, and on reaching manhood married Elizabeth, daughter of George Swasie, a pioneer of Mercer County. Six children were born to this union: Rebecca (who married Henry Coryea), Mary (who married James Dunlap), John, Eliza (who became the wife of John Livingston), James and Thomas, all of whom are dead, excepting John and Thomas, both residents of Shenango Township. John was born in this township in 1810, and here grew to manhood. He learned the blacksmithing trade, and after serving his apprenticeship followed that business about seven years. He then purchased the farm upon which he has ever since resided. He married Rebecca, daughter of William Jones, of this county, who died in 1881. She was the mother of eleven children: Maria (deceased), Eliza (wife of Alex. Mayberry), Moses (deceased), Rachel (wife of Henry Morehead), Alfred (deceased), Hannah (wife of James Thompson), James, John C., Mary (deceased), William W. and Robert (deceased). Mr. Canon is a member of the Presbyterian Church, is a Republican in politics, and one of the well-known and respected citizens of Shenango Township.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, pages 850-851.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.