Thomas S. Cannon
Thomas S. Cannon was born in this [Turtle Creek] township October 4, 1832. With the exception of about six months’ schooling at Sidney, his education was obtained in the little log schoolhouse which stood on his father’s farm. In 1850 he began teaching, in which profession he labored during the winter months of about six years. On the 2d of October, 1856, he married Miss Lavinia Roadarmer, daughter of William and Mary Roadarmer. She was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, December 5, 1835. They settled on the farm now owned by John Campbell in section 21 of this township, where they lived until April, 1863, when Mr. Cannon purchased one-half of his father’s home farm in sections 19 and 20, where he has since resided. His family consists of three sons and four daughters. He has filled the office of township clerk a period of nine years.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883