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Cornelia Waite Cannon

Birth	:	16 Jan 1823 Brookfield, Madison County, New York, USA
Death	:	20 Jun 1921 Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	St John the Divine Churchyard, Pemberton, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate	:	53.5373860, -2.6823840
Description	:	1921 - Mrs. Cornelia Cannon, one of North Iowa's oldest Citizen's Buried Notes from Florence Boudrou Emme - no source cited. Last rites for Cornelia Cannon, Cerro Gordo woman, whose life time spanned the years from the time James Monroe, author of the Monroe Doctrine, was president, to June 20, 1921, were said at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. W. Dent, Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. H. S. Wilkinson of the First M. E. Church officiating at the funeral services and Mrs. H. W. Barclay and Miss Ruth Stevens sang three appropriate solos. The body... Read More	1921 - Mrs. Cornelia Cannon, one of North Iowa's oldest Citizen's Buried Notes from Florence Boudrou Emme - no source cited. Last rites for Cornelia Cannon, Cerro Gordo woman, whose life time spanned the years from the time James Monroe, author of the Monroe Doctrine, was president, to June 20, 1921, were said at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. W. Dent, Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. H. S. Wilkinson of the First M. E. Church officiating at the funeral services and Mrs. H. W. Barclay and Miss Ruth Stevens sang three appropriate solos. The body was laid to eternal rest in Elmwood cemetery. Miss Wait was one of the oldest women in North Iowa. She was born on a farm near Brookfield County, New York, Jan 16, 1823. She was married to Amaziah Cannon in Gerry Chautaqua County, New York, June 23, 1842. Thirteen years later the family moved to Columbia County, Wisc., where they lived eleven years. In 1866 they cam to Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, and located on a farm where she has lived the past fifty five years. Three children were born to her. Sidney B. Cannon, Mrs. Etta Storer, and Mrs. Emeline Dent. The two daughters live here, the son and husband have preceded her to the better land. When she was born James Monroe was still president, Florida had but recently been purchased from Spain, land hereabouts had but a few years before been purchased from France, Indians were the only inhabitants in this region. She was five years old when the first railroad commenced to be constructed and six years old before the first locomotive pulled a train of cars upon it. She was 15 years old when the first steamship crossed the Atlantic. She was 21 years old when the first telegraph instrument began its practical help. She was 23 before the first sewing machine was invented. She was 35 when the Atlantic Cable was laid. She was 38 when the Civil War broke out and 40 when the Emancipation Proclamation set 4 million people free. She was 53 when the telephone was invented and 57 when the first electric lights were placed in city streets and 66 when the first electric street car began to shuttle back and forth, weaving the fabric of night city life. Her childhood was spent on a farm when the farm life was almost sufficient unto itself but when it took everybody's tireless industry to make it such. Men cut their grain with sickles and threshed it with a flail and cleaned it with the wind of heaven. She saw the transformations from sickles such as were used in the fields of Boza in which Ruth gleaned to cradle, reaping machine. Marsh harvester and self binder; from flail to threshing machine; from oxen to tractor. They carded the wool and spun it into yarn and knitted it into socks, they raised the flax, broke it and fibred it, spun it and wove it and made their own clothing. They braided their own straw into hats. In her little autobiography she says "we had no time for fancy work when I was young". Life was stern to struggle then, to carve out farms from the wilderness; keep the family clothed against the winter cold; and fed from what the farm could supply. The great gifts which make life so comfortable to us now, and make it possible for us to enjoy the fruits and products of other lands; which load our tables with varied products and fill our homes with the world's beauty and chrm; have all been made possible to use within her life time. Not only by the calendar of the years but by the calendar of the changed conditions of life hers has been one of great strength and length. sboudrou, relative

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Where is Cornelia Waite Cannon's memorial?
Cornelia Waite Cannon's memorial is located at: St John the Divine Churchyard, Pemberton, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England.
When did Cornelia Waite Cannon death?
Cornelia Waite Cannon death on 20 Jun 1921 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Cornelia Waite Cannon's memorial?
Latitude: 53.5373860
Longitude: -2.6823840

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Amaziah Cannon

(1819 - 1881)

Siblings

Children

Sidney B. Cannon

(1845 - 1891)

Emeline Cannon Dent

(1848 - 1944)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. St John the Divine Churchyard
Pemberton, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5373860, -2.6823840

2. St. Matthew Churchyard
Pemberton, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5290100, -2.6721300

3. Salem Churchyard
Orrell, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5331572, -2.7107046

4. St. Paul's Church of England Churchyard
Wigan, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5278761, -2.6536048

5. St James Roman Catholic Churchyard
Orrell, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5300000, -2.7140000

6. St Thomas the Martyr Churchyard
Up Holland, West Lancashire District, England
Coordinate: 53.5402980, -2.7195920

7. All Saints Churchyard
Wigan, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5458134, -2.6334023

8. St. Joseph's College
Up Holland, West Lancashire District, England
Coordinate: 53.5525740, -2.7307890

9. Lower Ince Cemetery
Ince in Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5315670, -2.6209900

10. Gidlow Cemetery
Standish, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5681220, -2.6437140

11. Ince-in-Makerfield cemetery
Ince in Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5323940, -2.6176660

12. Holy Trinity Churchyard
Ashton-In-Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.4989280, -2.6688000

13. St Catharine Churchyard
Wigan, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5461800, -2.6168400

14. St Marie Churchyard
Standish, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5844610, -2.6704070

15. St Wilfrid Churchyard
Standish, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5868240, -2.6616530

16. St Mary Roman Catholic Churchyard
Billinge, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, England
Coordinate: 53.4909850, -2.7180090

17. St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Cemetery
Wrightington, West Lancashire District, England
Coordinate: 53.5923300, -2.7010200

18. St. Michael's Churchyard
Dalton, West Lancashire District, England
Coordinate: 53.5670360, -2.7640390

19. St Thomas Churchyard
Ashton-In-Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.4856362, -2.6402671

20. St Thomas' Churchyard (Heath Road Extension)
Ashton-In-Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.4850470, -2.6345810

21. St. John the Evangelist Churchyard
Abram, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5090290, -2.5941470

22. St David Churchyard
Haigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5758550, -2.5960800

23. All Saints Parish Churchyard
Hindley, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5341110, -2.5707090

24. St. Paul's Churchyard
Skelmersdale, West Lancashire District, England
Coordinate: 53.5502050, -2.7929450