Tombstone Tuesday - Israel Cannon

Israel Cannon

was born July 25

1795

& died Sept. 20,

1837

Buried Piney Fork Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 11 March 2011. The tombstone is broken.

Israel Cannon left a will dated 4 August 1837 in Caldwell County, Kentucky. In this will he named his "dear wife" Fanny Cannon. He also mentioned "my nine children," but only named his oldest son, John P. Cannon.

Israel Cannon married (1) Lucinda Lowery 9 October 1817 and (2) Fanny Clinton 1 February 1821. Both marriages occurred in Caldwell County, Kentucky.

Published 12 April 2011, Western Kentucky Genealogy  Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/