D.D. Hare, a prominent farmer of the First District, was born in Williamson County in 1838. He was one of four surviving children of a family of eleven born to John P. and Nancy Hare. The father was born in North Carolina in 1809, and came to Tennessee with his parents when a child. He has been a farmer and resident of Cannon County since 1840. The mother was born in Tennessee in 1809, and died in 1855. Our subject…
Hon. W.C. Houston, of the firm of Jones & Houston, attorneys at law, residing at Woodbury,Tenn., is a native of Bedford County, having been born there March 17, 1852. He is the son of William and Elizabeth Clay (Morgan) Houston. The former was a native of Iredell County, N.C., born in 1821, and came to Tennessee about 1835. He located in Bedford County, where he lived the rest of his days. He was a planter and a very successful business…
Hon. James A. Jones, of the firm of Jones & Houston, Woodbury, Tenn., is a native of Alabama, born in 1838. His parents were Joseph and E.A. Jones, the former a native of North Carolina, a dentist, a planter and a very successful business man, dying in December, 1857; the latter born in Butler County, Ala., in 1818, and dying in 1853. The subject of this sketch completed his literary education at the Brownwood Institute, La Grange, Ga. In 1858,…
L.L. Melton, an enterprising and prominent resident of the Tenth District, was born in Cannon County, in 1845. He was one of eleven children born to John and Catherine Melton. The parents are natives of North Carolina, and now reside in the Seventh District of Cannon County. The father was born in 1800. He is a farmer. The mother was born in 1804. The subject of our sketch received his education partly in the county schools and by private instruction….
W.T. Mingle, editor and proprietor of the Cannon Carrier, was born in Cannon County, August 25, 1857, one of seven children of William J. and Alice G. (Cathey) Mingle, both natives of Cannon County. The father was born in 1828. He is a farmer of the Eleventh District, and served as deputy sheriff some time. The mother was born in 1828. The subject of this sketch received his education in the county schools. In 1873 he went to Alexandria, where…
J.G. Moore, clerk of the county court of Cannon County, is a native of the county, having been born in 1837 and is the eldest of a family of ten children, nine of whom are still living. His parents were William and Elizabeth (Warren) Moore. Both natives of Virginia, the former having been born in 1813, and having come to this country in about 1843. The latter was born in 1816. The subject of this sketch received his education mainly…
The Tennessee State Library & Archives compiled a state-wide index to death certificates from 1914-1933. More than 2,000 deaths were recorded in Cannon County during that period. Original death certificates are available at FamilySearch. Click here for details and instructions. You will require a free FamilySearch login to browse records. This table is searchable.
All About Cemeteries and Funeral Homes Cemeteries and funeral homes are without question a wealth of information for those researching family history. Learn how to utilize this information at the Family Tree Maker’s Genealogy Site. Diseases of Our Ancestors Interpreted in Modern Terms Funeral Home Records at TSLA Funeral Homes – Cannon County Smith Funeral Home Mike Smith, Bill Smith And Christine Dillon, Owners Address: 303 Murfreesboro Rd. Woodbury, Tennessee 37190 Phone: (615) 563-5337 Woodbury Funeral Home Address: 504 West Main Street,…
History The county’s first newspaper , the Woodbury Press was published from 1871 to 1874 by Bennett and Hight. From 1874 to 1876 the paper was published by W.C. Houston and John C. Cook. The paper ceased publication in 1881 and did not resume until 1883 under the name of The Cannon Courier. In 1886, Sterling Brown took over operation of the paper and changed the name to The Woodbury Herald for one year. It was renamed The Cannon Courier and was published under that name until…
Index to Marriage Records, Volume 6, 1850-1866