John Canon    

JOHN CANON, farmer, post-office Greenville, is the eldest son of Samuel Canon, and was born on the old homestead July 12, 1843. He has always resided in West Salem, and was married August 14, 1870, to Elizabeth, daughter of John Blair, of that township. She is the mother of seven children: Lindsie, Anna M. (deceased), Addie, Samuel, Mabel, Blanche and Gertrude. The family belong to the Baptist Church, and politically Mr. Canon has always been a Democrat, and is a member of the R. T. of T.

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, page 1173.  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

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