Dallas County AlArchives Biographies.....Canning, M. February 18 1834 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    M. CANNING was born in county Galway, Ireland, February 18, 1834. He was
reared and educated in Ireland and there learned the carriage-makers' trade. He
left that country in 1852 and, landing in Mobile, Ala., proceeded to
Summerfield, Dallas county, which place he reached in 1853 and resided there
twenty years. Upon arriving at Summerfield he had but $3.50, and with this he
began his career as a business man, which has been characterized by success. He
was soon operating a carriage and wagon factory at Summerfield, at which
location he continued until his removal to Selma in 1875. During the early part
of the Civil war he assisted a Mr. Hopkins at Summerfield in raising a company
of artillery, which proceeded to Montgomery, where it was learned that Mr.
Canning was an excellent shopman and mechanic and he was detailed to return to
his place of business at Summerfield, where for the next four years he was
engaged in manufacturing artillery hames for the Confederate government. At the
close of the war, Mr. Canning found himself a poor man, but he at once resumed
his old trade. He remained at Summerfield till 1875, when he removed to Selma,
and engaged in similar business. He at first worked under the firm name of
Canning & Co., which was subsequently changed to Canning & Gill, then to
"Canning & Son." A year ago, it was converted into a stock company under the
name of The Canning Manufacturing company. More than forty years Mr. Canning has
been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, and has been an elder.
In 1861 he married Miss Sallie Dallas, of Dallas county, and to this union has
been born one son, Turner, associated with his father in business. Patrick and
Margaret (O'Brien) Canning were the parents of Mr. Canning. They were natives of
Ireland, where they lived and died.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 850
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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