Sketch of Joseph Cannon, St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** Joseph Cannon married Nancy Sitton, of North Carolina, and settled first in Tennessee, where he remained until 1811, when he removed to St. Charles County, Missouri. During the Indian War he and his family lived in Kennedy's Fort. Mr. Cannon was a great hunter and Indian fighter, and had a great many adventures. He once tracked a bear to a hollow log, and began to kindle a fire to smoke it out; but as he was stooping down to blow the flames, the bear sprang out of the log and threw him on his back, and then ran away. He was so badly scared that he never saw the bear any more. The names of Mr. Cannon's children were: Phillip, Sarah, Rachel, Keziah and Nancy. Phillip married Eliz- abeth McCoy, and they had ten children: George, Julia A., Rachel, William R., Nancy, Ellen, John, David M., Sarah and Mathaneer. Sarah married Jerry Beck, of Lincoln County, and is now a widow. Rachel married John Creech, of Lincoln County. Keziah died single. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================