Re: THOMAS EAST/NANCY CALHOUN
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In reply to:
Re: THOMAS EAST/NANCY CALHOUN
2/07/01
Terry Davis,
My info is that Joel East, born 7 February 1782 in Laurens Co SC had eight kids before he died in Caldwell Co KY soon before 15 June 1818. After he died, and probably in late summer 1820, Joel's widow Rebecca Lofton married John East (no marriage date was found), and they continued living in Caldwell Co. John was born about 1785 and died in Caldwell Co by 1830. John and Rebecca had three more kids. John's first wife, name unknown, died on or soon after 7 Mar 1820 when her 7th and last child was born, and within a few months John then married Joel's widow Rebecca.
In any case, Elihu John East, born 19 May 1823 in Caldwell Co was John and Rebecca's, not Joel & Rebecca's.
And the kids who married Cannons were John & Rebecca's daughter Mary (born 31 Dec 1826) who married Jesse Darnell Cannon, and Joel & Rebecca's daughter Rhoda (born 1812) who married William Augustus Cannon, and Joel & Rebecca's daughter Elizabeth (born 18 July 1818) who married Joseph Gaynor Cannon. Joseph G Cannon and Jesse Darnell Cannon were sons of Tarleton Cannon and Elizabeth Darnall; William Augustus Cannon was a son of Nathaniel Cannon and wife Mary.
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