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Stoddard Carnahan/Cannon

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Stoddard Carnahan/Cannon

Birth
Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
22 Jul 1858 (aged 73)
Silver Creek, Chautauqua County, New York, USA
Burial
Silver Creek, Chautauqua County, New York, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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ae 74—8

Son of Samuel Carnahan/Cannon & his first wife, Molly. Married to Polly Hemenger in Aug. 1804 in New York State, most likely in either Otsego or Chenango County, with the following children born to them: Gilbert, Samuel, William S., Maria, Fanny, Israel, Amaziah, Stoddard, John, Horace & Betsy.

His marriage possibly took place in either Otsego or Chenango County, New York. A tax document shows his father Samuel Cannon was residing in Brookfield, Chenango County in 1803, while the Hemengers were residing in the adjacent county of Otsego. His half-sister Orrilla Cannon was born in 1804 in Chenango County, and perhaps Stoddard's first son Gilbert and some of his subsequent children were born there in 1805 and afterward. In the 1810 census Stoddard Carnaham [sic] was residing in Columbus, Chenango County. The family settled in Gerry, Chautauqua, New York in 1818, Stoddard purchasing land in Lot 38.

Stoddard was a Methodist Church Trustee in Gerry. The Burying Ground in District No. 2, Gerry about the year 1828, the Holland Land Company conveyed to William Alverson, Stoddart [sic] Cannon, and James Schofield, grandfather of Gen. John M. Schofield as trustees and members of the Methodist society in Gerry, one hundred acres of land on Lot 53, situate a little northwest of the center of the town. In 1829, or soon after, with the proceeds of the sale of a portion of it, a Methodist meeting house was built. It stood upon this land, on the west side of the highway, about two miles south of Sinclairville. Adjacent to it a burying ground, consisting of about one-third of an acre, was at the time set apart from this tract and dedicated to the public. The church was the first built in the Cassadaga Valley, and one of the first Methodist meeting houses in Chautauqua county. - History of Evergreen Cemetery, Obed Edson, Pgs. 17 & 18

In a biography of Capt. Austin A. Cannon, Stoddard's grandson, it claims the following: The grandfather, Stoddard Cannon, was a *soldier of the war of 1812 and was severely wounded. (*To date I have found no proof of his military service.) He had eight sons, four of them being past military age at the time of the Rebellion (Gilbert, William, Samuel & Israel). The other four youngest (Amaziah, Stoddard, John & Horace) were in the War of the Rebellion. The four eldest had sons except one who had no children, and all the sons of these were in the army, and all except one in Wisconsin regiments. - The Thirty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry ..., James M. Aubery, Pg. 348

*Due to DNA matches, I have become convinced that Stoddard was the son of Samuel (Lt.) Carnahan Jr. and his wife, Mary/Molly. His ancestry and descendants can be found in the book "The Descendants of Samuel (Carnahan) Cannon of Ulster, Ireland And Blanford, Massachusetts", Compiled By Almon Brown Cannon (Pub. 1932), Pg. 12.

Genealogy Source - Noted as an ancestor in "Katie's Kin, Recollections & Research" copyright Oct. 2020 and privately published by Kathleen Mary Thomas.
ae 74—8

Son of Samuel Carnahan/Cannon & his first wife, Molly. Married to Polly Hemenger in Aug. 1804 in New York State, most likely in either Otsego or Chenango County, with the following children born to them: Gilbert, Samuel, William S., Maria, Fanny, Israel, Amaziah, Stoddard, John, Horace & Betsy.

His marriage possibly took place in either Otsego or Chenango County, New York. A tax document shows his father Samuel Cannon was residing in Brookfield, Chenango County in 1803, while the Hemengers were residing in the adjacent county of Otsego. His half-sister Orrilla Cannon was born in 1804 in Chenango County, and perhaps Stoddard's first son Gilbert and some of his subsequent children were born there in 1805 and afterward. In the 1810 census Stoddard Carnaham [sic] was residing in Columbus, Chenango County. The family settled in Gerry, Chautauqua, New York in 1818, Stoddard purchasing land in Lot 38.

Stoddard was a Methodist Church Trustee in Gerry. The Burying Ground in District No. 2, Gerry about the year 1828, the Holland Land Company conveyed to William Alverson, Stoddart [sic] Cannon, and James Schofield, grandfather of Gen. John M. Schofield as trustees and members of the Methodist society in Gerry, one hundred acres of land on Lot 53, situate a little northwest of the center of the town. In 1829, or soon after, with the proceeds of the sale of a portion of it, a Methodist meeting house was built. It stood upon this land, on the west side of the highway, about two miles south of Sinclairville. Adjacent to it a burying ground, consisting of about one-third of an acre, was at the time set apart from this tract and dedicated to the public. The church was the first built in the Cassadaga Valley, and one of the first Methodist meeting houses in Chautauqua county. - History of Evergreen Cemetery, Obed Edson, Pgs. 17 & 18

In a biography of Capt. Austin A. Cannon, Stoddard's grandson, it claims the following: The grandfather, Stoddard Cannon, was a *soldier of the war of 1812 and was severely wounded. (*To date I have found no proof of his military service.) He had eight sons, four of them being past military age at the time of the Rebellion (Gilbert, William, Samuel & Israel). The other four youngest (Amaziah, Stoddard, John & Horace) were in the War of the Rebellion. The four eldest had sons except one who had no children, and all the sons of these were in the army, and all except one in Wisconsin regiments. - The Thirty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry ..., James M. Aubery, Pg. 348

*Due to DNA matches, I have become convinced that Stoddard was the son of Samuel (Lt.) Carnahan Jr. and his wife, Mary/Molly. His ancestry and descendants can be found in the book "The Descendants of Samuel (Carnahan) Cannon of Ulster, Ireland And Blanford, Massachusetts", Compiled By Almon Brown Cannon (Pub. 1932), Pg. 12.

Genealogy Source - Noted as an ancestor in "Katie's Kin, Recollections & Research" copyright Oct. 2020 and privately published by Kathleen Mary Thomas.


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