|
Samuel Lee Oscar Cannon
(Sam) was born December 4, 1873 in
Pontotoc, Mississippi, the second son of
Thomas Brown Cannon and Sarah Jane
McKnight. Sam had two brothers and
three sisters. On December 19, 1897,
Sam married Susan Alma Flaherty, who was
also born in Pontotoc. They came to
Coleman County around 1910 with their
three children. They are:
(1) Edna Irene,
born in Pontotoc, married Dood (J. D.)
Henderson. (See J. D. "'Dood"' Henderson);
(2) Cecil Lavert,
born in Pontotoc, married Bessie Lee Lewis
in Abilene, June 5, 1926. One
daughter, Peggy June, born August 4, 1930
in Santa Anna, where they lived until
after Peggy's first year in school.
The family moved to Monahans. Peggy
June married William
Glendell (Glen) Chauncey, June 1, 1948, in
Monahans. Two children: Donny Mack,
May 28, 1951, and Glenda Lanette, June 4,
1952, both born in Snyder. Bessie
Cannon died December 1, 1965 in Odessa,
and Cecil, October 2, 1979, in Lewisville,
both buried in Odessa.
(3) Eunice Alene,
died May 19, 1910, at two years of age, in
Coleman County, buried in Santa Anna.
Sam Cannon died
December 31, 1940, in Santa Anna.
His widow, known to so many as Ma Cannon,
remained in Santa Anna until her death,
December 12, 1969, both buried beside
Eunice in Santa Anna.
|