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Marion Cannon
Marion Cannon (October 30, 1834 – August 27, 1920) was a United States representative from California. He was born near Morgantown, Virginia (now in West Virginia) where he learned the blacksmith trade as a teenager and left home, carrying his blacksmith shop with him, from Mt. Morris, PA at the age of 18. He loaded his business onto a Conestoga wagon pulled by two oxen named Buck and Berry and, instead of trying to cross the Sierras, headed west on the Oregon trail with a party led by Kit Carson as the wagon train's scout. Their wagon train arrived in Salt Lake City in time to witness the laying of the foundation stone for the Mormon Temple. From Oregon, Cannon headed south to Nevada City, California, arriving sometime in 1852. He set up shop there as a blacksmith and around 1860 married Lydia Jane Holland, built a home, and began raising a family of 5 children. He served as Grand Master of the Nevada City Masonic Lodge and also one term (two years) as the coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Cannon (California Congressman)
Marion Cannon (October 30, 1834 – August 27, 1920) was a United States representative from California. Early life and career Cannon was born near Morgantown, Virginia (now in West Virginia) where he learned the blacksmith trade as a teenager and left home, carrying his blacksmith shop with him, from Mt. Morris, PA at the age of 18. He loaded his business onto a Conestoga wagon pulled by two oxen named Buck and Berry and, instead of trying to cross the Sierras, headed west on the Oregon trail with a party led by Kit Carson as the wagon train's scout. Their wagon train arrived in Salt Lake City in time to witness the laying of the foundation stone for the Mormon Temple. From Oregon, Cannon headed south to Nevada City, California, arriving sometime in 1852. He set up shop there as a blacksmith and around 1860 married Lydia Jane Holland, built a home, and began raising a family of 5 children. He served as Grand Master of the Nevada City Masonic Lod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevada City, California
Nevada City (originally, ''Ustumah'', a Nisenan village; later, Nevada, Deer Creek Dry Diggins, and Caldwell's Upper Store) is the county seat of Nevada County, California, United States, northeast of Sacramento, southwest of Reno and northeast of San Francisco. The population was 3,068 as of the 2010 Census. History European-Americans first settled Nevada City in 1849, during the California Gold Rush, as Nevada (Spanish for "snow-covered", a reference to the snow-topped mountains in the area). The ''Gold Tunnel'' on the north side of Deer Creek was the city's first mine, built in 1850. The first sawmill in Nevada City was built on Deer Creek, just above town, in August 1850, by Lewis & Son, with a water wheel. In 1850–51, Nevada City was the state's most important mining town, and Nevada County the state's leading gold-mining county. In 1851, '' The Nevada Journal'' became the first newspaper published in the town and county. The first cemetery in town, the Pioneer Cemeter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burials At Ivy Lawn Cemetery
Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of Disposal of human corpses, final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objects in it, and covering it over. A funeral is a ceremony that accompanies the final disposition. Humans have been burying their dead since shortly after the origin of the species. Burial is often seen as indicating respect for the dead. It has been used to prevent the odor of decay, to give family members closure and prevent them from witnessing the decomposition of their loved ones, and in many cultures it has been seen as a necessary step for the deceased to enter the afterlife or to give back to the cycle of life. Methods of burial may be heavily ritualized and can include natural burial (sometimes called "green burial"); embalming or mummification; and the use of containers for the dead, such as shrouds, coff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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