and Joshua was drowned, and clement was only saved by the Lapel of his great coat hooking on a snag in some driftwood, that held him, with his head above water, till he was rescued. That experience fully decided him that he did not want to move to North Carolina, as he was not favorably impressed anyway. He returned at once to Delaware, and soon thereafter removed to Kentucky.

In May, 1902, I visited the kindred in Albemarle, N. C., and of course talked over the early history and drowning of Joshua. The same year I visited my brother Jonathan in Covington, Ky., who was six years my senior, and talked over with him of my visit to Albemarle and the drowning of Joshua. Jonathan then told me he had often heard Grandfather Clement relate the circumstance of the drowning of Joshua and his own narrow escape from a like fate, etc.

I here insert copy of the records of the old family Bible of Joseph Cannon, father-in-law of Clement Hearne, which was shown me in the spring of 1891 by Gibson Cannon, at his residence in Sussex Co., Del.

Ebenezer Cannon, born Sept. 25, 1747. Constance Cannon, born Jan. 21, 1749. James Cannon, born Dec. 5, 1750. Joseph Cannon, born Dec. 26, 1752. Betty Cannon, born July 12, 1755. Anne Cannon, born Apr. 5, 1758. Lavinia Cannon, born Jan. 24, 1762. Jacob Cannon, born Jan. 31, 1767. Levi Cannon, born Feb. 19, 1769. Keziah Cannon, born June 16, 1770. Sally Wingate, born 1793. This last seems to be an odd record, though the Wingate family are all related to our family. I have often heard my grandfather Clement say that the Wingates at Frankfort, Ky., were our relatives, and also the Ward families, Junius R., of Scott co., Ky., and Robert J., of Louisville, Ky., who both owned large plantations in Mississippi, were our relatives.

From the record of Jacob Cannon, who was born July 31, 1767:

Burton Cannon, born May 26, 1800. Gibson Cannon, born Apr. 16, 1805. Lavinia Cannon, born December 7, 1807. Jacob Cannon, born June 10, 1816.

Burton Cannon, born May 26, 1800, had one son, Gibson Cannon, born Mar. 30, 1836, and whom I visited at his home in Delaware,

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Thanks to Candy Hearn for transcribing this page.