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Samuel B. Canon, merchant and farmer of England Station, Gum Woods Township, was born in Madison County, Tenn., September 16, 1848. J. L. Canon, his father, also of Tennessee nativity, was born October 15, 1815, and moved to Arkansas in 1859, locating in Prairie County, where he resided until his death, in 1874. His wife, formerly Margaret Crawford, and a Tennessean by birth, died in 1856. Samuel B. enlisted at the age of fifteen, in the Tenth Arkansas Cavalry, of the Confederate service, in which he served throughout the war, taking part in the battles of Pilot Knob, Jefferson City, Independence, West Point, Big Blue and in all of the engagements in Price’s raid through Missouri. After the war he returned home and attended school two years, this constituting his only education. Subsequently he engaged in farming in Prairie County, and in 1872 removed to Lonoke County, where he entered the employ of Thompson Bros., merchants and proprietors of a saw-mill. In 1876 Mr. Canon bought a tract of land in Gum Woods Township, here making his home until 1882, when he moved to the farm on which he now resides. His excellent place of 140 acres is well improved, besides which he owns several lots in England Station. He embarked in the mercantile business in April, 1889, and now carries a good stock of general merchandise, and is having a thriving trade. Mr. Canon was elected coroner of the county, and served three terms in that office. He was married December 11, 1873, to Dora High, a native of Tennessee, and daughter of William High, of Prairie County, Ark. They are the parents of six children: Helen, Addie, Willie, Clara, Cleveland, Folsom (deceased) and Lloyd. Mr. and Mrs. Canon are members of the Baptist Church. The former is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, of which he is Past Master. The respect and esteem accorded him is as wide as his acquaintance.