Cannan, Manley F.

Died: 1848-06-29 Sangamon County, Illinois

Alternate name: Cannon

In 1836 and 1837, Cannan worked in the lead mines near Galena, Illinois. Cannan married Margarete M. Messeck on June 25, 1840, in Sangamon County, Illinois.

John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 520; Affidavit of Decease, 3 July 1848, Manly F. Cannan probate file 793, Sangamon County Court, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois-Springfield, Springfield, IL; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Sangamon County, 25 June 1840, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Daniel W. Stowell et al., eds., The Papers of Abraham Lincoln: Legal Documents and Cases (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008), 1:28; Cannan v. Kenney, Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=138449.