Name:	Benjamin Bartlett CANNON II
Birth:	12 Oct 1843 in Dallas, Hamilton Co., Tennessee 2
Death:	20 May 1924 in Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas 1 2
Father:	Benjamin Bartlett CANNON b. 13 Mar 1801 in Jefferson Co., Tennessee 7 d. 8 Sep 1859 in San Augustine, Texas 7 note: from Eliza Tunnel Cannon's tombstone - "Erected to the memory of Benjamin Bartlett Cannon - most illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Texas 1859. Distingushed Mason & Pioneer." 8
Mother:	Eliza TUNNELL b. 22 Jan 1810 in Knox Co., Tennessee 7 8 d. 9 Jun 1847 in Rusk, Cherokee Co., Texas 8 burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee Co., Texas 8
Married:	7 Dec 1876 2
Spouse:	Margaret Amanda ('Maggie') KNIGHT
Birth:	24 Aug 1856 in Dallas Co., Texas 2
Death:	17 Mar 1937 in Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas 1 2
Burial:	18 Mar 1937 in Weatherford, Parker Co., Texas 1
Note:	She was educated in private schools in Dallas, Texas "and was active in society there until her marriage." She moved to Arlington, Texas in the early 1890s, then to Weatherford, Texas, and back to Arlington about 1921. Her survivors included a brother, four sons, a daughter, and seven grandchildren. 1
Father:	Obadiah Woodson KNIGHT b. 1 Mar 1808 in Tennessee 3 4 d. 1 Apr 1868 3 4 burial: Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas 3 note: "In 1846 Obadiah W. Knight, who had married one of the Tennessee Hughes sisters, reached Dallas and established a little trading post where Cedar Springs Avenue now joins Oak Lawn Avenue. He built a small church and another building which is credited with being the first public school in Dallas County. He hauled the timber for the building from the piney woods with his oxen and Negro slaves, and the venture cost him $300 in gold." "He purchased 1,000 acres of land, which he placed under cultivation, and was the owner of slaves, although he was opposed to the principle of bartering in flesh and blood." A Dallas elementary school is named for him. There were nine sons and eight daughters in their family. 1 4 5
Mother:	Serena Caroline HUGHES b. 30 Sep 1822 in Tennessee 2 3 4 d. 5 Apr 1914 in Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas 2 3 burial: 7 Apr 1914, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas 3 6
Children:	1 Bessie Rena CANNON b. 9 Oct 1877 Jacksonville, Cherokee Co., Texas 2 Benjamin Bartlett ('BB') CANNON III b. 4 Jul 1879 Jacksonville, Cherokee Co., Texas 3 Epps Knight ('E.K.') CANNON b. 16 Mar 1881 Jacksonville, Cherokee Co., Texas 4 Robert Edward Lee ('Ed Lee') CANNON b. 30 Oct 1883 Jacksonville, Cherokee Co., Texas 5 Katie May CANNON b. 4 Apr 1886   6 Archelous Ralph CANNON b. 12 Jun 1888   7 Horace Chilton CANNON b. 13 Jan 1892   8 Frank Field CANNON b. 14 Jul 1894   9 Margaret CANNON b. 23 Aug 1896

B.B. Cannon's dry goods store, 1887.
Source: Cherokee County Historical Commission

Sources:
RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Bartlett Database
URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bartlett1944&id=I18994
Contact: Roger Bartlett (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bartlett/frontpage.htm)
Updated: 12 Sep 2005
Viewed: 8 Oct 2005

1	Title: The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex. 18 Mar 1937, sec. 1, p. 6 ("Obadiah Knight's Last Daughter Is Dead at Arlington")
2	Title: Descendants of Obadiah Knight, online
3	Title: Cochran Chapel Cemetery list by Ann Baker and Anne Cochran
4	Title: Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892)
5	Title: The WPA Dallas Guide and History (Denton, Tex: Univ. of N. Tex. Press, 1992)
6	Title: The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex. 7 Apr 1914, p. 16 (obituary of Mrs. Serena Caroline Knight)
7	Title: RootWeb's World Connect Project: May Roberson Genealogy http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=johnmarkmay-1&id=I3614 Contact: John Mark May, Updated: 22 Mar 2005, Viewed: 8 Oct 2005
8	Title: Cedar Hill Cemetery list, online http://www.tx-wooddell.net/cherokee/mid/cedar_hill_cemt1.htm The cemetery was catalogued in October, 1972, and updated in April, 2003. Website viewed: 8 Oct 2005

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