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CANNADY, WM., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 14, P.O. Fayette; was born in Bedford Co., Virginia, March 20, 1801; was the first of a family of six children born of George and Christina Cannady, whose maiden name was Warner. She was of Dutch descent; while her husband is of the Anglo Saxon stock. In his youth he had little or no opportunities for securing an education. At the age of fifteen he moved with his father and family to Kentucky, where they remained about thirty years. They settled in Nelson County, and during this time William was engaged with his father on the farm. In 1845, the family emigrated to this State, and located in Carrollton, where they remained three years, during which time he was engaged in teaming; hauling from the river, Alton and St. Louis. Then engaged in farming at Kane; where they rented land for nine years. In the year 1849, he was married to Narcissa Vaughn, by whom he had six children: Julia, born in 1848; Lucy, born in 1850; William born in 1852; Sarah L., born in 1854; Martha, born in 1856; Effie, born in 1857. William died Jan. 21, 1876. Mr. Cannady buried his wife Jan 10, 1866. In the winter of 1858, he moved to the section he now lives on, and bought four hundred acres of land, which he has since farmed. In the Spring of 1869, Feb. 16, he was married to Mrs. Narcissus Dennis, relict of Harvey Dennis; they have had no children. Mrs. Cannady has four children living, all of whom are now married and settled. She had one son, Charles Steadman, who died in the United States service at Murfreesboro Hospital, of typhoid fever. Mr. Cannady is now in his seventy-seventh year, and has a remarkable degree of health for one of his age. He has been long and favorably known in the community in which he resides.