Married Annie E. Travers on December 26, 1852.
Sun (Baltimore, Md.), Thursday, October 31, 1895.
Captain Richard H. Cannon, the oldest licensed steamboat master in the Baltimore district, died suddenly Tuesday at his home, 141 East Cross street, of paralysis of the heart.
He was born at Salisbury, Wicomico county, Md., 68 years ago and early in life took to the water. The Captain had been pilot and master of steamers of the Old Bay Line Clyde Line to North Carolina, and York River Line. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity.
A widow, four sons and three daughters survive him. One of his sons Captain Herbert Cannon, is master of the tug Apollo. The flags on the York River and Norfolk boats and several of the tugboats were half-masted in respect to his memory.
Sun (Baltimore, Md.), Thursday, October 31, 1895.
Captain Richard H. Cannon, the oldest licensed steamboat master in the Baltimore district, died suddenly Tuesday at his home, 141 East Cross street, of paralysis of the heart.
He was born at Salisbury, Wicomico county, Md., 68 years ago and early in life took to the water. The Captain had been pilot and master of steamers of the Old Bay Line Clyde Line to North Carolina, and York River Line. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity.
A widow, four sons and three daughters survive him. One of his sons Captain Herbert Cannon, is master of the tug Apollo. The flags on the York River and Norfolk boats and several of the tugboats were half-masted in respect to his memory.
Married Annie E. Travers on December 26, 1852.
Sun (Baltimore, Md.), Thursday, October 31, 1895.
Captain Richard H. Cannon, the oldest licensed steamboat master in the Baltimore district, died suddenly Tuesday at his home, 141 East Cross street, of paralysis of the heart.
He was born at Salisbury, Wicomico county, Md., 68 years ago and early in life took to the water. The Captain had been pilot and master of steamers of the Old Bay Line Clyde Line to North Carolina, and York River Line. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity.
A widow, four sons and three daughters survive him. One of his sons Captain Herbert Cannon, is master of the tug Apollo. The flags on the York River and Norfolk boats and several of the tugboats were half-masted in respect to his memory.
Sun (Baltimore, Md.), Thursday, October 31, 1895.
Captain Richard H. Cannon, the oldest licensed steamboat master in the Baltimore district, died suddenly Tuesday at his home, 141 East Cross street, of paralysis of the heart.
He was born at Salisbury, Wicomico county, Md., 68 years ago and early in life took to the water. The Captain had been pilot and master of steamers of the Old Bay Line Clyde Line to North Carolina, and York River Line. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity.
A widow, four sons and three daughters survive him. One of his sons Captain Herbert Cannon, is master of the tug Apollo. The flags on the York River and Norfolk boats and several of the tugboats were half-masted in respect to his memory.
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Burial Date: 11/01/1895, Permit # 14947
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