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Grayson County Man to be Buried Today
Special to The News
Van Alstyne, Grayson County, Texas, July 15 - R. M. Cannon, 91, died
Thursday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Umphress, in
Van Alstyne. Funeral services will be held in Van Alstyne Friday
afternoon at the First Christian Church.
Mr. Cannon was born July 12, 1835 in South Carolina. At the age of 18,
he came to Texas. In 1862, he married Miss Texia Dumas, after which he
enlisted in the Civil War. Returning from the war, he located six miles
east of Van Alstyne at a place known as Cannon, named for the Cannon
family. The Cannon family and their descendants still own a large
amount of land in the Cannon Community. He was married a second time to
Miss Bettie J. Milam. Mr. Cannon was prominent in Masonic work, having
been a member of the lodge for 64 years.
He is survived by two daughters: Mrs. John Umphress, wife of John
Umphress, banker, landowner and business man of Van Alstyne; Mrs.
Walter Barron of Dallas and by two brothers, John Cannon, 97, of Van
Alstyne and Oscar Cannon, 78, of Van Alstyne and Mrs. Eliza West, 84,
of Denver Colorado.
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