Cannon, Wynne Gay, Sr.

Birth:	Jul. 24, 1844 Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee,
Death:	Feb. 28, 1924 Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee Burial:  Elmwood Cemetery               Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee                Plot:  Miller Circle Plot 48
Military Service:  First Lieutenant,154th Senior Regiment, Tennessee Infantry                                (1st Tennessee Volunteers)                               Company D                               Captured at Murfreesboro, January 5, 1863                               Age 19 at time of capture                               Sent to City Point 27 April 1863                               Escaped the Maple Leaf                               Mustered out as a Captain Marriage:  Katherine "Katie" W. Jackson                   1874

Occupation:    1880 - He was a real estate agent and by 1890 he had gone into business
                                    with Walter Frayser Yates as part owner of the Cannon & Yates
                                     Grist Mill.

Residence :  1900 - 107 Washington St.
                               Memphis City, Shelby County, Tennessee      
                    1920 - 833 Adams St "Millionaires Row"
                               Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Cause of Death:  Bronchopneumonia

Sources:   Soldiers and Sailors Database,  http://www.nps.gov/civilwar

        Ancestry.com,  http://www.ancestry.com
        Escape from the Maple Leaf, Col. Jerry V. Witt, USA Retired

        Find-A-Grave, http://www.findagrave.com 

      1880 U.S.Census Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

      1900 U.S.Census Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

                1920 U.S.Census Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee