TX Family Groupsheet for John Israel CANON Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Daniel Bode Email address: danielbode@prodgy.net Husband: John Israel CANON Birthdate: July 6, 1858 Birthplace: Polk Co., Texas Death date: October 12, 1920 Place of death: Livingston, Polk Co., Texas Father: Robert Taylor CANON Mother: Amanda Louisa BEARD Marriage date: December 31, 1882 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Wife: Nancy Elizabeth "Bettie" SMITH Birthdate: October 14, 1857 Birthplace: Tallapoosa Co., Alabama Death date: January 6, 1942 Place of death: Dayton, Liberty Co., Texas Father: Seaborn SMITH Mother: Elizabeth GOODWIN CHILDREN Child No. 1: Sarah Arrilla CANON Sex: F Birthdate: October 13, 1883 Birthplace: Polk Co., Texas Death date: May 26, 1973 Place of death: Anahuac, Chambers Co., Texas Marriage date: November 5, 1902 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: Robert Franklin "Bob" OATES Child No. 2: Mary Caddy CANON Sex: F Birthdate: November 24, 1885 Birthplace: Polk Co., Texas Death date: July 6, 1900 Place of death: Perryman Community, Liberty Co., Texas Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 3: Albert William CANON Sex: M Birthdate: October 14, 1888 Birthplace: Polk Co., Texas Death date: January 4, 1941 Place of death: Conroe, Montgomery Co., Texas Marriage date: July 21, 1918 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: Ione STUTTS Child No. 4: Arthur Bernie CANON Sex: M Birthdate: November 15, 1890 Birthplace: Polk Co., Texas Death date: December 23, 1963 Place of death: Houston, Harris Co., Texas Marriage date: January 25, 1918 Marriage place: Houston, Texas Spouse's name: Margaret STERLING Child No. 5: Seab Robert CANON Sex: Birthdate: November 28, 1892 Birthplace: Polk Co., Texas Death date: April 25, 1956 Place of death: Galveston, Texas Marriage date: July 26, 1922 Marriage place: Lufkin, Angelina Co., Texas Spouse's name: Berneice KILLOUGH Child No. 6: Infant CANON Sex: M Birthdate: 1894 Birthplace: Polk Co., Texas Death date: 1894 Place of death: Polk Co., Texas Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 7: Oscar Israel CANON Sex: M Birthdate: July 6, 1896 Birthplace: Polk Co., Texas Death date: March 26, 1963 Place of death: Dayton, Liberty Co., Texas Marriage date: December 26, 1921 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: Annie Laura LILLEY Child No. 8: Monroe Dewey CANON Sex: M Birthdate: June 11, 1899 Birthplace: Perryman Community, Liberty Co., Texas Death date: March 16, 1983 Place of death: Houston, Harris Co., Texas Marriage date: July 6, 1924 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: Notie Irene "Norene" ALEXANDER Documentation: * John and Bettie Canon's son, Albert, became a widower when his wife, Ione, died May 2, 1931, at the age of 38. Albert married Rena Burnham about 1933. She died about 1970. * John and Bettie Canon's son, Seab, and his wife, Berneice, separated in 1943 and they divorced in 1945. Seab married Mrs. Claudia Henderson Figures on January 25, 1951. Claudia died in Baytown, Tx. on January 6, 1960. Berneice never remarried and she died in Boerne, Kendall Co., Texas, on January 10, 1994. * John and Bettie Canon's son, Oscar, and his wife, Annie, separated. Oscar married #2. Florence Winkler in 1926 or 1927. They later separated. Oscar remarried his first wife, Annie Lilley, on May 24, 1932, in Hardin Co., Texas. Oscar and Annie again separated. Oscar married #4. Katie Mae Schulenberg on May 24, 1937, in Beaumont, Tx. Oscar and Kate later separated. Oscar married #5. Martha Ward in Brookhaven, Mississippi. Oscar and Martha separated. Oscar Canon's final marriage was to his first and third wife, Annie Laura Lilley. They married for the third time on May 6, 1961, in Gainesville, Texas. Sources: Mrs. Arrilla Canon Oates, Mr. Monroe Canon, Margaret Oates Pennington, Grace Oates Davidson, Jennie Oates Fondren, Johnnie Oates Robinson, Adris Canon Moorehead Slama, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Canon, Juanita Canon Scott, Jewel Canon Lewis, Roxie Canon Steele, Elma "Muggs" Canon Marble, Mr. and Mrs. Lanny Canon, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Canon. Polk County Courthouse records, Livingston, Texas Liberty County Courthouse records, Liberty, Texas Harris County Courthouse records, Houston, Texas Family Bible of John and Nancy Elizabeth "Bettie" Canon