- 1938, Thursday December 22, The Almonte Gazette front page
?b?Allan C. Cannon Called By Death
Member of Pioneer Ramsay Family
In Ill Health For Some Time
?/b?The death occurred at his home 8th line of Ramsay on Wednesday of a wellknown resident of this district in the person of Mr Allan Carswell Cannon. he was in his 78th year and had been in poor health for some time. The late Mr Cannon was a member of one of Ramsay's pioneer families. He was born on the homestead where he died, a son to the late John Cannon and his wife Harriet Carswell. Dr William Cannon, the first registered medical doctor in this part of the country, was his grandfather, He lived on the farm next the one where Mr Cannon died.
Married In Utah
Early in life deceased went to Utah where he married Miss Jennie Austin, a native of Antwerp, N.Y. She predeceased him in 1935. From there Mr and Mrs Cannon went to Alberta, where they were pioneer settlers, arriving shortly after the railway was built through to the Coast. later they came East and resided in Almonte. Mr Cannon left the family here, while he spent some time in the newly opened mining country of Northern Ontario, mostly in the vicinity of Kerr Lake, In 1908, the family went West again to Alberta, remaining there until 1928 when they returned to this part of the country and took up residence on the Cannon farm, 8th line of Ramsay. Three daughters survive, namely, Miss Jean of Chicago; Miss Dora at home and Florence (Mrs William Broderson) of Rimbey, Alta. One son, Gilbert, died in 1933.
One Brother Survives
Out of a family of seven, only one brother, Dr Gilbert Cannon, survives. He practised for many years in Watertown, N.Y. but of late years lived retired with his brother, the late Mr Allan Cannon. Other brothers were James, William, John, David and one sister, Harriet. Mr Cannon never took part in municipal politics or other public affairs, living quietly on th homestead which was located close to the town of Almonte. The funeral was held this Thursday afternoon to the Auld Kirk Cemetery, Rev C.D. McLellan of Bethany United Church and Rv A.J. Fowlie of Almonte Presbyterian Church, conducting the services. The pallbearers were Dr J.K. Kelly and Messrs W.C. Pollock, Hugh Bowland, Melville Paul, W.J. Rea and Norman Bowes.
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1861 - 1938 (77 years)
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