John H. Cannon

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1823-08-07

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1874-02-14

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"John H. Cannon" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00020354, (accessed April 2, 2025).

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Louisville, Kentucky, millinery merchant. Pennsylvania native. Millinery merchant in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1855 to 1856. Millinery merchant in partnership with William L. McCampbell in Louisville from 1857 to 1860. Millinery merchant in partnership with William H. Byers in Louisville from 1860 to 1865. Charged with burglary against Jones & Tapp clothing store in Louisville in December 1864 with George W. Connell, George Watson, and Frank Winters. Fugitive from justice in Tennessee in 1864. Convicted of burglary in Louisville on January 19, 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 6, p. 228.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 8, p. 115B.
"Fall and Winter Goods," Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 5 Oct 1855, p. 6.
"White Ribbons," Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 27 Jun 1856, p. 3.
"Bargains in Ribbons," Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 28 Jan 1857, p. 2.
"Notice," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 23 March 1860, p. 2.
"Cannon & Byers," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 19 Feb 1861, p. 2.
"Jefferson County Court," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 20 Jan 1865, p. 3.
Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 39.
Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 51.
Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 228.
"John H. Cannon (1823-187)," Find A Grave, Memorial 106783310, accessed October 2, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106783310.

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